I recently decided that I had built up too much “digital cruft” on my Android phone. What is “digital cruft”? It’s what I consider any random digital information that I can’t immediately recall or has been left behind from apps/downloads. An easy solution to this problem is to simply do a weekly or monthly cleanup…
What is Nextcloud? Nextcloud is a “roll-your-own” cloud solution. Basically you can create a Dropbox/Google Drive replacement with this Open Source alternative. Nextcloud is a great replacement for Google Drive or Dropbox and is packed with feautures. I was mainly interested in creating a self hosted storage solution. Installing Nextcloud The Nextcloud website has great…
I was happy using Spacemacs and I had gotten all the packages and settings just the way I liked them. But Spacemacs still didn’t feel like it “just worked”, for me. Since I had been using Doom Molokai theme in Spacemacs I decided to try Doom. I really like the fact that Doom is FAST,…
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1 thing to be more secure Yes! 1 thing can help make you more secure online by eliminating the one security risk we all face, weak passwords. So what’s the thing? Use a Password Manager! What’s a Password Manager? One way to store valuables in your home is to use a home safe with a…
Emacs and Lock Files Emacs is great for many reasons but it can be a 3 headed monster when it comes to configuring it. I recently ran into a interesting error when I was syncronizing my Org files in Syncthing. The error I was getting was coming from my Android phone, basically every time I…
Sharing your PGP key just got easier As part National Cybersecurity Awareness Month I wanted to show you how you can share your Public PGP key on Facebook. It is surprisingly easy to add your PGP on Facebook which is a good thing for you. One of the downsides of using Asynchronous encryption is sharing…
It’s National Cybersecurity Awareness Month It’s October 2018 and October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. I want to show you how you can securely encrypt your communications between you and Facebook. I don’t mean communications between you and your friends on Facebook, I mean between you and Facebook itself. Facebook actually allows you to add…
Since discovering Open Source I have been a big advocate for Open Source software. But there are 4 things that simply bug me about Open Source software. These things include lack of desktop adoption and missing major well-known applications. These are a few things that drive me mad about Open Source software. Missing Major Well-known…