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Moving Adventures Part 1
(Note: This guest post is from my wife, Nicole. These are the events that happened July 24th, 2017.)
Well, after 4 hours of sleep, we woke and were on the road by 5. Forgot one little detail... taking girls to the restroom before we left. When we reached Adelanto, Mollie said she had to go the bathroom. Pulled in to the first gas station we …
Leaving California
Today marks the first day in over 29 years where I am no longer a resident of the great state of California. No longer will iscaliforniaonfire.com be relevant to me or my family! With all changes to life there are some good things and bad things with every major life decision.
From the move, I will miss the following:
- In-n-Out b… Read more →
Autosign Puppet certificates on AWS
Let's face it, Puppet's method of certificates is a pain and huge administration overkill if done manually. Thankfully, puppet has designed several methods of auto-signing certificates. One of which is via crafting a special certificate signing request and verifying the certificate signing request is genuine.
On th… Read more →
My tablet history and Kindle Fire (7th Gen) review
Read more →My first tablet was an Acer A500 which ran Honeycomb (Android 3.0). I used that laptop for everything - reading, pictures, studying, and using it to project games in the children's class I taught at the time. It was used more than my laptop, phone, and desktop combined. It served its purpose until my wife accidentally knocked it off the kitchen cou…
Moving to Desktop GNU/Linux from Windows/Mac
There are many curious individuals who tinker with GNU/Linux as a Server OS and want to experience what it is like as a Desktop OS. The switch is often hindered by two obstacles:
- Some daily use programs are not available. (i.e. Photoshop, iTunes, etc.)
- The unknown of what to do if something goes wrong or what do I do to get my… Read more →
Captive Portal Overview
I originally authored this on Aug 16, 2016 at http://unix.stackexchange.com. Considering my tutorial did not include an overview, I thought I would re-post it on my blog.
To make a captive portal appear, you need to stop all internet traffic and provide a
302 … Read more →Tupperware announces new container platform
Today, in a surprise move into technology, Tupperware has released a new container platform competing with Docker and rkt. Tupperware’s new platform - named Bowl - has been in alpha for the past 6 months, but now has achieved public beta status.
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Captive Portal Restaurant Menu
Read more →I have been contacted several times in regards to my captive portal post. In India there seems to be a surge in popularity for restaurants to have an open WiFi that prompts a user to open up a menu/splash page. The caveat being the legal issues encountered when providing free, open wireless internet. In order to avoid legal issues, the device that …
Jumping the ship on Evernote
Read more →I am a long time user of Evernote. Currently it has the best browser extensions, a wide range of supported operating systems, and it has a free tier; however, I am getting frustrated with it. In the past year, they have changed plans twice - now the free tier is only supported on 2 platforms. This has cost me to re-evaluate my use of Evernote. Late…
I do not use the kuerig - here is why...
Read more →The kuerig device is a visually pleasing design. It appears to belong in the modern kitchen. A few months ago, I was given a kuerig first generation with a reusable filter and used it as my primary coffee consumption device. It gave me a sense of faster coffee delivery in the morning - I was happy until I discovered these flaws:
Flaw #1 - I …
