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How to POST with curl
Intro For the hard-core curl fans I find these examples useful. Example 1 Posting in-line form data, e.g., to an api: $ curl ‐d 'hi there' https://drjohns.com/api/example Well, that might work, but I normally add more switches. Example 2 $ … Continue reading
No Internet, secure WiFi status message in Windows 10
Intro Finding out how Windows decides if there is an Internet connection or not can be a challenge often posed by trying to do an Internet search comprised or words that are common and therefore used in many other contexts. … Continue reading
Raspberry Pi Recovery Mode or interrupting the boot process
Intro If you installed Raspbian from the NOOBS distribution as I do, then you may occasionally “blow up” your installation as I just have! You have an out, sort of, short of re-imaging the disk, though about with the same … Continue reading
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apache as reverse proxy under SLES
IntroJust got my SLES 12 SP4 server. That’s a type of commercial Linux I needed to set up a secure reverse proxy in a hurry. There’s a lot of suggestions out there. I share what worked for me. The version … Continue reading
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Solution to NPR puzzle using Raspberry Pi
Intro Take a common five-letter word. If you add an “e” to the end you’ll get a common six-letter word. or add an ‘e” after the second letter to get a different six-letter word, or an “e” after the fourth … Continue reading
Raspberry Pi photo frame using your pictures on your Google Drive
Intro All my spouse’s digital photo frames are either broken or nearly broken – probably she got them from garage sales. Regardless, they spend 99% of the the time black. Now, since I had bought that Raspberry Pi PiDisplay awhile … Continue reading
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Tagged Exif tags, Google Drive, image orientation, rclone
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F5 Big-IP: When your virtual server does not present your chain certificate
Intro While I was on vacation someone replaced a certificate which had expired on the F5 Big-IP load balancer. Maybe they were not quite as careful as I would like to hope I would have been. In any case, shortly … Continue reading
Can you go from Terminal 1 to Terminal 2 in O’Hare without going through the security lines again?
Yes. Yes, at least if you walk. Not sure about other transportation options. Count on about 13 minutes for the walk. Not sure why this information is so hard to find… Sometimes you land at one terminal and have to … Continue reading
How to test if a web site requires a client certificate
Intro I can not find a link on the Internet for this, yet I think some admins would appreciate a relatively simple test to know is this a web site which requires a client certificate to work? The errors generated … Continue reading
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F5 clustering tips
Intro I was having trouble with one of my new F5 clusters. I thought I’d be clever and add two new F5’s to the existing cluster, and then remove the old members when everything looked good. But the device groups … Continue reading