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Mastodon s. Since my posting process is entirely automated using Zapier, I automated posting to Mastodon using it as well. Here’s an easy way to add automatic posting to Mastodon using Zapier! How To Install ZeroTier on TrueNAS 12 February 3, 2022 By Stephen 2 Comments ZeroTier is an incredibly useful tool to enable true access from anywhere to any networked resource. Although TrueNAS has removed ZeroTier support, the FreeBSD package is easy to install and seems to work fine! The only issue is that it doesn’t persist across reboots without some major risky work. Next Page » Primary Sidebar Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. This happens to us all the time with computers, and nobody thinks of complaining. Jef Raskin Subscribe via Email Subscribe via email and you will receive my latest blog posts in your inbox. No ads or spam, just the same great content you find on my site! 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Ranting and Raving About the 2018 iPad Pro I remain enthusiastic about the iPad Pro, despite getting a scratched screen and my concerns about durability. It’s a worthy successor to the original and offers enough improvements that I’d recommend the upgrade for just about anyone who uses their iPad for serious work. It’s still not yet a laptop replacement, but this is due more to a lack of desktop-class software for iOS than anything in Apple’s control. More Featured Posts Debit or Credit? Always Choose Credit! December 19, 2013 Credit of debit?” It’s all very confusing for American shoppers. But the news about a massive point-of-sale data theft at Target makes one thing very, very clear: Always choose credit” when the cashier asks! Infographic: Real-World Port Throughput Relative To Thunderbolt (Formerly Light Peak) February 21, 2011 Just how fast is 10 gigabits per second anyway? To help out, I’ve prepared another napkin-tastic infographic! Review: 2013 Ford Flex September 23, 2012 The 2013 Ford Flex exceeded my expectations in every driving and utility-related area, but the terrible MyFord Touch system really detracts from the vehicle. I would highly recommend buying a Ford Flex if you’ve got a family of 5 or 6, but try to get one with old fashioned buttons and dials! Faster Ethernet Gets Weird June 19, 2015 One size fits all” doesn’t work for Ethernet, but this proliferation of speed options sounds like trouble without automatic capability negotiation. It’s nice to have options, but the IEEE must remain focused on interoperability and rein in the interests of the various companies proposing next-generation Ethernet technologies. Why I Am Biased Against FCoE October 21, 2011 I am biased against FCoE because it’s too new to be blithely and broadly recommended for production enterprise use. That’s all. Yes, the standards are standardized and there are products extant. But that’s not enough for me. The 2018 iPad Pro is a Beast! November 9, 2018 The third-generation iPad Pro is a great machine but also a bellwether of change at Apple. It will be very hard for the rest of the mobile and client computing industry to keep up with this kind of progress! The Rack Endgame: A New Storage Architecture For the Data Center September 3, 2014 Top-of-rack flash and bottom-of-rack disk makes a ton of sense in a world of virtualized, distributed storage. It fits with enterprise paradigms yet delivers real architectural change that could move the needle” in a way that no centralized shared storage system ever will. SAN and NAS aren’t going away immediately, but this new storage architecture will be an attractive next-generation direction! MacBook Users: Encrypt Your Drive with OS X FileVault! It’s Easy and Free! December 20, 2012 Once you encrypt your MacBook’s drive with FileVault 2, you’ll never even know it’s there. But if you ever lose your machine, you can rest easy knowing that your data is safe. Considering how well this solution performs and that it is included free of charge, there is no reason not to use it! Legalese Copyright © 2024 · Log...