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It’s a scary world out there and Vlad was wondering what I use to make browsing safer. Here’s a list ordered by how hard it is to live with:: Password manager. There are two good ones. I’ve used Lastpass but 1Password at least is open source so you can inspect…

Well, you have two choices. Manage all your .sh scripts so you know what is happening with your system configuration. Or use etckeeper which pours things into a git repository, so you can play back your /etc changes. Then use the Some cool uses: – For your web server configuration…

Having spent 24 hours trying to figure out how to share a file, it sure doesn’t feel good have so many different versions and release of Linux out there. Over the last two years, we’ve had the (mis)fortune to use a bunch of different Linux distributions so here are the…

ARgh, this should be so simple, but it isn’t. Trying to build a linux file server is complicated mainly because of the network naming (how do you file your server) and the administration of users. Here’s a quick guide for Ubuntu. It is amazing to me it took a whole…

  Small choice UCFF Form factor This idea of a next unit of computing (NUC) that Intel gave name to is just the next in a series of very small form factor PCs that are mainly fanless. So SFF has given way to UCFF (Ultracompact) We have had an Atom…

This is a great question that Vlad asked me. I’ve done special builds now for file servers, gaming PCs of course, but what about just doing image editing, what’s the best build. Here are some criteria: Very quiet. I know this shouldn’t be, but why not, who need a roaring…

Well, if you can stand it, waiting for Black Friday or the virtual black fridays makes some sense. So here’s what I’ve got on hold: New hard drives for the many disk arrays. New monitors New MacBooks Hold on to those items as we are so close to the date.…

Actually the move to Yosemite has gone pretty well for me. We’ve dodged some of the bugs I’ve heard about (Wifi connection) and it is definitely faster on small machines because the 3D effects are less. The only thing I’ve seen is a strong losing of SMTP passwords. In terms…

But it sure is interesting to learn about all the tools that are out there thanks to various contests online including: Disassembler which let’s you know what’s in a binary. SWI Prolog. Many of these problems need a constraint solver. If you can believe it, people are still using Prolog to…

So what’s the best way to bring up a Ghost site on Digital Ocean and then have another site which is the test one. There is some support for a development version and a production site in a separate place. I tried the instructions in Digital Ocean but this didn’t…