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  • HowNOT2 Videos – Climbing Safety

    HowNOT2 Videos – Climbing Safety

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesIn scuba diving and aviation safety is a discussion that takes place before and after every dive or flight. It is discussed every time divers meet up. With climbing safety is important too but the focus is different. “This is how you should belay, this is how you should climb, this is…

  • Nextcloud and the Open Web

    Nextcloud and the Open Web

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesTwo evenings ago I played with setting a No-ip host, setup the Swisscom router to make a Pi available in the DMZ so that I could access the apache server and Nextcloud from the open web and it worked. I had it all done within 15-20 minutes. Now for those with the…

  • Airport security can be fun

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhen you fly a lot you get used to the antics of airport security. Sometimes you see people get angry and flustered by their stuff being searched. Sometimes I’ve felt that way as well. Today was amusing. My bag went through the x ray machine and since it was so full…

  • E-mail security

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesMany people have e-mail accounts and enjoy writing to their friends every day, but little do they know about the dangers of hackers or people who have too much time on their hands. A few weeks ago while I was on the computers it struck me how simple it might be to…