After putting this email button device into service, I discovered that I really wanted some instant feedback to know if the email was sent successfully or not. I decided to add some LEDs into the mix that would illuminate on success or failure. At left you can see a mock […]
I had a need for a device that would send an email at the push of a button. I also needed it to send a different email when I push a different button. My use case here is related to a Homeowners Association (HOA) that requires me to “check-in” on […]
I had to update my website today. I’m definitely a form over function person, and I don’t care much for frontend development. I thought the old design was fine, but I was running an abandoned theme that was no longer being updated. While I was looking around to see if […]
I’ve used a number of different password managers over the years. I was a LastPass user for a long time, but recently felt compelled to take a look at other options in this space. After a number of evaluations, I’ve settled on a new option: Bitwarden. My two favorite parts […]
You want a Microsoft Windows 10 instance in your EC2 environment. Maybe its for a jump box, maybe its for direct access to some RDS instances or other services. Whatever the case, you went to AWS figuring you’d launch a new Windows 10 instance, and then you realized: Windows 10 […]
This is kind of like COVID sourdough bread for pilots. Seems like many of us undertook this fun project to keep us busy during COVID. As usual, I was a little behind the trend and just finished mine. I’m going to write up how I did mine, hopefully it will […]
Lets take a look at a few real life situations that could have been avoided by staying up to date. All names, places, dates, and some details have been changed to protect the embarrassed.
Hybrid architectures are popular. As I look across the organizations that I consult with, I am hard pressed to point out many that aren’t working in some flavor of hybrid environment, even if they don’t realize it. One of the things that can become confusing is the overall availability of […]
One of the most popular articles of all time on this blog has been an article on how to get CrashPlan running on a headless server. Crashplan changed some things in how this needs to be done, so my old article was no longer correct. I went through the process […]
I’ve finally released my Nutanix Android App on the Google Play app market. You’ll find it here. You may have read about this project on the Nutanix blog here: https://next.nutanix.com/t5/Nutanix-Connect-Blog/Using-the-REST-API-to-Power-an-Android-App/ba-p/14072. The app gives you the ability to perform many of the management features that you can do via Prism from […]