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1. Personal Financial Tracking
2. SQLite
2.1. Visual Editing
2.2. Schema
2.3. Python Reporting
2.3.1. Step 1: Jupyter Notebooks
2.3.2. Step 2: Python Scripts
1. Personal Financial Tracking
For the last 6-ish years, I've tracked my finances...
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1. Choosing Durable File Formats
1.1. Saving & Syncing Files
1.1.1. Version Control with Git
1.1.2. Backups!
1.2. Writing on Desktop
1.2.1. Programming on Desktop
1.3. Writing on Mobile
1. Choosing Durable File Formats
TL;DR (Too ...
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1. Tuesday, Twosday
1. Tuesday, Twosday
I'm taking a break from my usual technology-related posts and writing about
something a little more enjoyable today.
Today is Tuesday, February 22nd, 2022. Today is 02-22-2022. Today is Twosday.
Let's ...
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1. Update Your Nginx Config to Cache Static Files
2. Testing Results
3. Caveats
1. Update Your Nginx Config to Cache Static Files
If you run a website on Nginx that serves static content (i.e., content that is
not dynamic and changing with interac...
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1. Why Strip Metadata?
2. Installing exiftool
3. Recursively Strip Data
1. Why Strip Metadata?
Okay, so you want to strip metadata from your photos. Perhaps you take pictures
of very rare birds, and the location metadata is a gold mine for poacher...
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1. Server Operating System (OS): Debian
2. Web Server: Nginx
2.1. Nginx vs. Apache
3. Gemini Server: Agate
1. Server Operating System (OS): Debian
I've used various Linux distributions throughout the years, but I've never used
anything except ...
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1. Njalla's API
1.1. Creating a Token
1.2. Finding the Correct API Request
2. Server Set-Up
2.1. Creating the Script
2.2. Running the Script
2.3. Setting the Script to Run Automatically
1. Njalla's API
As noted in my recent post about swit...
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1. The Working World is Changing
2. In-Person Offices
2.1. Retail Internship
2.2. Semi-Private Cubicles
2.3. Semi-Open Floor Concept
2.4. Hotel Office Concept
3. Home Office
3.1. Tip #1
3.2. Tip #2
3.3. Tip #3
3.4. Tip #4
4. My Preferences
1...
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1. What is the CISA?
2. Exam Content
3. My Studying Habits
3.1. Study Materials
3.2. Studying Process
4. Results
5. Looking Forward
1. What is the CISA?
For those of you lucky enough not to be knee-deep in the world of information
technology (...
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1. The Problem
2. The Solution
1. The Problem
After recently switching static site generators (SSG), my blog URLs (uniform
resource locators) changed with no option to preserve the classic .html
extension at the end of my blog post URLs.
I real...
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1. Background
2. Use a Python Script
2.1. Requirements
2.2. Create the Script
1. Background
Have you ever used GitLab to host your source code, moved to a different host,
and wanted to delete everything from your GitLab account? Well, this pos...
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1. Changing Git Author/Email Based on Previously Committed Email
1. Changing Git Author/Email Based on Previously Committed Email
Here's the dilemma: You've been committing changes to your Git repository with
an incorrect name or email (or multipl...
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1. Why Photography?
2. Older Cameras
3. My Current Kit
1. Why Photography?
I've often wondered why photography is as enticing as it is. You can see
billions of people around the world taking photographs every single moment of
the day. New technolo...
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1. The Terrible-ness of Commenting Systems
2. Stay Static with Server-Side Comments
3. Create a Comment Form
4. Handle Comments via POST
5. Display User Comments
6. Bonus: Create a 'Recent Comments' Page
7. Possible Enhancements
1. The Terrible-ness...
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1. Shared Hosting vs. VPS (Virtual Private Server)
2. My Situation
3. Getting Started: Buying a VPS
4. Configuring DNS Settings
5. Server Updates and Packages
6. Create A User Account
7. Install Software
8. Website Files & Folders
9. Apache Configura...
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1. Overview
2. Vaporwave
2.1. Time Frame
2.2. Art
2.3. Music
3. Outrun
3.1. Time Frame
3.2. Art
3.3. Music
4. Conclusion
1. Overview
When it comes to an aesthetic that originated primarily online, there tends to
be a lot of confusion aroun...
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1. What is Gemini?
1.0.1. Free Option
1.1. Midnight Pub - Beginner Friendly
2. Paid Option
2.1. Sourcehut
1. What is Gemini?
Gemini is an internet protocol introduced in June 2019 as an alternative to the
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (H...
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1. Cloning from GitHub
2. Cloning from Sourcehut
3. Moving Repositories to a New Host
1. Cloning from GitHub
If you're like me and use a lot of different devices [and sometimes decide to
just wipe your device and start with a new operating system ...
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1. Diving into macOS
2. Initial Thoughts
3. Making it Feel Like Home
4. Xcode
5. Homebrew
6. iTerm2
7. Oh-My-Zsh
8. Oh-My-Zsh Themes
9. Oh-My-Zsh Plugins
1. Diving into macOS
After spending nearly 15 years working with Windows and 8 years on Linux...
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1. What is the Fediverse?
2. Federated Alternatives to Popular Sites
2.1. Reddit
2.2. Twitter/Facebook/Tumblr
2.3. Instagram
2.4. Slack/Discord
2.5. Youtube/Vimeo
2.6. Spotify/Soundcloud
2.7. Podcasting
2.8. Medium/Blogger
3. Get Started
1. What...
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1. Game Description
2. Story
3. Gameplay
1. Game Description
SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell is an incredibly fast-paced mashup of a puzzle game
and a free-running game. Created by Pine Studio in early 2016 and first released
as a demo on GameJolt, t...
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1. Download (Free)
2. Game Description
3. The Map
4. In-Game Screenshots
5. Conclusion
1. Download (Free)
Before we get into the game itself, you should know that you can download Zork
for free from Infocom's download page. So feel free to boot it...
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1. Game Description
2. Gameplay
3. In-Game Screenshots
4. Other Suggestions
1. Game Description
Neon Drive presents itself as a simple arcade-style game inspired by the arcade
race games of the 1980s, yet it has managed to take up hours of my life...
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1. A Brief History
2. The Redesign Process
3. The Results
3.1. Reflection
1. A Brief History
As a form of continuous learning and entertainment, I've been running a handful
of websites since 2016 when I took my first programming courses in col...
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1. Perfect is the Enemy of Good
2. When Mediocrity Isn't Enough
1. Perfect is the Enemy of Good
As the saying goes, "the best is the enemy of the good." As we strive for
perfection, we often fail to realize the implications of such an undertaking....
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1. Background Information
2. Install Packages
3. Import the Data
4. Clean the Data
5. Merge the Data
6. Create the Map
7. Create a Tooltip on Hover
1. Background Information
The dataset (obtained from Kaggle) used in this article contains a list o...
