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  • The New Frontier… 4K

    The New Frontier… 4K

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    This all started when I received my first UHD BluRay disk. I was excited… I’ve always been a proponent of keeping content in the native resolution as the viewer’s screen and finally, I got a movie that from cradle to grave… is in 4K resolution. The first step is to rip it. I’ve quickly learned…

  • Pi-hole!

    Pi-hole!

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    Since the family is out of the house, Dad thought it would be non-consequential to offload the home network’s DNS requests from the router to an independent server. This idea has been a ‘stuck thought’ in my mind for a while as a colleague of mine, (I’m talking about you Scoot!) have been praising openDNS’s…

  • Let’s Encrypt auto renewal

    Let’s Encrypt auto renewal

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    First, I would suggest looking for all the commands to your specific setup here. But since I am running a combination of things that aren’t listed on that page, I had to dig elsewhere. Centos 7 should have epel already enabled but if not… Configure certbot with your specific setup Note: I don’t have a…

  • Spare Bedroom Wall Bed

    Spare Bedroom Wall Bed

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    Wall Bed Idea spawned from Handyman Magazine. Long before Brother was born, the family had a dilemma. We wanted to give the kids each a bedroom and so we had three bedrooms but had four functions that needed to be retained and that meant two rooms had to be combined, namely the tertiary rooms, home office…

  • Anet A8 “Strix”

    Anet A8 “Strix”

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    Dad’s first and only 3d printer. It all started as a budget Prusa clone and now there are very little left of its original parts. Aptly named strix later, if Dad started the hobby now, he would not start with an A8, but in his case, it’s more about the journey than the destination. Let’s…

  • Project Open Space

    Project Open Space

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    AbstractThe backyard layout from the previous owner was suitable for a less active function. Clusters of floral plants and rock formations are aesthetically pleasing to view from a patio chair in the back porch area. Our daughter began walking and we soon realized we will need to re-landscape the back yard to better suit our…

  • Living Room Build

    Living Room Build

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    Completed 10/8/2011Right when we moved into our house. The first thing dad wanted to change or build was the living room. The TV in the Purple house required an Ethernet connection to run Netflix and 5.1 surround sound wired for audio and dad began drawing up a design. Design The design was based around the…

  • Hardening SSL settings to appease htbridge

    Hardening SSL settings to appease htbridge

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    Add OCSP Add HSTS Disable TLSv1.0 Disabling 3DES ciphers I was working on the ngfamily.dynu.com front end and noticed that the 3des cipher were still accepted: This fails HIPAA guidance, which I don’t have any information that needs to be protected, but why not disable these ciphers. Long story short, I found out the problem…

  • Fish Tank

    Fish Tank

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    April 19th, 2013, Daughter went to the Aquarium for the first time, there I noticed she loved watching the moving fishes. Original Concept Surfin online for DIY fish tanks and stumbled on this guy. I liked the look and since mine was a 20 gallon versus the pictured 29 gallon, I was able to reduce…

  • Entertainment Center

    Entertainment Center

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    Design Requirements With Elaina growing so fast and beginning to reach and move, Mom and Dad thought it would be wise to begin baby proofing the house. The first concern are the kitchen cabinets but the second concern is the Entertainment Center. Prior to this cabinet, Mom had a two shelf glass set up. The…