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Continue reading â: wp: Cloudways vs Digital Ocean roll-your-own vs Full Hosted choicesWell, I spend about $25 on Cloudways with its WordPress-managed installation and about the same on Digital Ocean with a roll-your-own system. It’s kind of a toss-up which one I(Continue Reading)
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Continue reading â: nas: Synology disk operations go fasterOne of the problems that I’ve been having is how slow the rebuild times and data scrubbing are. For instance, a rebuild of 12x20TB took 2 weeks! Turns out there(Continue Reading)
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Continue reading â: ops: Mandatory 2-Factor Verification (aka 2-Factor AuthenticationWith the many ransomware and other hacks, it’s pretty clear that having more end-user security in addition to other things is vital. But the convenience of the password is still(Continue Reading)
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scan: New 2024 workflow with Vuescan and Silverfast and GIMP
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Continue reading â: scan: New 2024 workflow with Vuescan and Silverfast and GIMPAnother day, another dollar. As you know, I got a new Plustek OpticFilm 8200i and I had to learn the new SilverFast AI Studio and also GIMP so I can(Continue Reading)
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tech: Shure TWS 2 Adapter and Keychron Q1 Max interference
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Continue reading â: tech: Shure TWS 2 Adapter and Keychron Q1 Max interferenceOk, here is a weird one for you, I have a Shure TWS2 Bluetooth adapter which actually works great with my Moondrop VARIATIONS in-ear monitors. But when I use Bluetooth(Continue Reading)
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Continue reading â: pen: Cleaning your fountain pensThe one thing about the fountain pen world is that when you get one, they sort of expect you to know everything about it and half my pens don’t have(Continue Reading)
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Continue reading â: nas: Folder and file comparisons when moving and deletingWell, one problem with all my data migrations is how to know what’s really in a folder. I want a kind of graphical indication of what is different and it(Continue Reading)
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Continue reading â: it: UniFi Switch turns off if DHCP IP conflict
OK, I returned home after a few weeks and discovered for whatever reason that the DHCP server in my UniFi DreamMachine Pro had shuffled all the addresses. This means that(Continue Reading)
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Continue reading â: tvl: Google Voice for local calls over Airalo
Well, this actually works pretty well: To turn on Google Voice for local calling You have to go to the website voice.google.com and then: Turn on data roaming and enable(Continue Reading)
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Continue reading â: tvl: The miracles of captive.apple.com for public WiFi
OK, I can’t believe I hadn’t learned this tip, but if you have trouble connecting your iPhone or Mac to a public WiFi captive portal. Many times, the phone seems(Continue Reading)
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