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The Nintendo DS But Better? - MagicX Zero 40 Review
August 18, 2025 Blog
I've mentioned before that I'm a fan of the DS family of handhelds. So, when I heard about the MagicX Zero 40, a handheld purpose-built for DS emulation, I was immediately intrigued. Is it something that can replace my daily-driver 2DS XL? Let's dive into it.
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TryHackMe - The Marketplace
August 17, 2025 Blog
The Marketplace is a medium-ranked box on TryHackMe. It contains a variety of interesting steps along the killchain. While it isn't super difficult, it does take some critical thinking and good enumeration to get through.
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Staying Entertained - The TTY-Only Challenge Part 2
August 15, 2025 Blog
In the first post in this series, we set up a TTY-only laptop running Arch Linux with the intent of daily driving it. We got a lot of the productivity essentials done, but we didn't do much in the way of entertainment. Let's start looking into how we can make things less boring and have fun in our command-line environment.
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TryHackMe - Git Happens
August 5, 2025 Blog
Git Happens is an easy-ranked box on TryHackMe. It's extremely short and simple, but it serves as a good reminder of the dangers of using Git if you don't really know what you're doing.
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Can You Use Linux Without Leaving The Command Line? - The TTY-Only Challenge
August 2, 2025 Blog
One of the most parroted advantages of Linux is its customizability. With plenty of distributions, desktop environments, window managers, and many combinations thereof, there are so many ways to tune your graphical environment exactly the way you want it.
So, what if we take all of that away and strip Linux down to its core? Can we use Linux from just the command line the way people did back in the early days of computing? There's only one way to find out, and that's to try it for ourselves.
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The Whole-Home AdGuard Proxy
July 14, 2025 Blog
I've talked about adblockers in the past, particularly my dislike of Pi-hole and preference toward AdGuard. However, AdGuard comes with a number of hangups, namely that you need a license for every device in your home that you want to protect. But what if you could protect your entire home from a single server? Is it doable?
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IT Pro Tip - Don't Deny Permissions
July 12, 2025 Blog
You're setting up a new shared folder on a Windows file server, probably one that holds sensitive information. You want to be sure that no one unauthorized can access the files, so in the Security tab, you set a new permission entry to deny access to the "Everyone" object.
You've just fallen for one of the oldest pitfalls in the book. Let's go over Windows file permissions and why the "deny" permission is one of the most dangerous.
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IT Pro Tip - Recovering Local Admin Access
June 21, 2025 Blog
Even in a domain environment, once in a while things go wrong and you need a local administrator account. Maybe you're taking over for an unhelpful rival IT department, or maybe you've had an employee who didn't document things correctly. Regardless of the reason, sometimes you just don't have access to everything you need to do your job.
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Why I Haven't Calculated The Most Time-Efficient Song in Project Sekai
June 20, 2025 Rant
Back when I did my blog post discussing optimal energy use, I teased the possibility of going over a proper calculation of the most time-efficient song in the game. I never ended up doing that post because I wasn't able to find the information I wanted to do it properly. This is both an explanation and a call for help if anyone has any information that I can't find.
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How was Jacen's first-ever Pokémon DLC experience? - The Teal Mask Rant
June 5, 2025 Rant
The rant I uploaded to YouTube discussing my impressions of the Pokémon Violet Team Mask DLC.
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The Nintendo DS But Better? - MagicX Zero 40 Review
August 18, 2025 Blog
I've mentioned before that I'm a fan of the DS family of handhelds. So, when I heard about the MagicX Zero 40, a handheld purpose-built for DS emulation, I was immediately intrigued. Is it something that can replace my daily-driver 2DS XL? Let's dive into it.
Read more...
TryHackMe - The Marketplace
August 17, 2025 Blog
The Marketplace is a medium-ranked box on TryHackMe. It contains a variety of interesting steps along the killchain. While it isn't super difficult, it does take some critical thinking and good enumeration to get through.
Read more...
Staying Entertained - The TTY-Only Challenge Part 2
August 15, 2025 Blog
In the first post in this series, we set up a TTY-only laptop running Arch Linux with the intent of daily driving it. We got a lot of the productivity essentials done, but we didn't do much in the way of entertainment. Let's start looking into how we can make things less boring and have fun in our command-line environment.
Read more...
TryHackMe - Git Happens
August 5, 2025 Blog
Git Happens is an easy-ranked box on TryHackMe. It's extremely short and simple, but it serves as a good reminder of the dangers of using Git if you don't really know what you're doing.
Read more...
Can You Use Linux Without Leaving The Command Line? - The TTY-Only Challenge
August 2, 2025 Blog
One of the most parroted advantages of Linux is its customizability. With plenty of distributions, desktop environments, window managers, and many combinations thereof, there are so many ways to tune your graphical environment exactly the way you want it.
So, what if we take all of that away and strip Linux down to its core? Can we use Linux from just the command line the way people did back in the early days of computing? There's only one way to find out, and that's to try it for ourselves.
Read more...
The Whole-Home AdGuard Proxy
July 14, 2025 Blog
I've talked about adblockers in the past, particularly my dislike of Pi-hole and preference toward AdGuard. However, AdGuard comes with a number of hangups, namely that you need a license for every device in your home that you want to protect. But what if you could protect your entire home from a single server? Is it doable?
Read more...
IT Pro Tip - Don't Deny Permissions
July 12, 2025 Blog
You're setting up a new shared folder on a Windows file server, probably one that holds sensitive information. You want to be sure that no one unauthorized can access the files, so in the Security tab, you set a new permission entry to deny access to the "Everyone" object.
You've just fallen for one of the oldest pitfalls in the book. Let's go over Windows file permissions and why the "deny" permission is one of the most dangerous.
Read more...
IT Pro Tip - Recovering Local Admin Access
June 21, 2025 Blog
Even in a domain environment, once in a while things go wrong and you need a local administrator account. Maybe you're taking over for an unhelpful rival IT department, or maybe you've had an employee who didn't document things correctly. Regardless of the reason, sometimes you just don't have access to everything you need to do your job.
Read more...
Why I Haven't Calculated The Most Time-Efficient Song in Project Sekai
June 20, 2025 Rant
Back when I did my blog post discussing optimal energy use, I teased the possibility of going over a proper calculation of the most time-efficient song in the game. I never ended up doing that post because I wasn't able to find the information I wanted to do it properly. This is both an explanation and a call for help if anyone has any information that I can't find.
Read more...How was Jacen's first-ever Pokémon DLC experience? - The Teal Mask Rant
June 5, 2025 Rant
The rant I uploaded to YouTube discussing my impressions of the Pokémon Violet Team Mask DLC.
Read more...
Jacen Sekai
IT wizard, wannabe coder, dub connoisseur.
