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  • Dont need that old device? Save it from landfill!

    Dont need that old device? Save it from landfill!

    E-waste is considered the “fastest-growing waste stream in the world”[8] with 44.7 million tonnes generated in 2016- equivalent to 4500 Eiffel towers.[3] In 2018, an estimated 50 million tonnes of e-waste was reported, thus the name ‘tsunami of e-waste’ given by the UN.[8] Its value is at least $62.5 billion annually.[8] Secure disposal of EWaste…

  • How to create a shortcut to a website.πŸƒβ€β™‚οΈπŸƒβ€β™€οΈ

    You can create a shortcut on your desktop or any folder by simply dragging and dropping. Here’s how:

  • Review on HP Omen 15 inch laptop

    It’s nice to carry around and has a good feel to it, I’ve owned the 17″ and it is pretty bulky though if you want a desktop then check out the 17″ but this wins in portability. The keyboard is backlit and has a nice soft key press. Though there is one con of which…

  • Github workflow to deploy to github pages.

    I recently set up an angular application and pushed it to Github. I had seen others use github pages to show their application and so wondered if I could do the same. Here is the config that worked well for me! You can see the implementation here: GitHub – jcianci12/GeoJSON-Styler: An application used for styling…

  • Angular CSV to JSON πŸš—

    Here is a handy little pipe that allows csv to JSON (Usefull for importing CSV files into your angular app)

  • Angular behind NGINX blank page

    TLDR:- Try your site in edge OR reset your cache like so: Click on the hamburger menu Click settings In the search box enter “cache” You should see the option to “Clear Data” click this! Now you should be fetching all fresh data. And if the issue is resolved, the page should load. Otherwise likely…

  • 3D Printing a smart doorbell backing plate.

    Fusion 360 for the win! Download fusion360 – you can use it for free if you are only using it in a hobby capacity! Draw up you design – There are tutorials online that will help you learn how to do this – be patient, this takes time depending on how complex your project is!…

  • 🌍Hosting WordPress Docker behind NGINX reverse proxy

    Many examples feature differing variations on this combo, but few seemed to use a wordpress container and a separate NGINX proxy My hosting setup uses a few different websites – some are dot net, some are angular (which is just serving up static files) and some are WordPress I wanted to add WordPress to the…

  • Using an Arris Surfboard sb8200 with pfsense

    Using an Arris Surfboard sb8200 with pfsense

    Hey there! πŸ‘‹πŸΌ I wanted to share my experience setting up my home server with pfsense and an Arris Surfboard sb8200 modem. πŸ πŸ”§ At first, I ran into an issue where pfsense wasn’t getting an IP from WAN, despite my home router getting one fairly quickly. πŸ€” After some trial and error, I discovered an…

  • NGINX 301 permanent redirect

    I was having issues with bringing a website online… here is what I found: My browser was caching the permanent redirects in order to clear the redirect press ctrl + shift + del and select cache, then click ok. The redirect should dissapear as long as your NGINX config is updated.