The Nazca Lines – My Opinion
The Nazca Lines of Peru. Those mysterious geoglyphs spread over acres and acres of the Atacama desert near the city…
Internet Architecture for Beginners – What are Tiers?
I’ve spent 35+ years of building and deploying internet facing web sites. The front end load balancers and web servers…
Tylenol Murders 1982 – YouTube Comment
I was a kid during the Tylenol murders but I remember it vividly. I remember being scared as a kid.…
Recent Horror Movies I’ve Watched – ‘Host’ and ‘Noroi: The Curse’
No Spoilers A couple of days ago I was perusing my video options on Amazon Prime and Shudder and passed…
Linux shell commands I use daily
In day to day administration we as system administrators have literally thousands of commands to choose from to keep our…
fail2ban for Ubuntu – ssh port security
fail2ban is a tool in the Ubuntu repository which helps in securing your internet facing ssh port. It uses a…
Tripwire for Ubuntu
Tripwire is a file integrity checking tool. It’s primary function is notify you of any changes made to files or…
Microsoft Azure Cloud – Installing an Ubuntu VM
After agreeing to the Microsoft End User Agreement blurbs, applying for your free Microsoft Azure Cloud Portal account and taking…
Installing Mediawiki with Let’s Encrypt SSL Certificate Part 2
This is Part 2 of the Mediawiki with Let’s Encrypt SSL Certificate installation guide. In part one we covered the…
Installing Mediawiki with Let’s Encrypt SSL Certificate Part 1
Part 1 – OS Installation Details This will be an actual ‘How To’. As I am concentrating on Ubuntu Linux…