A few web servers that I’ve needed to access for work have blocked my connection when connecting via tethering to my phone internet (T-Mobile). To get around this, I used an SSH tunnel as a SOCKS proxy for my web traffic.
Continue reading post "SSH tunnel as “poor mans” VPN"Computer posts
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I discovered and played with the CLI text based file browser Midnight Commander this weekend.
Continue reading post "Midnight Commander"Vagrant on Mac El Capitan problem
I recently tried to install vagrant on a Mac OS X.11 (El Capitan) machine, but ran into trouble.
Continue reading post "Vagrant on Mac El Capitan problem"Replacing text in PDF
I recently found myself needing to replace some text in a PDF for confidentiality reasons.
Continue reading post "Replacing text in PDF"I had a weird loss of a git commit when my battery died unexpectedly.
Continue reading post "#2520"I was able to get wi-fi working on my recent Ubuntu install, but not with the built in wi-fi.
Continue reading post "#2464"I installed Ubuntu on my Windows tablet this weekend.
Continue reading post "#2461"I decided to start up my old cell phone, a Motorola Droid 2.
Continue reading post "#2452"I’m glad I’m not the only one with the problem of duplicate instances of Atom (the text editor) opening on me.
Continue reading post "#2392"Simple shell calculator
I’ve made myself a simple command line calculator using bc.