EXPLORE THE NOTEBOOK
Notes from the command line, the workbench, and the vintage computer shelf.
A field guide to Nintendo's home consoles from the Famicom to the Wii U, with the hardware revisions worth knowing for each, the mods people do, and which model to buy.
Console field guide · Note 3 ↗Create the Tier 2 OU, its sub-OUs and the group that manages them, and delegate just enough rights for workstation and user admin work.
Keeping Active Directory tidy · Note 2 ↗Dump every OU in the domain to a spreadsheet, with a readable path, depth, GPO link count and, if you want, how many objects live in each one.
Keeping Active Directory tidy · Note 3 ↗My v2 build spec for an all-in-one cyberdeck built around AMD's BC-250 mining board, a printed slim console case, a 15.6-inch touch panel, and Bazzite running the niri window manager.
The retro workbench · Note 11 ↗A quick way to make sense of the flood of Anbernic, Miyoo, Retroid and TrimUI handhelds, by grouping them by the chip inside, plus the custom firmware worth knowing and why the shape matters more than the spec sheet.
The emulation bench · Note 2 ↗What ClientOtherError really counts in Azure Files metrics, how to find which calls cause it, and what to look for in the client library code making them.
Troubleshooting notes · Note 2 ↗A width check that works in a real console, in VS Code, and in scheduled tasks and CI runners where there's no window to measure.
PowerShell craft · Note 3 ↗One script that reads the WSUS, scan-source and Windows Update for Business settings on a device and tells you where it's really getting updates from, with a safe reset for leftovers.
Windows Update, untangled · Note 2 ↗Compare files, whole folder trees, or a download against its published checksum with Get-FileHash, and get back a clear Match or Different for every file.
File wrangling · Note 4 ↗How to build a configuration profile in Intune, roll it out to machines that are already in people's hands, and confirm it actually landed.
Getting devices into Intune · Note 5 ↗Register the Microsoft Update service through the Windows Update Agent's own COM API, so devices pick up Office and other Microsoft product updates, not just Windows.
Windows Update, untangled · Note 4 ↗One report for every kind of service account, gMSAs and old-school user accounts alike, showing password age, SPNs, delegation and who can read the gMSA password.
Keeping Active Directory tidy · Note 6 ↗
