Using Sprint 4G LTE as a primary Internet connection
A few MVNOs have good deals on Sprint hotspot devices and data plans. Ting sells a $25 hotspot device with a no-contract plan for 30 GiB »
Cox Cons (Again)
Cox seems to schedule their automatic payments weeks in advance. No matter what you do in the interim, you can't stop that train. If you must »
In Search of Locational Privacy
Let's compare privacy policies to see what the various map smartphone apps (Google Maps, Waze, OSMand) collect about your location. Locational data is impossible to anonymize. »
Lowest Price-Per-Sheet for High-Quality Notebooks
If you do lots of writing, or scratch out lots of pages, you'll likely want to buy notebooks with a minimal price-per-sheet. Here's my short-list! Apica »
Why Cox "EasyPay" is a scam
Due to recent credit card fraud, I was issued a new credit card with a new account number. Within a week, I logged into Cox Communication's »
Static Webpage Generation
I'm an advocate of static webpage generation, as the simplest way to implement many simple websites. Combined with modern version control, it is a truly elegant »
Raspberry Pi Becomes Unresponsive over Wifi
I rarely use Wifi to connect a computer running a Unix-like OS to a network. Maybe if I did, I would have long ago learned of »
Copy and Paste using Vim in PuTTY on Windows
I've been running Windows as a desktop OS forever, using PuTTY to connect to a myriad of hosts running Unix-like OSes. It wasn't until I started »
Debian or Ubuntu Linux on a Thinkpad X220 as the Primary OS
Debian is my favorite Linux distribution. To make life a little easier for myself, I decided to give Kubuntu a chance to become my main OS »
Best Android Email Client
K-9 Mail. That's all you need to know. Use OpenKeychain for OpenPGP support. Enjoy these excellent FOSS! <3 Notes Avoid BlueMail, as it uses their »
Diluted Bleach for Food-Safe Sanitizing
Diluted bleach is a great value for a sanitizer. For a food-safe dilution, you want a 200 ppm solution. Dilution tables are handy, but how does »
Cellular Service in Montana
The cellular network operators in Montana are Verizon and AT&T. If you're a T-Mobile customer, then you can roam on AT&T's network »
Finally, Ghost 1.0 released!
Ghost is one of the best blogging platforms, in my opinion. It's open source, so you can personally audit the code, if you wish. More importantly, »
Life without a Mobile Phone Case (or, Being Mindful of Using Your Phone)
Dreams of an unfettered existence, with only a landline phone at home, occasionally tempt me to ditch my cellular phone. A phone with nothing more than »
Change Certification Level of a Signature on a OpenPGP Key
Can I Update My Old Signature? You cannot modify an existing signature. You can revoke the signature. This revocation can be pushed to public key servers. »
Available Discounts on Yubikeys
Yubico offers these continual discounts for Yubikeys: Anyone with a Github account gets 20% off all keys, up to five. Education faculty, students, and staff get »
Ghost's forceAdminSSL redirect loop
Ghost has brief documentation of configuration of HTTPS support. If you want both HTTP and HTTPS accessible, but want to force HTTPS for the administration back-end, »
Will and Devotion
The woman he had loved most (he was thirty at the time) would tell him (he was nearly in despair when he heard it) that she »
Writing, Motivation, and Productivity
I've been struggling with writer's block lately. I think the block is the result of the confluence of many forces—perfectionism, feelings of inadequacy, and »
Best Dye-Based Water Resistant Fountain Pen Inks
I care about the longevity of what I write by hand with fountain pens. Pigment-based inks are permanent, but can clog fountain pens, and are pretty »
Debian as a Primary OS
It's surprisingly painless to setup Debian as a dual-boot OS on a laptop! I went with XFCE as my window manager for now. I only had »
Dynamic Host Configuration on OpenBSD
Many of my projects at home use embedded computing, sometimes an Arduino clone, but usually a Raspberry Pi. For the Pis, I like to clone an »
Survey of High-Quality Notebooks by Line Height
7mm is the most common line spacing for ruled notebooks. Sometimes I find this spacing a little too generous. Here is a survey of high-quality notebooks »
DIY Carbonator for Making Sparkling (Seltzer) Water at Home
This article discusses how to make your own DIY setup for carbonating liquids. This project been documented nicely by others on the web, including Popular Science. »
Apica CD Notebooks: The Best Inexpensive Notebook
The Rhodia Pad I love Rhodia Pads. A Rhodia No. 11 (A7, 3" x 4") keeps track of my to-do items and my shopping list, fitting »