Category Archives: Geek

“We’ve arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology.” –Carl Sagan

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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MongoDB and Python in Data Visualization

Posted on 24 August 2017 by matthannan

This is an interesting web site discussing the use of Python and MongoDB in data visualization. I am getting very comfortable with Python and I have just started playing with MongoDB, so looking at examples of how I can start to generate data visualizations out of these tools is my next step.… Read the rest

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Convert MAC Addresses in Excel

Posted on 10 August 2017 by matthannan

I have 140 MAC addresses that I need to find out not only what switch, and switch port they are on, but also which part of the floor. It is a time-consuming slog, especially since the MAC addresses are not in a standard format.… Read the rest

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PiBeacon – Making an iBeacon from a Raspberry Pi · Hack N Cheese

Posted on 19 July 2017 by matthannan

Source: PiBeacon – Making an iBeacon from a Raspberry Pi · Hack N Cheese… Read the rest

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Shrink to Fit in Word 2010 and Word 2013

Posted on 28 April 2017 by matthannan

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Zork 2017

Posted on 23 April 2017 by matthannan

I am working my way through Zed Shaw‘s “Learn Python the Hard Way“, which is both a book with a DVD containing videos of each of the lessons and a web site that does not have the videos.… Read the rest

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9 Ways to Integrate Twitter With WordPress (Beginner’s Guide)

Posted on 22 April 2017 by matthannan

It looks like there are a couple of good ideas in here on integrating WordPress and Twitter.

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How to run Python scripts (cPanel questions)

Posted on 13 April 2017 by matthannan

Source: How to run Python scripts (cPanel questions)… Read the rest

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