Category Archives: Hardware

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Ansible Inventory Primer Tutorial

The last time we talked about Ansible (with Ansible Playbook TLS Tutorial is shown below) we advised to read about the subject “Inventory”. Well, today, we dip our toes into this big subject matter, and thank very much “Ansible Up … Continue reading

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Mac Linux DVD Troubleshooting Primer Tutorial

Troubleshooting is a term familiar to anybody supporting a product. That product in the Information Technology world can be hardware or software. We find the times when we are most seeking a “troubleshooting” piece of advice is when, perhaps (sometimes … Continue reading

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YouTube via iPad Photos App Primer Tutorial

When it comes to (online digital) media (matters) there is good crossover between the major mobile players of Google/Android (and YouTube) and Apple/iOS if you are approaching it in an optimistic or open ended framework (of thinking, perhaps). Today I’m … Continue reading

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Ansible Playbook TLS Tutorial

Yesterday saw this blog’s first Ansible Playbook to create an nginx web server on a VirtualBox virtual machine referenced by http://localhost:8080 but, did you notice, that https://localhost:8443 came up with, in Firefox, at least … Secure Connection Failed The connection … Continue reading

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Ansible Playbook Primer Tutorial

As a programmer, as time goes on, I get the creeping feeling that more is being asked of our job description. Pretty sure am not alone, and hope world employment is not going to be too hard hit by similar … Continue reading

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Ansible Hello World Primer Tutorial

The role of a programmer is expanding into deployment with software tools such as Ansible, because it has the capability of making the piloting of automation systems “approachable” as an “art”. Why would you want to “pilot an automation system”? … Continue reading

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Mac OS X and iOS Messages Primer Tutorial

You have some photos taken with your Camera app on your iPad. You like to save such photos on your MacBook Pro. That is the setting for today’s thoughts in the series of “Mac OS X and iOS Communication” themed … Continue reading

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Mac OS X and iOS FaceTime Primer Tutorial

We happen to own a MacBook Pro laptop (circa 2011 … which pans out to be significantly “old” for a later blog post) and an iPad. As you’d expect, there are benefits to having two Apple products like this, and … Continue reading

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