Category Archives: Computers and Internet

Pluralsight Course Updated

Posted on July 15, 2018 by

For those who have watched my Pluralsight Course, it has been recently updated to include changes brought by Raspbian Stretch. I wasn’t able to completely refresh the content end to end, but the former CrashPlan module has been completely replaced, and now … Continue reading →

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External SSH access on the Raspberry Pi

Posted on February 5, 2018 by

Safely expose your Raspberry Pi’s SSH connectivity, allowing you to connect from anywhere. Continue reading →

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CrashPlan is dead

Posted on August 23, 2017 by

It looks like Code42 isn’t interested in home users anymore, and they’ve announced that they are shifting focus to enterprise users. Even if you were backing up to your own computers, your account is still going away, and with it … Continue reading →

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Upgrading from Jessie to Stretch

Posted on August 19, 2017 by

On Wednesday, Aug 16th 2017, a new major Raspbian OS version was released. The “Stretch” release replaced the previous “Jessie” version, and makes a number of changes that may or may not affect you. I’m editing this post as I … Continue reading →

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Raspbian Stretch Released

Posted on August 17, 2017 by

The next major version of the Raspbian OS was released today, and I wanted to take a moment to let you know that I’ll be walking my way through the entire series again on a fresh install, as well as … Continue reading →

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CrashPlan Experiment

Posted on June 10, 2017 by

Important: This is an experiment, and should still be considered preliminary. I’m putting this out there “live” because I know a lot of people are interested in this topic. I’ll be updating this post as the experiment progresses, but just … Continue reading →

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Adding an “Emergency Stop” button to the Raspberry Pi

Posted on March 5, 2017 by

One constant problem I’ve had with my CrashPi in particular is that, since it has no screen or keyboard, when it stops responding, I have no way to tell it to shut down. I watch the activity light, and wait … Continue reading →

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