This is a 2025 follow-up to my post last year about my consumer technology setup. As with last year, this is inspired by Jon Seager’s blog on how he computers! Hardware Computers Since 2020, I haven’t had …
Tech & Servers
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Apple Store iPhone Trade-In Criteria
I recently traded in an iPhone 13 at the Apple Store. I was a bit nervous going into the store since the phone’s screen had several fairly deep (deep enough to catch a fingernail) scratches …
Introduction I love consumer technology, so it’s always interesting to see how people set up their devices to get work done. I try to be particular and reasoned when choosing tech solutions for myself. So …
Grist “No example workspace available” Error
I’m writing this post since I’ve been managing a self-hosted Grist instance for a while now. Grist is essentially a self-hosted version of Airtable, but even more supercharged! It’s a great product, but it’s still …
Cool Tech: Active Transit Signal Priority with LYT
One of the most effective ways to speed up public transit operations in mixed-flow traffic is transit signal priority (TSP). TSP, in a broad sense, aims to reduce delay arising from waiting for red lights …
Cloudflare Zero Trust Gateway as an adblocker
I was recently looking for a solution to handle ad blocking at the DNS level. I wanted to use the DNS level specifically (rather than an app or browser extension or something like that) because …
Is 0pass just an Authentik instance?
I recently saw this TechCrunch article about a “Y-Combinator backed” startup called 0pass, promising to “make it easier” for organizations to adopt passwordless authentication. This, as with nearly every authentication-related startup, was pretty interesting to …
Your sign-in settings don’t meet your organization’s 2-Step Verification policy
Problem By default, new Google Workspace tenants now enforce required 2-Step Verification (2SV) for all users. Users are only given one week to enable and set up 2-Step Verification from the date of their account …
Moving Google Drive files between Workspace tenants
I recently had a challenge to tackle: Migrating account data from one Google Workspace tenant to another. I thought this would be an easy task, but unfortunately Google provides no easy method to transfer accounts …
On SoCal Linux Expo (SCaLE) 20x
As the conclusion to my 3 weekend conference marathon, including the IISE Western Conference and ITE Student Leadership Summit, I attended the 20th Southern California Linux Expo (SCaLE 20x) in Pasadena, CA. It’s a huge …