The Wi-Fi Bug That Finally Got Me to Stop Ignoring Software Updates
Apple quietly patched a nasty Wi-Fi chip firmware bug in iOS 10.3.1 that needs zero clicks to exploit, and it finally got me to stop ignoring my update badge.
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Firefox 52 Called Out My Login Form, So I Finally Set Up HTTPS
Firefox 52's new warning for HTTP login forms caught me off guard on my own site, so here's how I finally moved everything to free HTTPS with Let's Encrypt in an afternoon.
Getting the New Pi Zero W Talking to WiFi Without a Monitor
A walkthrough for getting the new $10 Pi Zero W onto WiFi with no monitor, keyboard, or ethernet cable involved, plus some griping about actually finding one to buy.
What GitLab's Bad Weekend Taught Me About My Own Backups
GitLab's database disaster last week turned out to be a backup problem, not a deleted-files problem — which sent me to go check my own, with predictably embarrassing results.
Finally Turning On Two-Factor Everywhere
A step-by-step walk-through of finally locking down email, Dropbox, and everything else with two-factor authentication, plus the one dumb mistake that almost locked me out of my own inbox.
What I Found Poking Around My Own Router After Friday
After Friday's big DNS outage knocked out Twitter and Netflix, I spent Sunday afternoon auditing my own webcam and router logins instead of doing something useful.
A Week Living Inside Bash on Windows
A week spent actually using Bash on Windows instead of dual-booting into Ubuntu, including the filesystem trap Microsoft warns you about and a symlink issue that bit me on day two.
iOS 10 Is Out Today. Here's What I'd Check Before You Hit Install
iOS 10 dropped today, September 13. Some actual, specific things worth doing before you tap Install, from someone who already got burned once this week.
The Dropbox Email Finally Made Me Fix My Passwords
Dropbox forced a password reset on old accounts this week over a 2012 breach, and it finally pushed me to set up a real password manager. Heres exactly what I did.
The Free Windows 10 Upgrade Is Officially Dead. It Still Works.
Microsoft's free Windows 10 upgrade offer ended July 29th, but the old accessibility-page trick still activates it for free. Here's how I did it this weekend.
The Windows 10 Deadline Came and Went
The free Windows 10 upgrade deadline passed on July 29th. Notes on a last-minute upgrade, what your options are now, and why you should back up before touching old hardware.
Finally Moving techpad to HTTPS: Let's Encrypt Notes
Notes from finally moving this whole four-and-a-half-year-old archive over to HTTPS with Let's Encrypt, including the mixed-content cleanup nobody warns you about.