I do not understand people when they complain to me about how many emails they have in their inbox. Day after day I hear moaning and complaining about how there are those 50, 100, whatever emails from last week that someone still hasn’t gotten to since vacation last week. Ridiculous! Here’s how I managed to…
Category: Editorials
Articles sharing my perspective on topics that do not fit in a more specific category.
dd-wrt and OpenVPN, don’t do it
Thinking about using your router with dd-wrt to run all of your home connections through a VPN such as OpenVPN? Don’t bother unless your router has an insanely powerful CPU. I learned this lesson the hard way when I decided to flash my TP-LINK WDR3600 (N600) with dd-wrt. 10-14mbps is all that the device seems…
Change OS X Screen Resolution from the Menu Bar
Want a way to change your screen resolution and screen brightness from the OS X menu bar? I did, so I pulled together several separate solutions to scratch the itch. Here’s my setup and what you’ll need to implement it yourself.
A Glance at Ethics in the Digital Era
Here’s a relic from the past–an old school research paper. Debates around computing ethics continue on, so I thought I would toss some of my old thoughts out there. The conclusion I had when I wrote this is still true today as we see some states in the U.S. implementing school programs to educate kids…