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Tracking Internet Data Usage – Advanced Tomato Style
A not oft discussed topic in router reviews (which are a dime for a dozen on the web) is how to see just how much data your household is consuming. Here I attempt to fill that gap by outlining the capabilities that my my router which is powered by Advanced Tomato provides. This is not…
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Certbot apache plugin missing
Could not choose appropriate plugin: The requested apache plugin does not appear to be installed Attempting to renew cert from /etc/letsencrypt/renewal/nucco.org.conf produced an unexpected error: The requested apache plugin does not appear to be installed. Skipping. When this happens, all you need to do is install “python-certbot-apache”.
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Migrate from one Gmail Account to Another, 2017 edition /1
Email and Contacts Migrating from your teenage Gmail account with the unprofessional, or hard to share email address to a new spiffy, professional email address is really easy, but scarcely documented. Here is how to do it. Sign in to your new Account, and go to Settings (the cog wheel): Then go to Accounts and…
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What Happens When you Block Ads on a Site with No ads?
Picture, worth a thousand words.
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USB3 Ethernet Adaptors Are OK
The Internet forums would have you believe that USB-based ethernet adaptors aren’t good enough if you’re performance conscious. I’m planning to deploy an Intel NUC mini-PC as a home router/firewall. NUCs only have one ethernet adaptor built in, but have USB3 ports. I naturally wanted to find out what performance I might be sacrificing if…
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VMWare Workstation 9 vs 12: Quick Card
A quick information card comparing VMWare Workstation 9.0 with Workstation 12.0 Pro. The Old Version (9.0) Usability There are many modal dialogs which often get in the way (example, the virtual network editor) Too many clicks required to get some basic information (like NIC mac addresses) Too many clicks to add extra hardware to VMs…
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GPU for Dual 4K Display
I’m looking towards updating my desktop to two 4K displays, and it appears that two good choices of GPUs that support this kind of setup (I don’t really care about gaming on this rig) are: Nvidia NVS 510 – £220+ AMD Firepro W2100 — £120 I’ll probably go for the AMD as it has a…
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Fooling around with the Collatz Sequence
Spent some time working on https://projecteuler.net/problem=14 It was fun, and I produced: Crunching Collatz Sequence…go make some coffee Number 13 also has same number of terms as previous record New record of 18 iterations found for 14 Number 15 also has same number of terms as previous record New record of 21 iterations found for 18…