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Switching from Ubuntu to Debian
After a short stint with openSUSE I decided to give Debian a go instead of going back to Ubuntu. Why? First and foremost, I was sick of regularly receiving "Sorry, Ubuntu has experienced an internal error" messages. I was drawn [...]
Vertical alignment is a waste of time
As I've gotten older, code formatting has become less and less important to me. When I was younger, it was the world, but as of late, it's a nice to have. What's truly important to me is whether or not [...]
Upgrade to PHP 7.x on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Upgrading to PHP 7.x (7.0 or 7.1 as of the time of this writing) is just as easy as it is to upgrade to PHP 5.6! Before we install PHP 7.x, I would recommend getting your system up to date [...]
Lawn mower won't start after winter storage
Last year was the first time in a while that I mowed a lawn. The decision to mow the lawn myself was because I couldn't stand the idea of shelling out at least 160$ per month for something that I [...]
Getting suspend in Linux working on a MacBook Pro
A lot of my distro hopping as of late has been due to my inability to get my daily driver, a MacBook Pro 12,1 (2015) to suspend correctly. Each distro resulted in the same. Close the lid, the Apple logo [...]
A week with openSUSE Tumbleweed
Since coming back home to Linux, I have been in search of a new distro. No, not a new distro, I want the perfect distro. Or just something better. Better would be just great. My go-to distro, Ubuntu, for the [...]
I beat PHP and so can you!
By request from Bill Martin, an abridged history of my relationship with the bastard child of programming languages, PHP. Ahh PHP. I love it. I hate it. For well over a decade, I slung PHP day and night. I got [...]
Two weeks with Firefox and DuckDuckGo
In a post-Snowden world, it's hard to not be concerned with privacy and security. I wax and wane with my own interest (and paranoia) and recently decided to give Firefox and DuckDuckGo a shot for the month of February. Unfortunately [...]
The 48 Laws of Power
After listening to and enjoying the hell The 50th Law I decided to circle back and listen to Robert Greene's earlier work, The 48 Laws of Power. The structure of the chapters was quite formulaic, but were easily digestible. Each [...]
$5 Showdown: Linode vs. DigitalOcean vs. Amazon Lightsail vs. Vultr
Updated on March 6th, 2017 since Vultr has updated their $5 offering. The data tables have been updated and the applicable sections have updates near the end of the section. Usually I wait to run fresh benchmarks on all providers [...]