Tim Wilkes - blog.php-systems.com

Introduction to Tasker

Using Tasker for automation on your Android phone can initially seem a bit overwhelming due to its wide range of capabilities. However, once you get the hang of it, Tasker becomes an incredibly powerful tool for automating everyday tasks.

mail to misp - Email in your threat intel

I receieve a lot of spam and malware via email. Sometimes I can't be bothered to do much with it, but recently I've been picking up doing things with the samples I have been sent. Ever thought about setting up your own "this is a phish button" in your email client? If so, this post may be for you.

Ad removal

This post is not intended to be definitive on how to remove all ads anywhere more just the things I do to make life a little less cluttered. Ads are somethimes badly placed and a potential source of malware.

Posting to social media from ghost using Kestra

Previously, I have set up webhooks which trigger when my ghost blog posts go live. In order to show the world what I have written, I usually post on to social media. To be honest, I find posting a bit of a chore. I have set up an account on Bluesky and Mastodon too.

Fixing my PPPOE configuration on PfSense

I am moving from a virtual machine on VMWare to a physical host for my firewall. There are many reasons. This machine was the last hold out of my move. I also was upgrading from Pfsense version 2.5.2 to version 2.7.2 as well, which did complicate matters.

Restarting Gitlab via Ansible and Kestra

One of the great things about running Kestra is that, that if I do a job more than a few times, I can script it and make it re-occur very quickly and easily. Gitlab, when it changes major versions, doesn't appear to like that. Also, the service doesn't appear to want to be enabled.

pfSense and Tor

I have recently moved from a pfSense vm to dedicated hardware. I may move back, but while I was evaluating the system, I installed TOR ( The Onion Router) package on to my firewall to allow me to route traffic.

Using Kestra to update my proxmox IPSet

I've been using Kestra for a while now to automate some of the more mundane tasks around my network. One of these tasks is keeping the firewall up to date. This blog sits behind cloudflare, and as such, only cloudflare needs to access it. All other sources should be be denied (except internally).

Triggering kestra on posting to Ghost

I have had a few issues publishing posts on a schedule recently, mostly down the fact that I sit behind cloudflare. One of the things I wanted to do was check that the post had published. Yes, I could hop on to the blog and look, but I would much prefer to be told.

Automating Air filters

Recently I was watching a Thomas Sanladerer (Making with Layers) video on youtube about the emission of gases from 3D prints. Like Thomas, I am concerned about the fumes that come from my 3D printers and I'm interested in ways to reduce them, especially around my young son.