It’s been a long while since I’ve given web hosting much thought. The last few years have centered around storage area networks, virtualization, and the nitty-gritty of what goes on inside an All-Flash-Array. Recently, I’ve found myself wanting to get back into a few hobbies and interests, including web hosting and WordPress. There are a… Read More


While looking for sites to learn Python, I came across a fun little site that teaches the basics of Python by positioning 3 dimensional blocks to create various structures. The site can be found at: CodeTheBlocks.com. Some lessons give you a problem to solve at the end. I wanted to share some of the solutions… Read More


Huh, It’s been 5 years since I’ve posted anything here. Didn’t realize that much time has gone by. There have been life events and such in that time. I’m still in Tech. The technology has changed, but not my involvement. I moved out of Web Hosting support and have been doing support for storage arrays.… Read More


I’ve been running several game daemons off my primary internal server for a while now. Some of these game daemons are accessible from the Internet. From a security stand-point, this is not a good idea. So I’ll be creating a new KVM virtual private server (VPS) instance for game daemons and placing it in the… Read More


I’ve temporarily taken down the Citadel message board. Having changed ISPs, I don’t have a dedicated IP address for the home server right now. The site is hosted on a shared server, provided by BlueHost. As Citadel requires root-level access, it can’t be hosted on a shared server. I now have two copies of the… Read More


Basic housekeeping is done, still a lot of details to complete. Citadel is up and running, debating user validation. Updated Poker Solitaire to run on modern browsers, needs a complete code rewrite.… Read More


I resurrected the old site, the sequel. The plan is to use it as a playground. I’ll be posting more information as I get stuff setup. For now, I’m working on getting Citadel setup.… Read More