Filtering Traffic: The OpenDNS way
The classic problem, someone connects to your wi-fi, and tries to download a movie, then you get a nasty email from your ISP making you look like an organize...
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blogger
[Programming] Scheme and it’s virtues
I took this class, that was a survey of different programming languages. PHP, Ruby, Perl, Python, Scheme, and Java (Android Development). It was fast and fun...
[Linux Tip] Force install another version of an existing package RHEL6
Originally recieved this error error while loading shared libraries: libxml2.so.2: cannot open shared object file: I have a missing library, so I decide to ...
[Linux Tip] downgrade or undo yum/package install in RHEL 6
downgrade or undo yum/package install in RHEL 6 is fairly straight forward # yum historyID | Login user | Date and time | Action(s) | Altered---------------...
[Linux Tip] debuging a command
this is very useful when you are running a script that calls other scripts. # set -x# ls+ ls --color=autoanaconda-ks.cfg install.log install.log.syslog++ ...
| [ReBlog | Linux Tip] 20 Linux performance analysis tools |
This diagram is really handy, shows you different elements in the linux arch and how to identify the performance of each elements.
[Linux Tip] Finding what is using up space in your drive
In linux, you have the usual tools (fdisk -l) tells you what drives are present and partitions and this tells you what partitions are mounted where (df -h), ...
[Brainstorming] Streaming my music after vpn connect using ubuntu as a server and both nexus 7 and Ubuntu client.
I post when a setup is successful, but someone suggested, why don’t I also blog my challenges, so here’s one. The problem: once in my home environment I want...
VNC (x11vnc) over SSH Tunnel on Ubuntu 12.10 and nexus 7 as a client
Alright, so after I connect to my VPN at home, I can do a lot of different things, SSH is one of them. I also needed a solution to control my screen from any...
SSH with Ubuntu 12.10 and nexus 7 as a client
I woke up one day and decided to view my logs, and I see someone poking hard at my ssh connection, trying to connect with a bunch of bogus usernames and pass...
Productivity Tip: The Black Desktop.
Could be in my mind, but I used to have very steep headaches after using computer for an entire day straight, don't know if this is scientifically proven or ...
OpenVPN Server on ubuntu 12.10 with Nexus7 as a client
</b>I'll leave the job of explaining vpn to someone else, and read this prelude to get familiar with how this can be of help.</p> OpenVPN is an o...
Access All your Home Network Everywhere
There are a million solutions for accessing files from home Dropbox for files to sync in the cloud, Google Play Music for your music, TeamViewer for viewing ...
What’s next? What’s been on my mind?
When I started using Ubuntu a while back, it was due to my growing frustration with Vista. This was probably the best move I made for my career because it op...
Samsung Series 7 Chronos: Review
Just this past month I got many views this month so I decided to update this post with my latest assessment of the product. You can find the link to reviews ...
Steve Jobs
If you by now don't have a clue of who this guy is, you leaving under a rock. I've personally never been a fan of some of his practices, but it definitely d...
Ubuntu: How to Reset Ubuntu/Gnome Settings to Defaults
In a terminal, run the command below: rm -rf .gnome .gnome2 .gconf .gconfd .metacity</p> Other Fixes1- You are most likely going to get the followin...
Ubuntu: TOR (Proxy Servers)
Oki this came to my attention, when I started following the crisis in Iran and was wondering how they did to bypass their government firewalls to keep the st...
Ubuntu: Virtual Box Set-up, Install, USB and Share Drive
Hello, I talked in one of the earlier posts about trying ubuntu on a virtual machine to make sure that it could run in your machine. I woke up one day and I ...
Ubuntu: Mounting ext3/ext4 Partitions
Since I went ahead and got rid of my windows, my partition is strictly just ext3 files. The problem, I encountered was that the partition will not automount....
Ubuntu: Mounting NTFS Partitions
Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) and Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron)</p> The ntfs-3g packages comes pre-installed with the newest versions of Ubuntu, but you ...
Ubuntu: Installing Eclipse
Eclipse is a software we use at school for java programing, for me, its a priority to have eclipse functional. here is a tutorial that i got from the Ubuntu...
Ubuntu: Picasa, GoogleEarth
Picasa: Picasa is a picture manager software, that I love. Every time I am setting up an ubuntu machine I always add picasa. Good thing about picasa install,...
blog
Wireguard Server on GCP with Gl-iNet Beryl as a client
Setting up wireguard server on gcp instance and connecting to it using my beryl travel router
Ghost Maintenance and Backup on GCS
I’ve been using the blog platform ghost for hosting tadbit.cc, and now twdspodcast.com. Migrating to Ghost 4, this post is explores Ghost maintenance and bac...
Running ghost blog on GCP, using GCE
I’ve been using the blog platform ghost for hosting tadbit.cc, and now twdspodcast.com. Using the Ghost 4 launch as an excuse to tidy up how I create the ins...
A covid story and finding a passion
This is the story of wrestling with the meaning of all through the pandemic, finding a passion, feeling shame to share the passion, finding pride in what you...
Running ghost blog with nginx reverse proxy and let’s encrypt
I’ve been using the blog platform ghost for hosting tadbit.cc, and now twdspodcast.com, this is a quick brain dump on how I host the blog. It’s simply nginx ...
gcp
Wireguard Server on GCP with Gl-iNet Beryl as a client
Setting up wireguard server on gcp instance and connecting to it using my beryl travel router
Wireguard Server on GCP with Gl-iNet Beryl as a client
Setting up wireguard server on gcp instance and connecting to it using my beryl travel router
Ghost Maintenance and Backup on GCS
I’ve been using the blog platform ghost for hosting tadbit.cc, and now twdspodcast.com. Migrating to Ghost 4, this post is explores Ghost maintenance and bac...
Running ghost blog on GCP, using GCE
I’ve been using the blog platform ghost for hosting tadbit.cc, and now twdspodcast.com. Using the Ghost 4 launch as an excuse to tidy up how I create the ins...
php
gulp simple workflow
Gulp is just a way to automate workflow. I like to use it to compile and minify resources. Not every framework can be like Rails and have this functionality ...
Laravel 5 additional resources
Laravel on it’s own is a powerful and autonomous framework. With the additions of Laravel Elixir to manage compilation of CSS and JS in your project and Lara...
Laravel 5 Homestead Workflow
This post will be a little obscure to you, if you have no previous knowledge of Vagrant or Homestead, I recommend laravel’s homestead guide and also the offi...
laravel
gulp simple workflow
Gulp is just a way to automate workflow. I like to use it to compile and minify resources. Not every framework can be like Rails and have this functionality ...
Laravel 5 additional resources
Laravel on it’s own is a powerful and autonomous framework. With the additions of Laravel Elixir to manage compilation of CSS and JS in your project and Lara...
Laravel 5 Homestead Workflow
This post will be a little obscure to you, if you have no previous knowledge of Vagrant or Homestead, I recommend laravel’s homestead guide and also the offi...
ghost
Ghost Maintenance and Backup on GCS
I’ve been using the blog platform ghost for hosting tadbit.cc, and now twdspodcast.com. Migrating to Ghost 4, this post is explores Ghost maintenance and bac...
Running ghost blog on GCP, using GCE
I’ve been using the blog platform ghost for hosting tadbit.cc, and now twdspodcast.com. Using the Ghost 4 launch as an excuse to tidy up how I create the ins...
Running ghost blog with nginx reverse proxy and let’s encrypt
I’ve been using the blog platform ghost for hosting tadbit.cc, and now twdspodcast.com, this is a quick brain dump on how I host the blog. It’s simply nginx ...
docker
Docker Lessons Learned: 3 months in
Tips and Tricks I’ve acquired after using docker for close to 3 months.
Docker Lessons Learned: Hour 12
My take on docker and how it helps with my personal projects
wisci
Life after WiSci 17’
Over last summer, I’ve been fortunate to be part of all girls camp. I discussed my experience volunteering at WiSci 17’, here’s an account of life after the ...
Volunteering in Malawi at WiSci 17’
WiSci Malawi brought together 100 high school girls from the African continent and the US for a three weeks long camp. Here is my account at this camp.
linux
Ntfs mount permissions on linux
If you stumble upon this, you are probably trying to mount ntfs on linux, or have tried to change folder or file permissions but they remain the same. Or you...
mount
Ntfs mount permissions on linux
If you stumble upon this, you are probably trying to mount ntfs on linux, or have tried to change folder or file permissions but they remain the same. Or you...
ntfs
Ntfs mount permissions on linux
If you stumble upon this, you are probably trying to mount ntfs on linux, or have tried to change folder or file permissions but they remain the same. Or you...
partitions
Ntfs mount permissions on linux
If you stumble upon this, you are probably trying to mount ntfs on linux, or have tried to change folder or file permissions but they remain the same. Or you...
powercli
Convert vm to thin-Provision using vSphere PowerCLI
Unfortunately in VCenter 5.1 there is no way to move a hard drive attached to a vm from thick provisioned to thin. The hack right now is to move drive into a...
vmware
Convert vm to thin-Provision using vSphere PowerCLI
Unfortunately in VCenter 5.1 there is no way to move a hard drive attached to a vm from thick provisioned to thin. The hack right now is to move drive into a...
IoT
Raspberry Pi2
exploration and getting started with the new Raspberry Pi2
gadgets
Raspberry Pi2
exploration and getting started with the new Raspberry Pi2
js
gulp simple workflow
Gulp is just a way to automate workflow. I like to use it to compile and minify resources. Not every framework can be like Rails and have this functionality ...
node
gulp simple workflow
Gulp is just a way to automate workflow. I like to use it to compile and minify resources. Not every framework can be like Rails and have this functionality ...
mystory
A covid story and finding a passion
This is the story of wrestling with the meaning of all through the pandemic, finding a passion, feeling shame to share the passion, finding pride in what you...