Author: sherwin
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Adobe Photoshop Elements Works For Me
It’s been many years since Adobe switched over to a subscription platform. I’m not a big Adobe user but I do use Photoshop. But I only use Photoshop to do simple modifications such as resizing, cropping, and auto coloring. I mainly use it for images I use for blogging or posting on social media. I’m…
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Upgrading Ram on Late 2015 iMac Retina
Back in 2017 I purchased a refurbished late 2015 iMac MK482LL. It’s still going on strong for what I use it for – mainly development. It came with a 27″ screen, 2TB Fusion drive, and an Intel i5 3.3GHz quad-core CPU. The Fusion drive truly makes a difference and the 2TB model has a larger…
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I found my old PSP Go
I was digging around the house and found my old PSP Go. I charged it up and found out that it uses old network security settings that my current router does not support. The PSP Go supports WEP and WPA (version 1). I wanted to see if it had any updates but it needed to…
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Network Closet Makeover
My home networking makeover has started off in a good way. I only just begun. Can’t wait to get more things done but check out what I have so far.
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Laravel Dev Environment in Ubuntu 18.04
Here is how to set up a Laravel dev environment on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Bionic Beaver.
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Updating Software on 2016 Prius
Ever since I got the Apple iPhone X, I’ve had issues with the bluetooth system and the phone. The radio system would just restart when I try to place a phone call. The radio would not respond and pause thinking that it would swich over to the phone then it would just crash and restart.…
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Traded in iPad Mini 4 for 6th Gen iPad
Apple and Best Buy have a good trade in value for iPad Mini 4 – but not for long. I took advantage of it and upgraded it to the 6th gen iPad (2018).
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10GB Network Between Windows 10 and Freenas
I recently picked up a pair of Mellanox MNPA19-XTR 10GB Ethernet cards from eBay for a really good price. I wanted a faster way to do back ups. Currently, I have a Synology DS1815+ as my main storage server. It has 8x 4TB configured as a RAID6. This will give me up to two drives…
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Laravel Homestead on Windows Issues
I really want to use Windows and Laravel Homestead as a dev environment so that I don’t have to keep pulling out my Macbook Pro when I’m at home. I have a 2015 iMac at home but I do want to utilize the better hardware on my PC. No matter how many times I try,…
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Laravel Development on Windows 10 Using Linux Subsystem
This is a guide on how to configure Windows 10 using the Fall Creators Update released in October 2017. I will be using Ubuntu for the Linux Subsystem. Ubuntu Turn on Windows Subsystem for Linux in the Windows Feature Restart Windows so it fully installs it Then go to the Windows Store app and download…