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Does my Server Talk to Me?

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Installing an SMTP Mail-Forwarding Service in Ubuntu Does your server talk to you? Mine does. I have to admit: I kind of like it. Perhaps I need to make more real-life friends? Jury is still out on this one. In any event I am happy that my computers now have the ability to e-mail me …

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Setting up SSH – Part 2

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In Part 1 of this article I do a quick walk-through to set up a very basic SSH configuration. Part 2 picks up the pace by learning how to connect via PublicKey on Ubuntu. This is a better option than relying on a SuperUser password to remote-in. Initial Set-up Log-in to your server using a …

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Setting up SSH – Part 1

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Basic Server Connectivity This a refresh of an earlier article where I described how to connect to a Raspberry Pi via SSH. This article is geared towards OpenSSH on Ubuntu. Part 1 describes an initial (read unsecure) set-up for SSH, while Part 2 delves into a (somewhat more) secure set-up. Do not attempt the steps …

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Running with the Bulls

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How Companies Pivoting into Apps can turn into a Rodeo Gone Haywire In small western towns, everyone gets excited when a rodeo comes around. It is often a key attraction and is usually held at the exhibition grounds in late summer or early fall. For towns that do not have an exhibition, an alternate venue …

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Who Likes Garbage-Collection?

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How CleanTalk Helps Keep Spambots in-check I receive a fair number of e-mails most days. Everything was fine with e-mail until not that long ago. Suddenly, my inbox began exploding with a ton of notifications that spammers were attempting to post comments to our website. Hmm. Pretty sure out of all the plug-ins we have …

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My Favourite WordPress Plugins

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Consider These Key Enablers for your Next Website Websites today come in all different shapes and sizes. Rather than slug it out on my own, I elected to use WordPress as the foundation for one of my websites in part due to the abundance of plug-ins both internal and third-party. Nothing screams utility more than having …

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Taking the Hill

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Lessons I Learned While Fighting Against a Tow Bill What a slug-fest! Getting down was the easy part. We took a trip in our vehicle one cold, sunny afternoon in the spring-time; our journey took us to the bottom of a rather steep hill. I should have known better! The road was covered in a …

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Go for the Gold with your Disk I/O!

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Optimize fstab to Improve R/W Performance of Hard-drives Wow what a difference! If you have read a couple of my other articles you may know about my adventures with file sharing on a home network. Taking a homebrew approach at setting all this up has proven… interesting. Not the least of which was when I …

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Network-Attached Storage at 50,000 Feet

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Pertinent Steps to Configure a Linux Server to Share Files In this article I walk quickly through *most* of the steps needed to set up a file server for home sharing for a DIY networked attached storage (NAS). Spoiler alert: it is very basic and uses Samba. Yes, some of you might be thinking I …

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Working with my Brother – Part 2

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Helpful Set-up Steps for the Ever-So-Nifty ADS-1250W Scanner In part 1 of this article I discussed how to connect the ADS-1250W to a network. Part 2 is where I do a walk-through of how to set it up in Ubuntu. Provided you completed all of the steps in Part 1, your Brother ADS-1250W scanner should …

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