I've really enjoyed running my own Nextcloud server. One of the big perks is keeping my own data, well, to myself. The other big plus is that I'm learning new things. While I've been in the tech world for a long time, I've been in my own little corner of …
It was a particularly sunny day, both in the real world and in the world of IT. There was no cause for alarm, no foreshadowing of pending doom. Yet, it happened. For reasons that I will not get into, there is a way (perhaps by overzealous children playing in the …
It is always interesting to me, how few WiFi devices seem to work with Ubuntu out of the box, yet so many are supposedly supported. Don't get me wrong, I'm not knocking Ubuntu, it is just that I typically purchase WiFi cards or USB sticks that are listed as supported …
I recently purchased a few pieces of radio equipment to try to help my fledgling setup. As it stands right now, I can't reach anybody, and I was starting to doubt my old equipment. I figured if I got some test, measuring, and adjusting equipment, maybe I could see why …
I've been having a lot of trouble getting on the air with my HAM radios lately. I decided that it was time to buy some more equipment to help make sure that I'm doing things right. Among those tools was an ATU-100 auto-tuner. I was hoping to bring down my …
I had a little extra time at home lately, particularly because I was diagnosed with Covid-19. Don't worry, although I did get a little sick for a day, it really wasn't very bad. Actually, it turned out to be a pretty nice two week vacation. I'm one of those people …
I am certainly not one to accept a bad certificate without just cause. However, when you signed your own certificate I see no reason not to accept it for yourself. I ran into such a case recently.
In my last post I mentioned setting up my own ZNC bouncer for …
Recently, a small group of really great computer guys invited me to their private IRC server. I followed several of their blogs, and was really honored that they would ask me to join them. It's a quiet group of just hanging out, chatting, and a few discussions here and there …
Sometimes NextCloud needs to run a script or command in the background. According to their website guide, you can do this several different ways, such as AJAX, webcron, cron, or with systemd. I'm not an expert, and I didn't want to re-invent the wheel, so I just followed the guide …
Lately, I've been doing a lot of posts about my NextCloud server and the apps that go with them. One thing I noticed though, is that the NextCloud app on my phone will not let me take a screenshot. I didn't know how to get around this, so I did …