This is my blog. A knob log. Knob blog has been around since 2006. It used to be mostly about running, then it was dead, then some lame technobabble stuff, and now we’ll see where it goes.
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Single Sign-on in Caddy Server Using only the Caddyfile and Basic Authentication February 24, 2021 - As mentioned, I’ve started self-hosting a lot of services, and in front of them all I have a reverse proxy using the Caddy Server. As always, with all web services, authentication is one of the bigger pain points. Typically, every service implements their own authentication mechanism, which becomes tiresome when you have to log in […]
Stupidly Simple, Static, Startpage for Self-hosted Services February 21, 2021 - I mentioned the other day that I’ve been self-hosting some software services on a server in my basement. Well, I build a stupidly simple, static startpage for those services. There are a lot of existing start pages or apps for start pages, like Homer or Heimdall. But they seem like overkill, with databases and build […]
A New, Old Hobby: Self-hosted Services February 21, 2021 - I’ve recently returned to a hobby of mine … self-hosting various software services and web applications on a server I maintain. I’ve hosted my own websites (and the websites of friends and family) for almost two decades, but that’s always been done using a server in the cloud, through a company that maintains the actual […]
2021 Running Update February 21, 2021 - Like a lot of people at the beginning of the great 2020 Corona quarantine, I dabbled in various new hobbies … yoga, making bread. And I also “got serious” about running again. I made it my goal to run a sub-20 minute 5K when I turn 50 (in 2021), and I even started YouTube’ing my […]
49th Birthday Solo 5K Time Trial September 27, 2020 - Race Information Name: 49th Birthday Solo 5K Time Trial Date: September 25, 2020 Distance: 5km Location: Lafayette, CO Strava: https://www.strava.com/activities/4110537270 Time: 20:53/7 Goals Goal Description Completed? A Sub 21:00 Yes B Finish Yes Splits Kilometer Time 1 4:07 2 4:09 3 4:09 4 4:18 5 4:14 Training Like everyone else, I picked up running again […]
Video Episode 5: Short Running Update September 2, 2020 - Just a short status update on my running quest. Still running, added some track workouts and fast-finish long runs. Goal of a sub-20 minute 5k at 50 years old is still there, just taking it slow. I’ve been averaging about 30-35 miles per week, running six days and taking every Friday off, while lowering mileage […]
Video Episode 4: Running, Hiking, Fishing, and Tendonitis in Telluride July 7, 2020 - These blog posts and vlog episodes feel like they’re becoming rote and routine, and I’m already tired of producing them every week. Yet I keep telling myself, and others, “discipline over motivation”. But there’s also the notions of sunk cost and opportunity cost. Just because I’ve sunk time in the first month of the project […]
Video Episode 3: Week in the Life of an Ordinary Runner June 28, 2020 - This week’s video installment of my quest to run a sub 20 minute 5k at 50 is just a chronicle of my training week. Shot along the Coal Creek Trail in Lafayette, Colorado, there’s some beautiful sunsets and mountain vistas. Honestly, putting all of my creative effort into these videos hasn’t left much left for […]
Video Log 2: Training to Run a Sub 20 Minute 5K at 50 Years Old June 21, 2020 - I dropped another video today about my training plan to run a sub-20 minute 5K. Maybe I’ll blog at some point about the whole video creation process. The amount of effort required (at least for me) to produce a ten minute video is prodigious. Today’s video included fifteen videos, a dozen photos, three audio tracks, […]
My Quest to Run a 20 Minute 5K at 50 Years Old June 14, 2020 - After last week’s entry I knew I couldn’t keep writing rote recitations every week. And as I’ve gotten back into running I’ve been watching various running YouTube channels like Sage Running, Seth James DeMoor, and MileSplit. I watch them for motivation, entertainment, and arm-chair quaraterbacking if I’m honest. So I thought, since I’m excited about […]