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SMS On Command Line
Sometimes we as tech nerds like to do things just because we can. This is an example of exactly that. In an age where practically everyone who hasn’t been under a rock for the past decade has a...
View ArticleAccurately Track Your Dynamic IP With Text Messages
A few weeks ago, I posted about how to send SMS messages via command line. Today, as promised, I am going to follow up on that post by providing a practical use for this functionality. My current setup...
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Tunneling Through the Great Firewall of China
Among the things that the People’s Republic of China is known for is the Great Wall of China, however, we tech nerds also associate the country with the Great Firewall of China (GFW). The GFW,...
View ArticleOS-Agnostic Ghostscript Detection
In developing one of my more popular WordPress plugins, Document Gallery, I was faced with a challenge that stumped me for a bit. Recently, some of my users had asked for additional functionality to...
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Removing COM Module from Honeywell UtilityPRO
A few weeks ago, my apartment complex installed new UtilityPRO programmable thermostats in all of the units. As part of the CPS Energy Peak Saver program. Quite a convenient little gadget, but a little...
View ArticleThe Downside of the WordPress Plugin Directory
One of the most powerful and useful parts of WordPress and other popular CMS software offerings is the seemingly endless number of available plugins to extend functionality in nearly any way you like....
View ArticleFFmpeg Supported MIME Types
I’m shocked… Maybe I’m missing some well-hidden FFmpeg flag, but for the life of me I can’t find a way to pull out the supported MIME types. There are some commands that come sort of close, but not...
View ArticleTunneling Through the Great Firewall of China Again
Nearly two years ago now, I wrote about tunneling through the Great Firewall of China (GFW). I recently revisited this topic and wanted to give a more detailed walkthrough of the process I took to make...
View ArticleApache: Redirecting HTTP to HTTPS and WWW to Non-WWW
I was reading through the Apache documentation the other day as part of work on one of my pet projects (Thumber.co) and came across the following little tidbit (emphasis added). mod_rewrite should be...
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Why Verizon is the worst. Literally.
The Intro Before this story begins, the background… I’m not one to get a new phone every year, or even every couple of years. Right now I am still rocking my iPhone 5S from when they came out. When I...
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