Portable Flash

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I’m not the first to admit it. I hate updating software on Windows. All the different installers clamoring for attention and constant updates needing this and that are annoying. The Linux apt system is much friendlier. There are some ways…

OpenVPN AutoLogin Script

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The following is an OpenVPN autologin script for my portable Raspberry Pi Kodi media center. It starts an OpenVPN connection on boot.   Dependencies The Expect package A folder containing an OpenVPN configuration file A folder for the script (I…

WordFence New Functions and Errors

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While trying to troubleshoot some JetPack issues today, I ran into a new WordFence issue. A couple, actually. Here are the problems and the solutions: WordFence does not cache WordPress anymore. They removed the Falcon cache. Use CloudFlare instead! Source…

Ubuntu Upgrade and Box.com Sync

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A mounted Box.com drive and duply are a good combination for backup data to a remote location. Duply allows for encrypted backups, and the encryption also helps to prevent bit rot. A remote drive is useful for keeping cloud-based servers…

Desktop SQL Editor

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The other day, I accidentally overwrote an older post. Luckily, I have daily backups running, so it wasn’t too hard to get a backup SQL file. But my backups are all SQL files, so I had to think hard about…