Thoughts, opinions, wild speculation, and haphazard technical advice from Dom. I’m a hearing disabled irrigation contractor, B-movie aficionado, self-hoster, and hopeless Linux desktop romantic. Former co-host of Go With The Heat Miami Vice podcast. This site uses no tracking pixels, does not set cookies, and works without javascript. You may also want to checkout my blogroll and a running list of bookmarks I save while browsing. Last, if this is your first time here, check out my favorite posts.
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Work from anywhere - Remote desktops and terminals
In my quest to setup a system that allows me to work from any device at any time, top of my list was being able to connect to my primary workstation desktop. I also want to have a full terminal emulator. These both need to be accessible from any browser.
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New homelab project - Working from anywhere on any machine
I am on a quest. The quest is to be able to do all my work from any computer. I mean any computer. I want the ability to sit down at any computer and have access to all my files, notes, tools, and apps.
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Father's Day is complicated
Like many people, Father's Day is a complicated day for me. I'm a proud father of four kids and I've known I wanted to be a parent since I was about 10 years old. On the flip side, I have a biological father whom I've never met and a step-father, who was around my entire childhood, who was and is an alcoholic.
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Blobdrop for fun and profit
Blobdrop is a fun CLI tool that enables dragging a file (or multiple) from the terminal to any other app on the desktop. It works with and without a GUI and is just another tool in the box for people who prefer to work in the terminal.
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My Devices - Handheld gaming and music jukebox
This is post 2 in a sporadic series about the various devices I have around the house and what I use them for. In this post I explain how I'm using a Moto G6 Play as a music jukebox in the kitchen and a Redmi Note 7 as a dedicated handheld gaming device.
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Making the command line fun - terminaltexteffects
This is a rad tool for adding visual effects to the terminal. Having effects when running a command or launching a terminal is totally unnecessary... And a lot of fun.
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My Devices - Galaxy Tab 4 for nighttime viewing
I've decided to start a series of posts introducing the hardware I use on a regular basis with the emphasis on what I use it for. For the first post I am introducing my bedside screen, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 4.
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Tech and a personal code of ethics
Nothing should be more important than your morals and ethics. You have to draw a line at some point and say no more, nothing past this point.
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Repairing my busted ass S10e
The back of my phone got absolutely wrecked, including the primary camera. This is some notes on what happened, why I repaired it, and wandering thoughts on why I am probably leaving Android after this device.
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First 5 installs on fresh desktop install
These are the first five things I install on all my desktops, regardless of the Linux distro, plus a few honorable mentions.
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