by stevendbrady | Sep 27, 2018 | Privacy
Until recently I’ve always held the philosophy that as long as my data is going to Facebook and Google, that it’s safe. Maybe it was due to convenience. Maybe because of laziness. Probably because of lack of caring. Earlier this year all the news broke...
by stevendbrady | Feb 20, 2018 | Geekery
I often work on my websites as my root user on my Ubuntu VPS running Vesta. When I copy over WordPress or other files they’ll retain root ownership. Rather than having to chown every file and folder I’ve worked on, I run this simple script to set proper...
by stevendbrady | Oct 30, 2017 | Personal
Day 15 – October 22, 2017 – 231.4 lbs This morning I had a half of a caramel coffee shake, then a Cacao, then the rest of the caramel coffee shake. For dinner I had a Cacao. Day 16 – October 23, 2017 I didn’t make a shake this morning because I...
by stevendbrady | Oct 25, 2017 | Geekery
The Google Chrome for Business administrative templates leave a little to be desired when locking down the browser. That being said, we’re fortunate that Chrome’s settings and dialogues open in tabs, meaning we can block access to specific chrome:// URLs...
by stevendbrady | Oct 23, 2017 | Personal
Day 8 – October 15, 2017 – 235.8 lbs Just another normal Soylent day. Cafe Coffiest for breakfasts, Cafe Chair for lunches, and Cacao for dinners. Nothing exceptional to report. Day 9 – October 16, 2017 Today feels like a major victory. First off, no...
by stevendbrady | Oct 15, 2017 | Personal
I’ve done it. I’ve taken the Soylent plunge. I’ve opted for a 3 shake a day, 1200 kcal diet. I’m doing this to lose weight and alleviate stomach issues related to IBS. Why Soylent? Well, I’ve been following it off and on for quite some...
by stevendbrady | Aug 18, 2017 | Personal
Part of Sprint’s marketing system trying to market Sprint and Boost services is the My Trainer Rewards program for Pokemon GO players. You go to the website daily to complete tasks like visiting their websites and social media profiles, as well as watching their...
by stevendbrady | Jan 11, 2017 | Geekery
I find that in my life of IT, amateur website implementation (I’m no developer, but I can make WordPress purr like a kitten), and website collaboration, that a to-do list is a simple yet effective way to keep track of what needs done on a site without having to...
by stevendbrady | Mar 26, 2016 | Geekery
VestaCP is a powerful and simple control panel. It runs fast on any decent VPS (I recommend Linode). But sometimes you outgrow your current space and want to move individual sites to new servers. Being proactive in this will save you time and headache in the future...
by stevendbrady | Feb 2, 2016 | Geekery
I recently needed to have to delete both Outlook 2010 and 2013 temp files on boot in Windows 7 and 8. While not planning an in-depth tutorial, I’ve decided to put both the batch code here in case anyone else needs it. There’s one for each, and if the path...
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