Archive

Hello dear readers. After much work, I’ve finally merged almost all of my blogs together into one: aj.immo – if you’re wondering what “immo” stands for, it ...

2021

November 2021

Gentoo with EFIStub, encrypted BTRFS, swap, dracut or genkernel initramfs, open-rc.
November 12, 2021

Hello! It’s been a while since I wrote a post; life has been busy I’m working on a better blog management system and I finally got a desktop! Hopefully mor...

2019

September 2019

Push notifications on linux with cronjobs and smartmontools
September 1, 2019

Up until very recently, I was having smartmontools (and other cron processes such as backups) email me when a hard drive was failing. For some reason my alr...

2018

July 2018

Backups with rsnapshot and SSH
July 17, 2018

This is a simple schema on how I configure backups over SSH between my various servers. The howto on this stuff can be found all over the web, I’m mostly con...

2017

December 2017

Changed domains!
December 20, 2017

This blog is no longer using a blogspot.com subdomain! It is, however, still hosted by blogger.com. However, the blog is now under the ianozi.com domain.

July 2017

Dynamic DNS with Cloudflare, ddclient, and DNS-O-Matic (with Multiple Domains)
July 7, 2017

It’s been a very long time since I’ve updated this blog. For a while I’ve kept a separate one, AJfox.us, but the home server I’ve been using to host it fail...

2016

November 2016

Phone status: Unlocked!
November 2, 2016

I got a text this morning from cricket…. They finally sent me the unlock code! I put it in and successfully SIM unlocked my Lumia. With that out of the way, ...

October 2016

Updates, desktops, and windows phones
October 30, 2016

Hi everyone (anyone??!). It’s been 3 weeks, so I thought I’d give an update. Last time, in cellphone world: Christian C: I already checked the informatio...

Lumia 640: A little snag
October 15, 2016

This is part three of my Switching from Android to Windows series. You can check out the first one here: Switching from Android to Windows Phone! When I bou...

Beginning the Switch
October 15, 2016

This is part two of my Switching from Android to Windows series. You can check out the first one here: Switching from Android to Windows Phone!

Switching from Android to Windows Phone
October 14, 2016

Hi everyone! I know it’s been a very, very, long time. Let me say that I actually do have tons of posts I wanted to make, it’s just that I’ve been so busy wi...

2015

June 2015

Monopolize Success
June 10, 2015

I was at work today and I came across a poster in one of the classrooms. It read “Monoplize Success!”

I saw a snake (and other pictures)
June 8, 2015

I’ve decided to start posting pictures that I take throughout the day. These will probably end up on my Facebook and will certainly be public on my Flikr.

Chesapeake City
June 4, 2015

Yesterday, my family went to Chesapeake city! It was quite the adventure, and it’s only a half hour away from where I live! Chesapeake City is a small litt...

May 2015

Atlantic City
May 20, 2015

I went to Atlantic City today with the family! For those that don’t know, Atlantic City is sometimes called the Vegas of the East Coast. It contains many m...

Delaware City
May 10, 2015

Yesterday, I took a trip to Delawere City! It’s an old city created for workers of the C&D Canal, the canal that connects the Delaware River to the Ches...

Old New Castle
May 8, 2015

In my last post, I said that I’ll take some pictures of the city of Historic New Castle. Today, I decided to walk around!

Battery Park
May 2, 2015

April 2015

Thunderstorm on the Riverfront!
April 29, 2015

I decided to visit the Riverfront in Old New Castle and take some pictures while waiting to pick up my brother. I took the opportunity to try my photography...

Take Me Out To The Hot Dog
April 17, 2015

I paid pennies for a baseball tickets and $6 for a donut hotdog!

March 2015

My new car!
March 28, 2015

So, I bought my first used car last month, and I’m happy with the results. Since we’ve been planning on scrapping my parents’ ‘97 Cavalier, I’ve been meanin...

February 2015

Pictures from New Hope, PA
February 14, 2015

I had the chance to walk around New Hope, PA the other day. It’s only 6 miles from where George Washington crossed the Delaware river, and it was very cold ...

January 2015

Old Country Buffet
January 31, 2015

I was at an all-you-can-eat buffet for breakfast a little bit ago; while there, I decided to ask one of my friends from Europe if they’ve ever been to one be...

AJ's Minecraft Server!
January 30, 2015

I have a minecraft server!

Welcome to my new blog!
January 29, 2015

Welcome to my new blog!

2014

June 2014

The flooding situation in Rutherford (with video/rant)
June 10, 2014

My backyard got flooded again this morning. This is happening more and more often, so I decided to take some pictures.

2012

February 2012

Final Update on Dvorak
February 21, 2012

Hello everyone, this is my final update on the Dvorak Series. On december 26, 2010, I decided to switch to the Dvorak keyboard layout. You can go read my p...

2011

October 2011

HTML5-Compliant YouTube Embedding
October 15, 2011

Today I was updating my fathers site, Home Tips With Jim, to be HTML5-compliant. It was pretty much just a matter of removing the center tag and target="_bl...

How to create a desert
October 5, 2011

Hi everyone, assuming there’s actually someone out there that reads this blog.

September 2011

My new website and other updates
September 4, 2011

It’s been quite awhile since I had a chance to update this blog, been busy IRL, but I thought I’d at least give an update with what I’ve been doing.

May 2011

Why your website should be written in C, not PHP
May 30, 2011

It’s been awhile since I updated this blog, been pretty busy IRL. Just recently got back from a Longsword Course with ARMA, in Ohio, was very nice, and I le...

April 2011

Alpha Chi Conference in San Diego, CA (warning: heavy picture content)
April 8, 2011

There hasn’t been much of an update from me in a while, as I have been working on my projects at Uni, and preparing for trip for the Alpha Chi Honor Society ...

January 2011

switch() vs elseif benchmarks
January 18, 2011

There was an interesting benchmark on a friend’s blog. He was running a “switch() vs else if” test in php, which yielded some very interesting (and at first...

Progress and a new keyboard!
January 14, 2011

It’s been about two weeks since my switch to the Dvorak Simplified Keyboard. I checked my typing speed on TypeRacer earlier today, and I’m currently running...

2010

December 2010

Update on Dvorak
December 30, 2010

Well, it’s been about 5 days since I’ve switched do the Dvorak Simplified Keyboard, and I’m slowly progressing.

Switched keyboard layouts
December 26, 2010

Most people use the well-known QWERTY layout for their keyboard. Little do they know that this layout was meant to be slow and inefficent! It causes strain...

Home Tips With Jim -- Christmas Special
December 21, 2010

New Home Tips With Jim, and it’s in two parts.

A source-based distribution OS -- Gentoo!
December 12, 2010

Well, after getting off college for winter break, I decided to try something I’ve been wanting to do for a few years now – switch to Gentoo as my primary Ope...

Draining the Pool with Jim
December 7, 2010

It may be a little late to post this now, but my dad did another Home Tips with Jim. This time, he drains the pool.

My Corn Plant has flowers!
December 5, 2010

Well, I have a Corn Plant (aka Dracaena Fragrans, aka Dragon Flower) that I’ve had for the longest time. And a few weeks before Thanksgiving, something amaz...

Home Tips with Jim
December 5, 2010

Well, simply put, my dad does a “Home-Improvement” type show on youtube (and metacafe) called “Home Tips with Jim”. It’s not your typical home-improvement t...

My first post!
December 4, 2010

Yay, my first post ever in the blog!