Blog on Andrew Ferguson

The Switch to Hugo

Sat, 19 Sep 2026 21:36:29 -0700

I finally made the switch! I’ve been putting off leaving WordPress for years because it felt like such an overwhelming task, and I wasn’t sure what I actually wanted to migrate to. My push to actually get this done was inspired by reading Jeff Geerling’s account of leaving Drupal for Hugo.

In the end, I was able to delegate most of it to Claude Opus 5 (High). Here’s how I started and what I did, versus what Claude did, in Claude’s own words (with direction and editing from me):

Migrating to Hugo

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 18:54:51 -0800

I’m attempting to do something with this site.

Feit SHOP/4/HO/CCT/AG Teardown

Tue, 23 Aug 2022 10:35:49 -0700

The SHOP/4/HO/CCT/AG shop light is a 10,000 lumen light with tunable white light (3000K – 6500K) with a NEMA 5-15P connector that plugs into a standard 3-prong outlet.

Plex Proxmox VM with NVIDIA GPU passthrough

Sat, 18 Jun 2022 20:03:47 -0700

Editors note: Last updated 12/26/2022

Show and Tell and Lessons Learned: Macro Keyboard

Tue, 08 Feb 2022 15:25:50 -0800

KiCAD and CircuitPython files are at: https://github.com/fergbrain/MacroKeyboard

2010 Prius Microphone

Sat, 19 Dec 2020 12:12:14 -0800

This is an update to Notes on Installing Sony XAV-AX100 in a 2010 Prius, specifically trying to integrate the factory microphone.

Notes on Installing Sony XAV-AX100 in a 2010 Prius

Sat, 08 Aug 2020 15:07:35 -0700

Parts

Jamulus and Temporally Hyper-Near Servers

Wed, 08 Jul 2020 12:12:54 -0700

Temporally Hyper-Near Servers

Pikler Ladder

Sun, 14 Jun 2020 01:10:20 -0700

Pikler Ladder Assy v3 Drawings (FREE!)

Deleted Facebook

Sat, 01 Feb 2020 12:03:53 -0800

Yesterday was my last day on Facebook. Today I deleted my account.

Why you rarely get internet as fast as your speedtest

Fri, 18 Oct 2019 14:35:29 -0700

Can anyone explain why, when my internet download speed is testing around 20mbps, if I go to download a file, the actual speed result is more like 1-2mbps?

Username Requirements

Thu, 20 Jun 2019 08:35:06 -0700

Some things make sense: don’t use your SSN as your username. But I don’t think I’ve ever seen a user name require both a letter and a number in it.

Trying Something New

Wed, 08 May 2019 01:02:05 -0700

On the occasion of my 33rd birthday, I announced on social media (the irony is not lost on me) that Rachel and I were contemplating how we can keep in touch in deeper and more meaningful ways with our family, friends, and coworkers, and really the effects of social media in general.

Backing Up All The Things

Sun, 19 Aug 2018 13:13:36 -0700

Having a backup of your data is important, and for me it’s taken several different forms over the years – morphing as my needs have changed, as I’ve gotten better at doing backups, and as my curiosity has compelled me.

I Bought a 3D Printer

Wed, 10 May 2017 06:54:48 -0700

Guys! I bought a 3D printer! It hasn’t even arrived yet, but I already feel like I should have done this ages ago! I ended up going with the Wanhao i3 v2.1 Duplicator. It’s an upgraded version of the v2.0, which is effectively the same model that MonoPrice rebrands and sells as the Maker Select 3D Printer v2.

System Updates

Tue, 09 May 2017 13:12:10 -0700

This will serve, I hope, as a sort of system restart post and will cover a couple of things:

2016 Year in Cities

Sat, 21 Jan 2017 07:32:44 -0800

Apparently I did a lot of flying last year — 101584 miles worth. I was lucky enough to carried via British 747-400 for many of my trips (my first trip on a 747 since 2006). I climbed the Alaska Airlines points ladder pretty quickly, finally hit MVP Gold 75K (after a couple of close years), and was in their top 10% of mileage earners for 2016.

The election was so close that I’ve come to see th…

Thu, 15 Dec 2016 08:10:59 -0800

The election was so close that I’ve come to see the result as a bad roll of the dice. A few minor tweaks here and there – a more enthusiastic Sanders endorsement, one fewer of Comey’s announcements, slightly less Russian involvement – and the country would be preparing for a Clinton presidency and discussing a very different social narrative. That alternative narrative would stress business as usual, and continue to…

Voting Paradoxes

Sat, 05 Nov 2016 20:43:57 -0700

via Hacker News

Cunningham Seawall 10K

Sun, 23 Oct 2016 10:05:04 -0700

It’s been a long time since I’ve run a race—I kind of just stopped running in 2012 .