Installing miniflux on FreeBSD
After trying to figure out why FreshRSS does not update my feeds as frequently as I expect – it’s supposed to do it every 20min, but my cron jobs every 30min...
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One Apache config for multiple environments
Today I added on to a bit of Apache configuration I wrote several years ago and was impressed by how past me had done it, so thought I’d write a blog post.
Netflix and IPv6 blocks and FreeBSD router
I’ve had issues for several years with mobile devices (particularly iPads) on my home network accessing Netflix. The loading spinner in the Netflix app just ...
Removing Hyper-V from Windows 10
Hyper-V is pretty cool, and I enjoyed playing with it, especially in conjunction with Ubuntu’s Multipasstool. However, once I finished playing with it – I ha...
Ghost admin and CDN caching
I recently switched from BIND to Unbound for my home network’s caching DNS server (which I should also write a post about), and in the process also simplifie...
Reading Comics Tech
I’ve just recently finally found a good way to get through my backlog of comics in the cbz/cbr format, thought I’d share. Nothing groundbreaking, these tools...
AWS OpsWorks for Chef Automate and Chef version
tl;dr - there seems to be a bug using Chef 14 to bootstrap nodes with the current AWS OpsWorks for Chef Automate, using Chef 13 works as expected.
CQ / AEM - reverting HTTP service config
Ran into an issue today that I couldn’t quickly find a useful fix for with Google, so here it is for posterity.
Chef upgrades - part 1
At work our internal Chef infrastructure has been using an older version of Chef for a while. We built out several fully Chef-managed internal projects, all ...
Managing Email
Over almost 30 years using email at work I’ve gathered a few habits to ensure that I see email as it comes in, reply quickly, and can find messages later. In...