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Oct/20Household Calendar
Overview The Tsang household uses a shared calendar to plan events thanks to @ for starting this off. The two key people who use the calendars at the moment is my partner and myself (jokingly the Tsang Corporation shareholders). I’ll … Continue reading
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Sep/20Upgrading MySQL Running In Docker (Compose)
Overview I wanted to try and upgrade my MySQL database from 5.7 to 8.0 however I have containerised my database install. What I thought was a immutable container would be a simple burn and switch turned out to be a … Continue reading
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Aug/20Install Network UPS Monitoring Server
Overview I have been using an Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS) on and off for years. It was in the last few years when we noticed the lights brightening and dimming on halogen bulbs I decided to look into it deeper … Continue reading
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Jul/20WiFi Features To Consider
Overview Here a few considerations I think are worth looking into in your next networking setup. I tried to list things that are less commonly known and marketed but makes living the wireless lifestyle easier. Fast Roaming The ability to … Continue reading
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Jun/20Daily Standup With My Family
Overview Taking the Agile manifesto and using in day to day work life is a common place at work (I hope). I thought I could try and apply them to my personal life too and started daily stand ups with … Continue reading
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May/20Ubuntu 18.04 Desktop Clipboard Sharing Not Working Using VirtualBox
I have a desktop Ubuntu virtual machine(VM) ready to be cloned so I can spin up a VM as quick as possible. Recently, the machines would loose the ability to share clipboard and the fix is below: sudo apt install … Continue reading
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Mar/20Filtering Websites With Ubiquiti Security Gateway And OpenDNS
Overview The Unifi Security Gateway (USG) can be setup to assign a custom DNS server. The DNS server itself will perform the blocking based on the sites people/devices access. Pre-Requisites In order for everything to work beyond a working Unifi … Continue reading
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Feb/20VLAN, Separating Devices On Your Network At Home
Overview I have recently swapped out my final unmanaged switch with a Ubiquity Unifi Switch completing a fully managed wired network at home. With the networking limitation removed it was time to start separating the network. The goal of segregating … Continue reading