Home Security: Getting the D-Link DCS8000-LH to work with Blue Iris

Pixel — a FreeNAS build log

Pixel is a FreeNAS-based, always-on network attached storage (NAS) device.

Multi-cultural passwords: an evolution of “correct horse battery staple”

Password “hacking”: a server-side perspective

What happens when a server gets hacked? How do servers store username/password…

Typing Chinese faster: QWERTY vs T9 keyboards

Unlike English, smartphone keyboards are not well-optimized for Chinese input…

Is Amazon Prime still worth it?

Amazon’s raising the cost of Prime by 20%… am I even getting $120 worth of value from it? (TL;DR — No…

An open discussion about a Facebook alternative based on blockchain technology — Part 1

Happy .APP day!

On May 8, 2018, a new top-level domain (TLD) .app joins the Internet. I put in bids to get 4 of them.. and managed to score one of…

Three Microsoft Word creature comforts that we take for granted

Typing a URL vs Googling a URL