Sysadmin journal: setting up wireguard on all of my Linux desktops
I had to hack together a few things to use wireguard transparently on my Android phone and all of my Linux laptops and desktop.
Holding money at wise.com may be the next best thing to opening an offshore bank account
Wise.com use by U.S. citizens has some of the benefits of an offshore bank account but not all of them.
Handle MFA like a pro so you don’t get locked out or let the bad guys in
Why you should use MFA, what about passkeys, what kind of MFA to use, how to make it easier to use, and how to protect yourself against being locked out of an account because of MFA.
Rollout of new Massachusetts unemployment site handled poorly for people with multiple email addresses
Telling people “Your email addresses on the two sites need to match!” without telling them what to do if they don’t is a user-hostile act.
Comics aggregator: New Comics Kingdom vintage comics are NOT working in the aggregator
Hi all! Yesterday’s announcement about vintage comics at Comics Kingdom was premature. It appears that although they have added these new vintage comics to the website, they have not yet figured out how to include them in people’s daily favorites emails, so it is not yet possible to read them in the aggregator. I will… Read More »
Comics aggregator: new vintage comic support, a couple comics removed
At long last, the folks over at Comics Kingdom have updated their web site to fully support all of their vintage comics. This means that the comics aggregator now supports the following additional Comics Kingdom comics: Just as a reminder, to view Comics Kingdom comics through the aggregator you need to pay for a subscription,… Read More »
U.S. citizens who aren’t rich can’t open foreign bank accounts
Bottom line: If you are a U.S. citizen, unless you are very rich it is unlikely that you can (legally) open a bank account in another country. This is apparently true regardless of all the articles online which claim that it is straightforward to do while not providing any concrete details about how to do… Read More »
Why buying refurbished drives for your NAS is a good idea
An article I read recently claimed it’s dumb to buy refurbished hard drives for your NAS because “refurbished drives were returned because they weren’t working, so why would you want your precious data stored on them.” This is dumb. Let’s talk about why.
Buyer beware: Printronix printers
The printer I got from Printronix was terrible, the company was unable to resolve any of the issues with it, I ended up returning it for a full refund (part of which I was only able to obtain via a credit card dispute), and I discourage anyone who stumbles across this blog posting from doing business with this company. I didn’t think a printer company could annoy me more than HP does nowadays, but Printronix succeeded.
“Human Interest” is terrible
Several years ago I worked for a company which outsourced management of their 401k to Human Interest. It was… not a positive experience. I don’t remember all the details—I’ve worked pretty hard to forget them since they were so unpleasant—but suffice it to say that it was my impression that they weren’t terribly good at… Read More »