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WordPress Permalinks with Stand-Alone Nginx Server
I ran into an issue with this migration from Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS to Ubuntu Server 24.04 LTS because I decided to get rid of my hybrid Nginx-Apache reverse proxy install and use straight up Nginx. When setting the permalinks to from plain to /%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/, the site would not re-write the URLs and every link…
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Building a Dactyl Lightcycle Keyboard
NOTE FROM AUTHOR [2024/05/07]: This post was originally written in 2022, but sat unpublished. I used this keyboard on and off for about 2 years. I still like the layout of the Kinesis better, but I can use either fluently. I’ve had to do a few repairs on it. On the righthand half, the pro…
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Titanium Siphon Stove
As much as I love the Trangia cooking system, if you are by yourself and just need to boil water, there are lighter tools that can be used. I mentioned some alternatives in my previous post: Toaks Siphon Stove (22 g, H: 43 mm, W: 50mm), and Clikstand Alcohol Stove System Firebox Nano I’ve been…
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Trangia Stoves: In appreciation of good design
Every week I sit with the design team at Nulogy to run a critique session on their work but I have since started a new tradition of icebreaker questions for the team to improve shared understanding at the personal level and team safety in general. One of the questions I asked was tell me object…
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Remapped Mac keyboard shortcuts on Kinesis Advantage and Contoured Keyboards
In Part 3 of my journey in learning to type on the Kinesis Contoured / Advantage line of keyboards, I decided to document how the layout and split design has affected my keyboard workflow as well as my current solutions. Part1: Kinesis Contoured Classic QD (KB133PC/QD) Part 2: First Impressions with the Kinesis Contoured Classic…
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I’ve been shining my shoes wrong all this time
I’ve owned and abused shoes for decades. As my professional life has on occasion, I’d take out the old kiwi wax polish, buff my shoes and spray them down with whatever water repellent spray I had on hand. This year, when I went to the Gartner Executive Supply Chain Conference, I had to upgrade my…
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IoT: Does everything need to be in the cloud?
On the Verge reports that Google remotely reset some customers Google OnHub routers: Google has apologized to its Google Wifi and OnHub customers after it inadvertently reset a number of routers to their factory settings. Google blamed an issue with its Google Accounts engine for the problem, which forced OnHub owners offline in the middle…
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2017: A new year
Reading Jen’s end-of-year piece made me realize that I haven’t written much of anything in a while. Starting a new job the 2nd week of December at Nulogy has kept me busy. Coupled with past holidays creates a certain type of gravity that prevents me from reflecting on 2016. As Jen and I talk about…
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The highs and lows of the last two weeks
From the “I love show tunes” department Two weeks ago I saw a the Chicago run of Hamilton: An American Musical.1 It deserves all the accolades and awards that it has garnered. Lin-Manuel Miranda, Thomas Kail, Alex Lacmoire, Andy Blankenbuehler and the rest of the team have created a true “cultural experience”. It is up their with Alvin…