Net Neutrality was never going to work
Your ISP oversells your data rate. I’ll just say that up front. I’m privileged to have Google Fiber, which is a 1 gigabit per second, full duplex, I...
Category: Technology
Proxmox VE vs VMware vSphere
If you’re seeking to get involved in anything computer-related with the intent of making it a career, two concepts with which you really need to be famili...
OpenVPN on Docker
If you’re considering setting up a self-hosted VPN rather than using one of the many service providers available, OpenVPN is one of the best solutions. It...
Apple’s battery woes
Recently Apple confirmed that its iPhones slow down as the battery degrades. A lot of people have taken this to mean that Apple is trying to force people to upg...
Net neutrality
All the various discussions of incidents wherein ISPs have done “shady things” all ignore WHY they made those moves over the simple fact that it hap...
You need a UPS
Last night, some strong thunderstorms came through the Kansas City area. The power flickered a lot, and momentarily went out. My wife’s computer (“A...
Revisiting the Fourth Amendment and passwords
After posting the previous article, I decided to dig around a little more to see where the idea originated that passwords are protected by the Fifth Amendment a...
Passwords and the Constitution
Which Amendment to the Constitution covers your passwords and the PIN lock on your phone? If you’re the numerous journalists I’ve seen attempt to ta...
Searching for an accounting system
Over the last couple years, I’ve massaged my financial management into a very, very effective system that uses GnuCash. I’ve managed to take wide ad...
Patreon feature request
I’m a Patron through Patreon, currently supporting three creators. Recently I put in this feature request with Patreon: Good day, There is a Creator for w...