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Continue reading →: dev: Ngrok + open-webui + ollama
What a great setup, you can nearly duplicate all the stuff that requires the cloud on your local machine. While open-webui really likes using docker, I have to say that the overhead is pretty big particularly when all that is really going on is the need to isolate python environments.…
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Continue reading →: wp: giving up on Cloudways SSL last straw
Well, I’m nearly through my journey, the new Digital Ocean site is working well. It is sad I couldn’t upgrade the old one, but that’s the price of bare metal. The site I’m giving up on is Cloudways. I finally navigated through most of the problems, but the one that…
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Continue reading →: usb: Best USB C Cables and Magnetic adapter for a MacBook Air
Dave asked me what to get, well, I’ve been going through USB C cables like crazy and finally have found a reasonable combination for a MacBook Air is: MacBook Air Maximum Charging with iPhone The last thing to think about is the charger size. The default MacBook Air charger is…
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Continue reading →: wp: Redis Ubuntu Installation and PHP Opcode cache
OK, I spent a lot of time trying to figure both the Redis cache which caches various HMTL elements and the lower level PHP Opcode cache. For instance making sure there is no swap file so that Redis doesn’t thrash caching to disk instead of memory. Right now depending on…
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Continue reading →: wp: InMotion Hosting 508 Resource Limit and VPN Blocking Cpanel
Well, I found the first issue with InMotion, I’m trying to auto post from tongfamily.com to three other servers (calvintong.com, richtong.com and richtong.org) and I got a 508 Resource limit error. I’ve never seen this before, you can look at Inmotion AMP > Cpanel > Resource Usage and it says…
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Continue reading →: wp: More headaches PHP 8.3 on DigitalOcean Ubuntu 22.04
OK, as I finally get the following configurations in order. Note that from previous experience, we need at least a 2GB RAM server to not constantly run out of memory Upgrade 22.04 to PHP 8.3 for the system How to make the PHP 8.3 work is a little complicated, first…
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Continue reading →: wp: Digital Ocean Reserved IP Strangeness even if not the DNS Server, Litespeed fail, Cloudways ugh
oK, this is a strange one, so a quick note if you hit it. I’m trying to get a Digital Ocean WordPress up and no matter what I did it didn’t see to work. I”m using Netlify as the DNS Server but it would never recognize the new IP address…
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Continue reading →: apple: Utterly confusing sharing AirPods from a single iPhone or iPad
This is such a cool gesture, but I have to confess I simply always forget how to use it. No, you can’t find it in settings or anywhere sane like that. Even the Apple instructions are super unclear but here is exactly what to do: So that’s not too bad.…
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Continue reading →: tvl: Tessan 140W, Satechi 145W and Anker MagGo blinking and Cable Strangeness
OK, I’ve been trying to reduce my kit while traveling a lot and the Tessan 140W Universal Travel Charger seems like a wonderful thing if I can figure out how to make it work as does the Belkin 3-in-1 Travel charger with the same issues. Tessan 140W Universal Travel Charger:…
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Continue reading →: Blog: Life Beyond WordPress to JAMStack
As I’ve mentioned, I’m trying to get to a stable WordPress for a long time and maybe this time I’ll do it. JAMStack is creatingly better for vanity sites, but maybe this time for my blog as well. Well, just before the pandemic, I tried to get out of WordPress…





