My parents often have internet outages – this is a problem with them being rural. Sometimes their Edgerouter doesn’t reconnect the PPPoE session which means I need to get my father to reboot the router. I’ve got a Raspberry Pi on the network so thought I’d implement a watchdog if you like to attempt to […]
Category: Linux
The Raspberry Pi is an excellent little computer. What if I were to tell you this website was actually hosted on a Raspberry Pi? Well, it once was. It isn’t anymore but actually once was. But anyway it is very simple to get a website running with the help of Cloudflare and a simple Raspberry […]
I’ve got one of these laptops for work and got tired of running Windows so decided to do something about it… This is more just for general notes after much research to get things running correctly. What works: Power Management WiFi Bluetooth Touchscreen / Stylus Keyboard Cover Brightness controls Audio What does not: Webcam Screen […]
I’ve been running a Community UniFi Controller for Geekzone forum members free of charge for their UniFI gear a few months now and a few people wanted to know how I am securing it with LetsEncrypt so here is a quick guide for Ubuntu 16.04 for a rather secure UniFi cloud server. I’ve adapted the installation script […]
As you know this website is no slouch and here is why – by using NGINX, HTTP2 and SSL along with a CDN like Cloudflare you can create a very quick and easy to manage site with very little work. My site in particular moves around (it is my sandbox really) however it is currently […]
I am a big believer in Cloudflare for site security however many people out there activate Cloudflare for server security without thinking about their own infrastructure still leaving them open to attack so here is a simple, but effective guide on how to to secure things just a little more if you’re using Cloudflare. For starters, all my guides are written […]