There are times when God only provides just enough for you to get by. Not over, not under, just enough to pay the bills. These are times when you really need to ponder more about humility, gratitude and contentment.
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Keep Bluetooth OFF
Unless you’re on the phone for most of the day/night and need to use Bluetooth devices constantly, there’s no reason to keep Bluetooth on. Keep Bluetooth OFF if you don’t use it. Only keep it ON briefly if you have to use it (AirDrop, wireless speaker, etc…) otherwise, it’s an open invitation. In a vastly …
WYSIWYG & Online Privacy
You’re likely to have come across the term WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get). If not in the past, then sometime likely in your lifetime. Millions of websites and web-based services use HTTP and HTTP protocols to serve content viewable on a web browser or proprietary applications. The majority of this content can …
awk sed grep tr (notes)
awk ‘{print $4}’ /path/to/squid/access_log | grep cloudfront | sed -e ‘s/\:443\”//g’ awk ‘{print $4}’ /path/to/squid/access_log | grep cloudfront | tr -d ‘:443″‘ $4 = 4th colum cloudfront = string to search :443″ = part of string to omit before output
Squid Filtering Proxy Demo Videos
To better illustrate the power of having a Squid filtering proxy running on a LAN without having to use any type of “cloud-based” service, I’ve added a repository below: https://danskoya.com/squid-proxy-demo/
VPN Services for Personal Use
I don’t endorse any commercial VPN services for personal use. It is up to you to determine what solution is appropriate for your use. There are only trade-offs. And always keep in mind that the end/exit points where your requests are being sent through can be monitored by an entity – by automation or another …
Polka Music
This type of music is quite enjoyable. Have a listen to these tracks: The Knewz – Hey Babe The Boys – Uphill Climb Polka You can search for them on YouTube.
VirtualBox & FreeBSD on macOS Big Sur
disown [ job … ] job … &| job … &! Remove the specified jobs from the job table; the shell will no longer report their status, and will not complain if you try to exit an interactive shell with them running or stopped. If no job is specified, disown the current job. If the …
2014 Mac mini & supported macOS versions
Whenever possible, I like to keep macOS High Sierra on a separate HPFS+ formatted partition/volume alongside Mojave & Catalina. I do this mainly for recovery/troubleshooting/testing purposes among other things. Separate but somewhat distinct. While the iMac 2020 5K only supports macOS Catalina and onwards, the Mac mini (late 2014) supports Yosemite (10.10.x) all the way …
HP ZR30w Display w/ DP input
The DP (display port) input of this 30″ screen works well with the mini-DP output of a MacPro (2010/2012), MacBook Pro 2013/2012/2011 and certain Lenovo/Thinkpads models. This display unit is very portable (has a handle along the frame) and supports up to 2,560 x 1,600 resolution. Great for web browsing and watching movies/videos.