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The built-in mail option seems to work out of the box, but every post seems to suggest using a script to trigger internal mail binaries for mail notifications. Those require extra dependencies and configuration. With SendGrid and the REST API, … Continue reading →

The oracle-java9-installer, as of writing, has an old URL that doesn’t redirect properly to the right URL, which causes the installer to fail when it tries to download the binaries. Setting up oracle-java9-installer (9b162-1~webupd8~0) … Using wget settings from /var/cache/oracle-jdk9-installer/wgetrc … Continue reading →

As of writing (2017-04-06), there is no native tooling to resize a fixed-size VDI. Those on the internet saying they can resize one are misinformed. You will get this error message: Progress state: VBOX_E_NOT_SUPPORTED VBoxManage.exe: error: Resize medium operation for this … Continue reading →

I spent several weekends working a project using the Amazon Lambda serverless micro-architecture to see whether it was worth using for larger projects. I created a micro SaaS – https://pdfbatchfill.com – that essentially takes a bunch of rows and spit … Continue reading →

I couldn’t find anything readily available that was trustworthy or free to determine the lifespan of an SSD. MTBF isn’t very useful as on-time doesn’t wear down like hard disks do. The next best thing is to get the total … Continue reading →

There aren’t any high resolution images of the Sony Vaio Pro 13 internals, so I thought I would post them since the fan started making rattling noises. One of the reasons I discovered the fan developing the noise is that … Continue reading →

Install root certificates for work https (optional, required if https is intercepted) sudo mkdir /usr/share/ca-certificates/extra sudo cp root.crt /usr/share/ca-certificates/extra/root.crt sudo dpkg-reconfigure ca-certificates Install CKAN Package sudo apt-get install -y nginx apache2 libapache2-mod-wsgi libpq5 wget http://packaging.ckan.org/python-ckan_2.5-trusty_amd64.deb sudo dpkg -i wget python-ckan_2.5-trusty_amd64.deb … Continue reading →

I got this relatively cheap electric violin by Cecilio (model CEVN-1NA) and wanted to see what was under the hood. Performance-wise, using a Sony MD 7505 headset, the sound was quite noisy and rather muddled. Tone adjustment just maded the … Continue reading →