Introduction For a handful of reasons, I run a Windows PC at home in headless mode. I run TightVNC on it so that I can access it graphically. I use Screens on my…
This page catalogs the hardware and software that I use on a daily basis. I love learning about how people use their computers, and similarly love sharing how I use…
I spoke to the Space 4 Us group at Salesforce today. Here are the slides (hosted by Google): If you don’t want to load Google, there is a .PDF copy here.
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In the last Privacy and Security Series post, we talked about the importance of multi-factor authentication (MFA), also known as two-factor authentication (2FA…
In the last Privacy and Security Series post, I wrote about the importance of password managers. In the face of data breaches and credential dumps occurring nearly…
I purchased some Yubikeys a few weeks back, mostly for the convenience factor of pushing a button to sign into different web services securely. Anyway, another one…
I’ve been wanting to write a blog series on personal internet security for a while now. There’s never a bad time to talk about security, and I’ve got some…
Sindre Sorhus maintains an ama repo where someone asked him this question: I know some people (even the young ones) still swear by Vim. I am not sure if its worth…
For a while now I’ve been wanting to migrate my blog from Jekyll to something JS-based. This is for a few different reasons: I’m much more comfortable with the JS…
Lately I’ve been thinking that instead of just complaining about iOS, maybe I could do something to make it better. I found two bugs in my new iPhone X. I’m not sure…
Happy New Year, everyone. I’ll keep it short today. I wrote a little shell function to help me switch my GitHub repo remote URLs between protocols. As you know…
Earlier this year, I posted a overview of the tools that I use to make my life easier. In that post, I recommended LastPass, but recently I have switched away from…
My friend Matt Ess helped me configure the rlwrap wrapper utility to make less frustrating to use. I wanted to document the process for anyone else who wants sane…
Here’s a quick tutorial on how I access my Purdue CS files remotely so that I can still use all my preferred local development tools, like Sublime Text and my shell…
I’ve had my MacBook for a little over a year now. Throughout this time, I’ve finally configured things mostly the way I want them. I’m not going to say it’s perfect…