It was nice knowing you. No really. It was. I don’t say that because I found anything wrong in the fediverse. Nope. It’s entirely because a recent apt update not only broke my sweetree.ga instance, it irrecoverably broke it. Guess I’ll have to use that domain somewhere somehow somewhen else. Maybe I’ll try you again …
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rethinking pi-hole (again)
About 2 years ago, I started running Pi-hole as a DNS resolver and ad-blocker. Then last year, I ditched it. After seeing a recent post by Troy Hunt, though, I thought it might be worth revisiting..but I needed a better way to control how it worked. Enter {{OpenVPN}} – a service I already run on …
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pi-hole revisited
Back in November, I was really up on Pi-hole. But after several more months of running it … I am far less psyched than I had been. I’m sure part of that is having gotten better internet services at my house – so the impact of ads is less noticeable. But a major part of …
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update: keeping your let’s encrypt certs up-to-date
Last year I posted a simple script for keeping your Let’s Encrypt {{SSL}} certificates current. In conjunction with my last post sharing the “best” SSL configs you can use with {{Apache}} on {{CentOS}}, here is the current state of the cron’d renewal script I use. systemctl stop httpd.service systemctl stop postfix ~/letsencrypt/letsencrypt-auto -t -n –agree-tos –keep …
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ssl configuration for apache 2.4 on centos 7 with let’s encrypt
In follow-up to previous posts I’ve had about SSL (specifically with Let’s Encrypt), here is the set of {{SSL}} configurations I use with all my sites. These, if used correctly, should score you an “A+” with no warnings from ssllabs.com. Note: I have an improved entropy package installed (twuewand). This is adapted from the Mozilla config …
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vampires vs zombies
A few years ago I wrote about why I like good vampire and zombie stories. I had an epiphany this week related to that, that I thought you’d all find interesting. If vampires exist, zombies can not exist [long] in the same universe. Why? Because they’d be eliminating the only source of food for the …
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wordpress plugins i use
As promised last time, I now have a page dedicated to the {{WordPress}} plugins I use. Check it out, here.
a couple months late – but my prediction was pretty close
Tesla’s Model 3 is debuting at $35,000. That is distinctly in the range of most “normal” people to obtain. It should be shipping sometime in 2017. I’d buy one.
more ad blocking extensions
The list of ad blocking extensions I have installed has grown. Add to the previous two these two: Adguard uBlock
ending Acts
We started in August of 2014. And tomorrow we *think* we shall finish, as we read and discuss chapter 28. We don’t meet quite every other Saturday – but it is close 🙂
remember to vote – myers 2016
Here’s a quick reminder for all you voting types out there – vote for Myers 2016, “I suck less than the other guy”.
prediction look back
Time to look back at last year’s tech predictions. I did this at the half-way point, so let’s see what has changed since then. {{AIX}} is still kickin’ {{HPUX}} hasn’t died yet 🙁 {{Solaris}} is still being clung-to by {{Oracle}} HP split in half – count this a win {{IBM}} has dropped from 162 to …
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Renovation starts weekly meetings this Sunday, 11 Oct
Renovation is starting weekly evening worship services on 11 Oct. Come join us. Currently meeting at the Elkhorn Baptist Association building, 1161 Red Mile Rd, Lexington KY.
wsj thinks apple will make and sell cars
Dallas News thought so back in March (see here). And I predicted it back in February. Now WSJ thinks so.
half year update: how are my predictions so far?
Back in Feb, I published a list of tech-related predictions for 2015. How’m I doing? Let’s see ones that have happened (or are very close to have happened): Itanium OEL’d HP spinning-off business units – sorta, they’re splitting in half IBM is losing value … but not as much as I predicted (yet) cloud is …
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pydio has clients now
In update to my recent how-to, I found out from the founder of Pydio there are dedicated clients now. IOW, you don’t have to use just the WebUI. I haven’t tried any of them yet, but good to know they’re now there – it makes comparing Pydio and other tools like ownCloud easier.
owncloud vs pydio – more diy cloud storage
Last week I wrote a how-to on using Pydio as a front-end to a MooseFS distributed data storage cluster. The big complaint I had while writing that was that I wanted to use ownCloud, but it doesn’t Just Work™ on {{CentOS}} 6*. After finishing the tutorial, I decided to do some more digging – because …
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Daniel is coming to an end
We’ve definitely covered Daniel proportionately-quicker than we did Matthew, but it has been a great study. 26 Jul will be our last session in Daniel, as we cover chapter 12 (the end of the 3 chapter prophecy and interpretation). Next up: Acts.
wait, what?
My wife has done a far more excellent write-up* than I could hope to – but the short version is that I’m now a dad 🙂 We got an out-of-the-blue call a couple weeks ago that there was a ~3 month old baby boy being put for adoption, and did we know anyone who would …
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first experiment follow-up
I’ve been attempting a “reactive”/”consumptive” reading experiment recently. The first book I tried it on was the {{Henry Petroski}}’s horrid {{To Engineer is Human}} (my review). That turned into a failure as I couldn’t stomach his writing, and so “reacting” to it was going to pretty much be an exercise in futility. So I’ve ditched …
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april adoption update
We’ve gotten an update in our adoption process. Please go check out our [private] adoption blog. If you would like access to it, please leave a comment or email me.
defaulting pxe boots with hpsa 10.0
In follow-up to my last post, which itself was a commentary on an earlier topic, I have the additional steps you need to do the previous procude (which is to edit /opt/opsware/boot/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default): /etc/init.d/opsware-sas stop smartboot Edit file. /etc/init.d/opsware-sas start smartboot
pxe works differently in hpsa 10.x
2 years ago I wrote-up how you can change the default choice for the PXE menu in HP Server Automation. Found out this week that those instructions are not valid if you are running 10.0 (release this past summer). HP changed how they present their PXE menu with 10.x, and I have filed an RFE …
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continued slowness :|
We are still at 31 this month – there were no referrals in November at all. We are assured by our agency that this is due to new legal processes in-country, and that it “should pick up soon”. “Soon” isn’t soon enough 🙂
thanksgiving 2013
There is much to be thankful for in the Myers family this year. Some of the highlights: movement on the Waiting List we started the year at 67, and are at 31 now work still not thrilled about having be bought-out by a much larger company, but I have a job, it’s a good one, and …
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