Thoughts on technology, construction, and whatever else I'm learning.https://6runk.blog/https://6runk.blog/blog/2025-11-30-your-machine-is-a-rental-the-high-cost-of-forced-updates/https://6runk.blog/blog/2025-11-30-your-machine-is-a-rental-the-high-cost-of-forced-updates/An analysis of how 'subscription everything' and forced update cycles are breaking critical infrastructure and stripping away engineering agency.Sun, 30 Nov 2025 19:17:00 GMThttps://6runk.blog/blog/2026-01-11-the-home-lab-security-audit-you-are-your-own-worst-sysadmin/https://6runk.blog/blog/2026-01-11-the-home-lab-security-audit-you-are-your-own-worst-sysadmin/From teenage dark-basement hacks to engineering a Zero Trust sanctuary. A technical look at TR-069, VLAN hierarchies, and why RAID is still not a backup.Sun, 11 Jan 2026 22:56:00 GMThttps://6runk.blog/blog/2026-01-31-the-convenience-curve-why-piracy-is-a-service-problem/https://6runk.blog/blog/2026-01-31-the-convenience-curve-why-piracy-is-a-service-problem/From the petri dish of Limewire to the gated gardens of Streaming 2.0. An analysis of how fragmented licensing and poor infrastructure are reviving the golden age of piracy.Sat, 31 Jan 2026 12:52:00 GMThttps://6runk.blog/blog/2026-02-10-textureforge-the-sunk-cost-of-the-python-prototype/https://6runk.blog/blog/2026-02-10-textureforge-the-sunk-cost-of-the-python-prototype/Why my attempt to make resin prints feel like SLS nylon resulted in a 10-million vertex explosion and a lesson in the limits of Python for geometry.Tue, 10 Feb 2026 23:38:00 GMThttps://6runk.blog/blog/2026-02-15-the-sovereignty-paradox-why-europes-tech-orchard-is-bearing-plastic-fruit/https://6runk.blog/blog/2026-02-15-the-sovereignty-paradox-why-europes-tech-orchard-is-bearing-plastic-fruit/A deep-dive analysis into the systemic friction of European tech independence, the foundry gap, and why the 'precautionary principle' is killing the next generation of builders.Sun, 15 Feb 2026 22:53:00 GMThttps://6runk.blog/blog/2026-02-17-the-token-tax-why-your-system-prompt-is-a-latency-leak/https://6runk.blog/blog/2026-02-17-the-token-tax-why-your-system-prompt-is-a-latency-leak/An analysis of the Silicon-to-Energy pipeline, the 2.5D packaging revolution of CoWoS, and why 'Inference Density' is the new metric of growth.Tue, 17 Feb 2026 21:56:00 GMThttps://6runk.blog/blog/2026-02-21-the-granularity-trap-why-sme-networks-are-over-engineered-and-under-owned/https://6runk.blog/blog/2026-02-21-the-granularity-trap-why-sme-networks-are-over-engineered-and-under-owned/A technical and economic analysis of the feature-utility gap in SME networking, the licensing kill-switch, and the hidden costs of specialized personnel.Sat, 21 Feb 2026 13:01:00 GMThttps://6runk.blog/blog/2026-02-23-the-kill-switch-in-the-driveway-airbag-shrapnel-and-remote-enforcement/https://6runk.blog/blog/2026-02-23-the-kill-switch-in-the-driveway-airbag-shrapnel-and-remote-enforcement/A technical post-mortem of the Takata PSAN failure, the physics of airbag deployment, and the security architecture of remote vehicle disabling.Mon, 23 Feb 2026 13:59:00 GMThttps://6runk.blog/blog/2026-02-25-desire-path-fallacy-why-enlightened-shadow-it-is-architectural-negligence/https://6runk.blog/blog/2026-02-25-desire-path-fallacy-why-enlightened-shadow-it-is-architectural-negligence/An analysis of the delta between 'Desire Path' metaphors and systemic risk management in high-stakes enterprise environments.Wed, 25 Feb 2026 23:06:00 GMThttps://6runk.blog/blog/2026-02-28-gp-hijacking-the-internets-original-sin-and-the-paradox-of-scale/https://6runk.blog/blog/2026-02-28-gp-hijacking-the-internets-original-sin-and-the-paradox-of-scale/An architectural analysis of the Border Gateway Protocol, the fragility of global route propagation, and the macro-infrastructure oversight of modern compliance standards.Sat, 28 Feb 2026 19:43:00 GMThttps://6runk.blog/blog/2026-03-06-the-geography-of-information-from-tat-8-to-the-neutrino-horizon/https://6runk.blog/blog/2026-03-06-the-geography-of-information-from-tat-8-to-the-neutrino-horizon/An architectural deep-dive into the physics of long-haul glass, the social friction of millisecond arbitrage, and the subatomic future of interconnectivity.Fri, 06 Mar 2026 23:52:00 GMThttps://6runk.blog/blog/2026-03-16-the-analog-ghost-numbers-stations-and-the-architecture-of-absolute-trust/https://6runk.blog/blog/2026-03-16-the-analog-ghost-numbers-stations-and-the-architecture-of-absolute-trust/A technical analysis of HF radio propagation, the mathematics of the One-Time Pad, and why the most secure comms in the world still use a 1920s broadcast model.Mon, 16 Mar 2026 12:12:00 GMThttps://6runk.blog/blog/2026-03-16-the-exabyte-time-bomb-hndl-and-the-shelf-life-of-a-secret/https://6runk.blog/blog/2026-03-16-the-exabyte-time-bomb-hndl-and-the-shelf-life-of-a-secret/An architectural analysis of 'Harvest Now, Decrypt Later' (HNDL), the mathematics of Post-Quantum Cryptography, and the socio-economic fallout of Q-Day.Thu, 19 Mar 2026 20:31:00 GMThttps://6runk.blog/blog/2026-03-22-the-stb-fallacy-what-3dfxs-corpse-teaches-us-about-nvidias-aib-squeeze/https://6runk.blog/blog/2026-03-22-the-stb-fallacy-what-3dfxs-corpse-teaches-us-about-nvidias-aib-squeeze/How the most violent performance delta in consumer compute history was undone by supply chain hubris, and why Nvidia's current strategy is succeeding where 3dfx failed.Sun, 22 Mar 2026 20:21:00 GMThttps://6runk.blog/blog/2026-04-03-the-tag-that-shouldn-t-work-platform-fragmentation-and-the-144-byte-payload/https://6runk.blog/blog/2026-04-03-the-tag-that-shouldn-t-work-platform-fragmentation-and-the-144-byte-payload/How a cheap NFC sticker exposes the structural gap between W3C standards and iOS platform policiesFri, 03 Apr 2026 11:25:00 GMThttps://6runk.blog/blog/amd-ryzen-usb-issues/https://6runk.blog/blog/amd-ryzen-usb-issues/A deep dive into the B550/X570 USB dropout issues, the troubleshooting rabbit hole, and the eventual AGESA fix.Sun, 18 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://6runk.blog/blog/ive-been-missing-photography/https://6runk.blog/blog/ive-been-missing-photography/Reflections on leaving the Canon ecosystem and finding the joy of photography again.Thu, 15 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://6runk.blog/blog/php-environment-variable-missing/https://6runk.blog/blog/php-environment-variable-missing/When Windows updates decide you don't need PHP anymore.Tue, 21 May 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://6runk.blog/blog/power-point-pro-tip-91-compressing-images/https://6runk.blog/blog/power-point-pro-tip-91-compressing-images/How to make your 300MB presentation email-friendly.Tue, 10 Sep 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://6runk.blog/blog/project-management-acceptance-criteria/https://6runk.blog/blog/project-management-acceptance-criteria/Why 'it should work' is not a valid requirement, and other project management lessons.Fri, 20 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://6runk.blog/blog/set-password-in-windows-10/https://6runk.blog/blog/set-password-in-windows-10/Resetting Windows 10 passwords when the GUI decides to be unhelpful.Wed, 15 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://6runk.blog/blog/time-to-restart-the-ole-blog/https://6runk.blog/blog/time-to-restart-the-ole-blog/Why I ditched the database for pure, unadulterated HTML.Mon, 09 Feb 2026 12:10:00 GMThttps://6runk.blog/blog/windows-10-on-mac/https://6runk.blog/blog/windows-10-on-mac/Revisiting the Intel Mac era, Boot Camp, and making the trackpad actually work.Sun, 15 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://6runk.blog/blog/windows-10-channel-problems/https://6runk.blog/blog/windows-10-channel-problems/How to force the Windows 10 installer to listen to you instead of the BIOS.Tue, 05 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://6runk.blog/blog/php-include-vs-require/https://6runk.blog/blog/php-include-vs-require/The difference between a warning and a fatal error.Thu, 14 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMT