Jimmie Lightner

Technology, Truth, and Common Sense

Category: Quick Thoughts

  • High Speed Home Networking

    Sometimes I forget … This isn’t “normal” for most other people.

  • Updating Dell XPS 15 9530 Firmware on Linux

    Today marks the first time I’ve updated the BIOS in my Laptop since I bought it. When I initially powered it up, Windows 11 was “installed” (more like present, it took almost 2 hours for it to fully update itself before it was usable) so I used that to update the BIOS and various firmware…

  • Install and trust DoD Certificates on Arch Linux

    Continuing our journey to install and configure DoD Certificates on various platforms – this time I submit for your reading pleasure: Arch Linux! This one is relatively easy. Like other platforms, trusted roots can live in a few places on Arch (Personal NSS or System stores, as well as some various Apps that have their…

  • Install and trust DoD Certificates on MacOS

    Trying to use your CAC on a Mac? Don’t want to run some sketchy compiled app to install DoD Certs on your box? Check this handy scripty-doo out. It grabs the latest PKI zip, unpacks it, converts the certificates into a format that works and then installs them into the system’s trust store. Be prepared…

  • Making W3-Total-Cache work with Storage Accounts in Azure Government

    So you thought you were going to be slick and save some time by using the Marketplace template to deploy “WordPress on App Service” in Azure Government? You likely even selected the ‘Recommended’ tick-box to offload media content to Azure Blob Storage via the template add-on section and then hit “Review and Create!” But when…

  • Disable Azure CLI Telemetry Collection

    Pfffffffft! No thank you, Microsoft. That’s getting #disabled right now. (See Microsoft official documentation)

  • Parallels Desktop VM Isolation

    I’m fascinated by the logic here. Why is this experience not inverted? Why is the user only prompted for confirmation when ENABLING isolation (because: why would I want said VM to be able to read the contents of my clipboard?) but not when disabling it? Isn’t the isolation the entire point of the VM? šŸ¤”

  • Holiday Time Off Shenanigans

    What do you do for time off? Home improvement? Technical skilling? Visiting family? Hang out with friends? I’m off work until January 3rd! I need some things to keep myself busy: Seems like enough for a while. It’s a rough work in progress, but check out https://www.communityreeftank.com

  • A&M Landscaping and Lawncare

    While hopping off a work call just now I happened to notice the sound of a mower outside. Odd. When I peered out the window, the neighbor’s yard was being mowed. VERY ODD. Especially today, on the 28th of November. It’s currently 29Ā° Fahrenheit (that’s -1.67Ā° Celsius for you metric weirdos) and the ground felt…

  • Credit Card ā€œConvenienceā€ Fees

    You ever have those nights where you just don’t feel like cooking even though you have plenty of food in the fridge? Yeah, that was us last night. We ended up heading out to Galloā€™s Tap Room for dinner. The place wasn’t crowded despite it being 6pm. The patio had plenty of spots, so we…