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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My favorite action movies - So far
A collection of my favorite action moves. These aren't the best action movies, they are my favorites and I don't have to explain myself to anyone.
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Another VM desktop win
I found another use for my VM desktop, this time from a new Windows install on a gaming PC.
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Using Samsung Dex as my everyday carry laptop
I mentioned on Mastodon that my favorite everyday carry (EDC) laptop is my phone with Samsung Dex and a lapdock. This blog post is to add some more context to how I use Dex and what I use to fill in the gaps when I need a full desktop.
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Clonezilla clone to VM magic
I had a perfectly setup remote PC on physical hardware I wanted to bring back to life. Through the magic of Clonezilla I converted it to a VM on my homelab.
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Little bits update
A few things I've been doing lately that aren't enough for their own blog post. Sold some crypto, reduced my homelab energy usage, and looking for some project inspiration.
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We are long past due for heavy regulation in tech
Tech is causing so much harm to so many people, no one can hide behind "its not the tech, its how you use it" as a defense for the prolific harm it is causing.
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The feeling of deleting my LinkedIn account
Although deleting my LinkedIn account was easy, what removing it stands for with me transitioning to a new career path and my future.
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Using a minimal phone to fight phone addiction
As a former smoker, I understand what an addiction feel is and I'm getting it with my phone. This means something needs to change.
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Microsoft is destroying my kids laptops for no reason
Microsoft's Windows 11 requirements is going to force me to throw out perfectly good laptops my kids use for school for no effing reason other than greed.
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Displaying my bookmarks RSS feed on a static page in Hugo
This post is how I configured Hugo to display a list of bookmarks on my blog, pulling the information from an RSS feed from my self-hosted instance of Shaarli.
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