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Last updated on Sep 7, 2020 2 min read yard

After a few days of watering I’ve found the system insufficient in the ditch area. So, naturally, I’ve ordered more parts to address this…

Last updated on Aug 28, 2020 2 min read tech

Check VPN connectivity from command line

I pay TorGuard (affiliate link) for VPN services. Mainly because sometimes I do some shady shit (that’s alliteration). No matter what I’m doing, it is often worthwhile to see how my web browsing traffic looks to the outside world. So here are some notes on how I can check that from a command line.

Last updated on Sep 7, 2020 3 min read yard

Watering Schedule

Well the yard was aerated and re-seeded yesterday. I set up all my hoses and sprinklers…let’s see if we can get a yard established this year.

Last updated on Sep 7, 2020 3 min read tech

Desktop switch

Background When I started my current role, I had never worked from home before. So I’m pretty clueless as to the best way to do this. I’ve got a LOT of work to do in order to have a respectable home office.

Last updated on Aug 28, 2020 3 min read yard

Above ground irrigation

Well I hate to think that I failed at establishing a yard last year, but I did. The only thing that could make me feel a little bit better is if I was at least able to LEARN from that experience. Unfortunately, I’m not sure I have…

Last updated on Sep 7, 2020 2 min read yard

Overseeding Prep 2018

If you’ve ever seen my yard it probably doesn’t need to be said, but I don’t know what I’m doing. That was made very clear this year. After removing 17 trees and having it graded and seeded last year (with tall fescue) there were moments of pride as the grass started showing up.

Last updated on Sep 7, 2020 1 min read tech

Testing Ansible with Molecule AND Travis

At one point I was restarting all my ansible roles to include testing with molecule. Then I realized I could test with github and Travis-ci which was also cool. Then I finally realized that I can do both, but use the same tests.