Author Archives: matthannan

SSL with Let’s Encrypt on Namecheap

Posted on 24 November 2017 by matthannan

My hosting provider does not fully support Let’s Encrypt for free SSL certificates. This site shows how to set it up manually.

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It worked! I have two domains on my host: matthannan.net and nycnyne.net, which is my forum site for my old friends now scattered.… Read the rest

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Addressing the Dropbox Link Change, Part II

Posted on 16 November 2017 by matthannan

Well, that obviously didn’t work. 🙁

But, I found this page that talks about getting around the whole ?raw=1 stuff. I wasn’t convinced that would work, but it was exciting to see the image pop up in the editing field while writing that post.… Read the rest

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Addressing the Dropbox Link Change

Posted on 16 November 2017 by matthannan

Found all my old Dropbox file links to be broken now that they made some strange change. The direct linking feature was one of my favorite things about Dropbox, so I am seriously looking for a solution right now.… Read the rest

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Clothes, American Style

Posted on 15 November 2017 by matthannan

I discovered last night that any image that I had linked to this blog, and probably everywhere else in the world, from Dropbox is now missing. They broke the way sharing of files worked The object (file, image, audio file, etc) is now embedded in a dropbox.com… Read the rest

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What More to Do With a Raspberry Pi?

Posted on 14 November 2017 by matthannan

I am so loving the Pi. As you may recall, I have Pi-Hole running on it, and also SoftEther VPN server. I noticed my co-worker attached earlier today.

A few evenings ago, I was chatting with my wife’s younger cousin about installing Linux on an old (PowerPC) Power Mac.… Read the rest

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How To Make A Table Saw Sawmill Jig – YouTube

Posted on 28 October 2017 by matthannan

I’m going to build one of these, sans the threaded rod, on Monday…if the weather is OK. I have some apple, walnut, and maple logs to try this out on. The goal is to get enough useable lumber to make a treasure box of a sort for my son.… Read the rest

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Pi-hole®: A black hole for Internet advertisements – curl -sSL https://install.pi-hole.net | bash

Posted on 16 October 2017 by matthannan

Source: Pi-hole®: A black hole for Internet advertisements – curl -sSL https://install.pi-hole.net | bash… Read the rest

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SoftEther VPN and the Raspberry Pi

Posted on 16 October 2017 by matthannan

I finally bit the bullet and migrated the SoftEther VPN server to the Raspberry Pi. The holdup was the public hostname that the remote client looks for. This hostname seems to be one of the reasons that this solution works for my particular case at all.… Read the rest

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Arduino Uno Fun and Continuous Learning

Posted on 23 September 2017 by matthannan

So, a million years ago, I bought an Arduino Uno Starter Kit from MakerShed. When it arrived, I tried a tutorial and had fun with the first LED lesson, but the second lesson, which I remember was more focused on programming, left me in the dust.… Read the rest

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13 Ancient Fermoy & Glanworth.doc

Posted on 9 September 2017 by matthannan

A good, quick read about the area around Castletownroche.

Source: 13 Ancient Fermoy & Glanworth.doc… Read the rest

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