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Moving this blog from Ghost to Hugo

This blog needed some attention. The old setup was Ghost running on a DigitalOcean Droplet, with a database, nginx, and a CentOS 7 installation that was well past its useful life. …

Triumph Cyclops LED Headlight Upgrade

I recently ended up with a Triumph motorcycle and one thing I thought odd bout this bike, a 2022 model, was that it still had an old school halogen headlight. The headlight does …

Owner Review: Floyd Shelving System

Overview I had been looking for a media console and bookshelf combination for some time, for probably over a year and nothing really stood out. Some stuff I liked was hyper …

Review: Factor75 Pre-made Meals

About Factor75 is a pre-made meal delivery service. They specialize in ready-to-eat meals rather than sending you a bunch of ingredients you have to concoct yourself. We had …

Terraform AWS Account Bootstrap

Our goal with this article is to provision a brand new AWS account with a Terraform state backend and a Terraform user, and/or role(s), that can be used to manage AWS resources. In …

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Pi-hole: 0 to 100

We're going to setup a Raspberry Pi 4B computer as a Pi-hole device. The goal is to minimize annoying ad traffic, especially as Proposition 24 in California has passed. Since I'm …

Replacing Brake Pads on Sondors Fold X

At about 650 miles of riding, it was time for new brake pads on my Sondors Fold X. I had completely worn out the rear brake pads to the point where there was nearly zero stopping …

Owner Review - Floyd Table

As with all my owner reviews, I bought this item on my own volition. I want other real people to stumble upon this page and make their own conclusions. Here's what I discovered. …

Owner Review: Vuori Transit Jogger Pants

About Vuori Vuoris is pretty new on the scene. They make higher margin products and have a strong presence in San Diego's brick-and-mortar stores. The first product I bought from …

Adding Hour Meter to a Honda EU2200i Generator

I like to camp a few times a year and one item I've never had was a portable generator. With everything happening in the world currently, what better time to sink some money into …

Owner Review: Sondors Fold X (2019) Review

Note: This is a product I actually researched and purchased with my own money. No one paid me to say these things. Look for other "Owner Reviews" on this page. Background I spent a …

Kwon Alexander and the 49ers Linebacker Legacy

From 2011 to 2013 the San Francisco 49ers had the most dominant linebacker corps in the NFL. Patrick Willis and Navarro Bowman highlighted a squad that also featured a now …

Owner Review: Thuma Bed

Quickly before I get started, I like to qualify these reviews as owner reviews. They are meant to be honest reviews of products I actually own – no paid advertisements and no …

Owner Review: Bellroy Shift Backpack (2019)

Bellroy first caught my eye a couple years ago while shopping for a wallet. I never ended up with a wallet from them but they remained in my mind. Since that search, Bellroy has …

Using CertBot to Automatically Secure Your Nginx Site

CertBot is a nifty tool created by the EFF the help leverage the power of free certificate authorities like Let's Encrypt. Its primary goal is to help configure popular web servers …

Are Chris Taylor and Joe Flacco the Same Person?

Being a Dodgers fan for the last 25 years, I follow the team rather closely. Chris Taylor has been an under appreciated piece of the Dave Roberts led lineup puzzle. Taylor made the …

Review: Cave Shake (2018)

Cave Shake is an upstart brand likely gaining traction by being mentioned on Joe Rogan's JRE podcast. The Cave Shake company hails from Los Angeles. L.A. and California in general …

Jerrick McKinnon and the uphill struggle for the 49ers

The news any football team fan dreads right before the season opener happened. Knee...ACL..out for the season. The casual fan shouldn't be surprised as this happens often enough, …

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