It was a particularly sunny day, both in the real world and in the world of IT. There was no cause for alarm, no foreshadowing of pending doom. Yet, it […]
When the Ubuntu Repositories don’t work for your WiFi Device….
It is always interesting to me, how few WiFi devices seem to work with Ubuntu out of the box, yet so many are supposedly supported. Don’t get me wrong, I’m […]
ATU-100 Antenna Auto-Tuner
I recently purchased a few pieces of radio equipment to try to help my fledgling setup. As it stands right now, I can’t reach anybody, and I was starting to […]
TS-520: No power with old tubes
I’ve been having a lot of trouble getting on the air with my HAM radios lately. I decided that it was time to buy some more equipment to help make […]
CertMaster CE for Security+
I had a little extra time at home lately, particularly because I was diagnosed with Covid-19. Don’t worry, although I did get a little sick for a day, it really […]
Getting Firefox to trust unaccepted TLS certificates
I am certainly not one to accept a bad certificate without just cause. However, when you signed your own certificate I see no reason not to accept it for yourself. […]
Setting up a ZNC bouncer for IRC
Recently, a small group of really great computer guys invited me to their private IRC server. I followed several of their blogs, and was really honored that they would ask […]
Home Server: Background Jobs With Cron
Sometimes NextCloud needs to run a script or command in the background. According to their website guide, you can do this several different ways, such as AJAX, webcron, cron, or […]
Take Screenshots in Android for apps that don’t allow you to take screenshots
Lately, I’ve been doing a lot of posts about my NextCloud server and the apps that go with them. One thing I noticed though, is that the NextCloud app on […]
Home Server: NextCloud for Calendar, Contacts, File Sync, Phone Backups, etc….
Sort of just tying up all loose ends for the remainder of programs and apps I used on the phone and server to handle everything that was synced prior to […]