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Full disk encryption on software RAID with GPT partitions on Gentoo
Ever since I discovered the concept of full disk encryption (which happened to be when i had long hair and no job) I had this fetish of storing and running my stuff in a secure environment (think spy sh*t). The logic/reasoning behind full disk encryption is to limit someone’s access to your data in case…
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To prep or not to prep?
To get an idea on what a prepper is take a look at this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivalism .I was raised in a big-ish city (Constanta) in a country (Romania) where we have 4 distinct seasons and one of them in particular (winter) is quite harsh so common sense there is to keep some food in your cupboards…
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BREXIT postponed … again …
A Google search about BREXIT returned this: European Union leaders and Britain on Thursday agreed to a Brexit extension that will allow the U.K. to delay its EU departure date until Halloween. Leaders of the 27 remaining EU member states met for more than six hours before agreeing after midnight to postpone Brexit until Oct.…
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Project “grow your own veg”
I remember a time when fruits & veggies (all or most of them) used to taste better somehow compared to what you find today in most grocery stores and there is a simple explanation for this … most fruit & veg are imported (even in late summer & autumn when it’s their season) meaning they…
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USB-c on CentOS7 ?
A few years ago (when I started work at TSOHost) I was given a Dell Notebook to use as my workstation which came with a few gadgets including a USB-c dock. To my surprise this notebook came with Ubuntu Linux (which as you might have figured out is not my thing because i’m a Gentoo…
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DIY – Media Box
One day it hit me … I realized I need to have some form of Media Box to organize and stream my personal media (you know, stuff like videos or photos with the family and why not your music videos or moovies or whatever media you’ve saved over the years). Asking ppl arround me got…
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English Heritage & National Trust
If you’re like me and my family and like the outdoors and visiting historical places then you should get a pass on both of these sites: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk and https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk By becoming a member / getting a pass you’re not only getting an excellent deal you’re actually helping some great people maintain & restore many wonderful…
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Learning how to make bread
Yes, i really wanted to learn how to make bread with my own hands. You might ask yourself why would someone would like to have this skill … well my answer is pretty simple – it’s a survival skill and also knowing how to make shit yourself is a good thing. Recipe is quite simple.…
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Nginx – Highly Available DNS
Sometimes classic DNS will simply not do (for various reasons – you’ll find some at the end of my post) and when that happens you start looking for interesting ways to set it up. I will show you how i chose to do DNS for my personal domain. Configure 2 servers (VMs, containers or physical)…
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My first personal website
This is it! My first website. Never considered i needed one until i found a reason to want one. On this website you’ll find information about me (Cristian Seceleanu) such as my CV and my story, what i like in this world, a lot of IT stuff (projects, tutorials, code, some news, etc) and some…