Linux, Eight Months Hence: Reflections on Daily Driving

Back in mid October of last year (2025), I made the decision to switch to Linux. This switch was a long time coming, even though I only realized in …

Running Pi-Hole on old hardware

Introduction

When I first started getting into Raspberry Pi and similar technology, it was with an original Pi Model B that was a spare from a family …

A Raspberry Pi MS-DOS Build

Introduction

As a ‘young’ Millennial, I grew up in the late 90s and early 2000s. Even then, for a variety of reasons, my family often …

An Unnecessarily Complicated Framework: my blog pipeline

If you’re reading this blog, chances are that you don’t realize how complicated things are behind the scenes. What looks like a …

Network Nightmare [Troubleshooting Tales #1]

In over eight months of using Manjaro Linux as my daily driver, I’ve encountered a handful of oddities and issues that I’ve had to sink a …

Pixel Locked - Staying Secure as a PC Gamer

Are you a PC gamer? Do you take appropriate measures to keep your game accounts safe? Chances are, unless you’re a security nerd like myself, …

A Key-nundrum - Staying secure with asymmetric encryption

Asymmetric encryption, also known as public key cryptography, is a common form of encryption utilized today. It’s used constantly during web …

On Discouragement - Lessons from Career Failures

I’ve had no shortage of disappointments in my adult life. In fact, I’ve tried three separate careers before now, and every one of them has …

Frustrations, Humblings and Revelations - A Second Beginning on Linux

Back in August on my old blog, I ran through my thought processes on picking a Linux distribution to use on my primary PC. By the end of that lengthy …

Learning Ubuntu Server 1 - Beginnings

I’ve gradually purchased more and more courses on Packt for side projects, such as learning Linux or machine learning. Back in August, I worked …