Secure DNS
TL;DR: Use a VPN if you really care. Hey, you over there! Want to take something that works perfectly well and make it more complicated? Sure ya do! Oh, need a little more convincing? Okay ...
Larch Madness
This October, I went with my friend Erica and we set off for the Enchantments thru-hike. It appears every time I get amnesia about the hike because there are some very key details I always ...
Matching socks: Nginx + php = WordPress (Part 3)
Part 1: WordPress hosting, docker stylePart 2: Cron + LetsEncrypt, docker stylePart 3: Matching socks: Nginx + php = WordPress Previously, we’ve covered terminating SSL connections and running cron jobs. Now it’s time to actually ...
Ad Blocking w/Raspberry Pi
I’ve used different technologies to block ads for a long time. I remember my first computer used Proxomitron to great success in the early web. (HTTPS wasn’t much of a thing back then which made ...
Paris. Fairphone. How I ended up with a G7X
Many years ago, I went to Paris to visit my sister. I was walking around, exploring the sights, and visiting the touristy places. I remember stopping by a shop to pick up a baguette, some ...
Cron + LetsEncrypt, docker style (Part 2)
Part 1: WordPress hosting, docker stylePart 2: Cron + LetsEncrypt, docker stylePart 3: Matching socks: Nginx + php = WordPress Today, I’m going to talk about running background jobs with docker. On a non-docker system, ...
WordPress feature hacking
I’m using Koko analytics on my site to generally see if it’s getting traffic (it’s not :D). One thing I wanted to add was a site counter as a throwback to my original website which ...
WordPress hosting, docker style (Part 1)
Part 1: WordPress hosting, docker stylePart 2: Cron + LetsEncrypt, docker stylePart 3: Matching socks: Nginx + php = WordPress Those segfaults I mentioned? Yeah, they proved unsolvable. Nginx Unit seems to be having a ...
TIL: Filtering email with Protonmail
I’m subscribed to an email listserv. The problem is they’re always ending up in my ProtonMail spam folder. ProtonMail offers only a very simple option in the UI for dealing with spam: An explicit allowed ...