Feb - 21st

Cirque

Posted at 12:52 pm | Filed Under android, digital

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Jan - 6th

Cinque Terre, Italy

Posted at 1:57 pm | Filed Under android, digital

There’s an old photographer’s saying – “Don’t shoot postcards.” Don’t take time to shoot a traditional tourist photo that you could buy for a dollar/euro. Save your time for the experience. Some rules need to be broken, sometimes.  

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Jan - 6th

Another retro digicam – Nikon Coolpix 4500

Posted at 1:46 pm | Filed Under digital

Here’s another couldn’t-pass-up bargain camera, the Nikon Coolpix 4500. it’s a slight upgrade from my Nikon Coolpix 995 –  4x zoom instead of 3x, slightly higher resolution, and a metal body. The chattery, constanf focusing is much quieter, and it’s a smaller, more solid feeling camera. Photos to come…

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Nov - 11th

My Powershot

Posted at 12:29 pm | Filed Under canon, digital

My first digicam was a Canon Powershot S100 purchased back in 2000, and it changed my perspective on photography. Being able to review images in real-time, for the first time, helped me improve as a photographer. 23 years later…

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Nov - 10th

List of new and missing features in the “New” Outlook

Posted at 7:32 am | Filed Under blog

I found a good list of of new and missing features in the “New” Outlook; I’ve been swapping back and forth between the two at work and have been concerned about the features and workflows that have been part of Outlook from the beginning are being dropped. One example is Microsoft ToDo replacing the Tasks […]

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Nov - 1st

Windows 11 to support RAR, tar, gz and other compression formats

Posted at 1:50 pm | Filed Under blog

Windows support for compression standards like RAR, tar and gz has been lacking. RAR, for example, was released in 1993, for example, while we ran Windows 3.1 with Lotus 1-2-3 and WordPerfect for Windows. Buried in a blog post by Windows chief Panos Panay discussing AI and cloud-based improvements to Windows in a blog post […]

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Oct - 30th

Implementing VLANs in OpenWRT: Enhancing Network Security and Efficiency

Posted at 1:56 pm | Filed Under blog

OpenWRT is a powerful open-source firmware replacement for many home “appliance” routers that gives you enterprise router features out of home network appliances. One key feature it offers is the ability to implement Virtual LANs (VLANs), which allow you to segment your network into distinct virtual networks. I will guide you through the process of […]

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Oct - 30th

WRT54G to WRT1900ACS: Empowering Networks with OpenWRT

Posted at 3:42 am | Filed Under blog

What’s a WRT1900ACS? The WRT1900ACS is a capable router from several years ago that are dirt cheap on the used market and have a ton of features that I like. With an alternative OS like OpenWRT or DD-WRT, you unlock new features that compare to a proper router. I started running home networks on a […]

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Oct - 16th

Water Lanterns

Posted at 8:20 am | Filed Under android, digital

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Oct - 1st

Rome

Posted at 8:51 pm | Filed Under android, photo

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Jul - 3rd

A great tiny homelab server – with multiple expansion options!

Posted at 4:23 pm | Filed Under blog

I’ve been looking for low-power, small footprint homelab servers; servethehome.com’s YouTube channel has a great comparison of “tinyminimicro” servers – ultra-small form factor (USFF) desktops that make great mini servers. I’ve run into problems with USFF servers only supporting 16GB of memory – it’s why I paid less for a desktop form factor server that […]

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Jun - 27th

Outlook opens emails next to weblinks in Microsoft Edge

Posted at 4:43 pm | Filed Under blog

I noticed this support article; first, Microsoft put up ads in the Start Menu, then offer to change your default browser. If you run Microsoft Edge as your default and change the browser, you get a “Are you sure” prompt you don’t get with any other browser. Now, for your convenience, Outlook defaults to Edge. […]

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Jun - 26th

Microsoft 365, Outlook and Tasks

Posted at 8:54 pm | Filed Under blog

Microsoft is changing the interface of Outlook in a way that will affect people who follow David Allen’s Getting Things Done system, or people who rely heavily on tracking tasks in Outlook. Getting Things Done is a system that lets you capture information and tasks, take action by completing quick tasks, capturing the next actions […]

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Jun - 25th

Upgrading to Proxmox VE 8

Posted at 5:51 pm | Filed Under blog

I’ve used Proxmox for two years in a homelab that serves as a sandbox for work projects, a testbed Active Directory network, and running home automation tools. It combines the familiarity of F/OSS tools like Debian Linux, QEMU, and KVM, with a graphical interface that makes managing virtual servers easy – with a community supported, free […]

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Jun - 4th

Chief Hotel Court

Posted at 9:02 pm | Filed Under journal

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Jun - 4th

Cirque

Posted at 8:57 pm | Filed Under journal

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May - 4th

Creating a Proxmox 3-node cluster using Zima board computers – 10 watts!

Posted at 5:09 am | Filed Under blog

As I posted about wanting to make a 3-node high-availability cluster out of commodity USFF desktop PCs, I found this video outlining a 3-node Intel CPU cluster that runs on 10 watts of power! The cluster uses a SBC called a Zima Board that looks interesting – it’s got SATA, a PCI slot, and having […]

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May - 4th

CEPH and Proxmox VE

Posted at 4:58 am | Filed Under blog

I’ve wanted to add high-availability to my Proxmox cluster, but I’ve got some work to do first. CEPH is a distributed storage system that can be used as a storage backend in Proxmox VE. CEPH provides highly available and fault-tolerant storage by distributing data across multiple storage nodes in a cluster. In Proxmox VE, CEPH […]

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Mar - 24th

Proxmox VE 7.4 released

Posted at 5:48 pm | Filed Under blog

Proxmox is an open-source bare metal virtualization system I use in my homelab. Proxmox supports clustering, high availability and backup using industry standard tools running on relatively mod-free Debian Linux, qemu and kvm. It supports any hardware supported by Debian, which makes use in a lab environment practical – after running VMWare’s vSphere and Nutanix […]

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Feb - 9th

gordy’s camera straps

Posted at 10:25 am | Filed Under coolpix995

I’ve got a couple of these sturdy hand straps from https://gordyscamerastraps.com on a couple of my cameras and love the feel, the size, and being able to match strap and camera colors is pretty neat.

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