This is a repository for the thoughts, notes, and achievements of Mr. Jacob Honeyhume. It contains posts on a large variety of subjects, technical and otherwise.
Posted on 2017-02-09 (Updated on 2017-02-09)
My VPS has lots of different applications residing on it, and many people need to access it in various ways. Sometimes, tightening security for one group can negatively impact another.
Posted on 2017-01-12 (Updated on 2017-01-13)
I was a little perplexed when I installed a MariaDB server on my main desktop running Debian Stretch; it didn't ask me for a root password. This is a change from the previous Debians, which always prompt you to set the password during installation.
Posted on 2016-11-29 (Updated on 2016-11-29)
I have been working with base64 encoding a lot recently, specifically regarding image files. Using base64 is a cool way to embed images in your CSS, and happens to be useful when writing Django tests that involve an image file field.
Posted on 2016-11-25 (Updated on 2016-11-29)
Update: Tobias provided a canonical link to his StatusNet Move Account script.
Posted on 2016-07-21 (Updated on 2016-07-21)
Setting date and time options on Debian has been placed under the systemd umbrella with the "timedatectl" utility. While I'm not fully convinced that everything belongs in systemd, I do think that having a single location for all time and date related configurations makes sense.
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