Goodbye, Netlify
In the tech world, the saying goes “If the service is free, you are the product”.
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2024
2023
My Holiday Downtime Project
My employer shuts the entire company down over the holiday break, so I find myself with idle hands. Naturally, it’s time to break something. Caution: There ...
Some site (and life) updates
It’s been a while, so I guess I’ll get off my lazy butt and make some updates.
2022
Where on the Internet is Eric?
With the recent chaos at Twitter, finding me on the Internet is a bit more difficult. So, here’s an update.
Updating Netlify
I received an email this week from Netlify informing me that the version of Linux being used to host my site was being deprecated and I needed to choose a ne...
2021
Some Photography Tips for Phone Users
You’re driving home from work and you see the most incredible sunset after a thunderstorm. You pull out your phone and take what is sure to be the next Puli...
Hooray for Netlify
This is a quick post to test a site change that will hopefully make life much easier on me in maintaining the site. In the past, I played with other “auto de...
Deploying a Secure (HTTPS) AWS S3 Static Site Over CloudFront
TL;DR - Don’t use AWS Lambdas to try to fix what is a problem in the CloudFront settings. See the solution at the bottom of this page.
2020
Pandemic Projects
My pandemic projects for 2020/2021 have pretty much been the following…
So, You’re Going to Work from Home Now
With COVID-19 causing all sorts of disruption, companies are asking their employees to stay home for extended periods. Universities are making classes virtua...
Your Op-Sec Sucks (and so does mine)
A couple weeks back, I was on a flight leaving San Jose on a Friday morning. The flight left before dawn, filled to the brim with business travelers wanting ...
2019
Cherry picking my Google Plus feed
Google+ (aka G+, aka Google Plus) is going to shut down soon. As a social site, G+ stopped being relevant years ago. I won’t go into why, because it won’t ch...
2017
Eric’s Travel Bucket List
These are some of the places I want to visit, but this by no means an exhaustive list. If I were offered a trip to Paris or London, cities I’ve visited sever...