How to easily upgrade from CentOS 7 to CentOS 8.1.x
The following are the instructions for upgrading from CentOS 7 to CentOS 8.
How to buy Dogecoin (DOGE) and other cryptocurrencies in Canada (in minutes)
As of Feb 2021, all major Canadian banks are going out of their way to make acquiring cryptocurrency a difficult process. If you want to purchase cryptocurrencies in Canada, this website shows likely the only way that currently works and is verified in Canada. The entire process takes less than 30 minutes. [Read more…]
How to Post Parameters To PHP Using Fetch API and Update DOM with JSON response
The following is a simple example of how to post multiple parameters to a backend PHP script, take the returned JSON and update DOM with it. [Read more…]
Plotting bandwidth usage from Apache access logs on a Splunk time chart
this is just a placeholder for a query I don’t want to lose…
Converting single NIC mini-pc into pfSense router/firewall by using virtual LAN configuration on a managed switch
In this post, I discuss the process of converting an older single network interface Intel NUC mini-PC into a state-of-the-art pfSense firewall behind which I’ve placed my entire network. The whole process takes about 10 minutes and is accomplished by configuring two VLANs.
How to run speedtest.net directly from the pfSense GUI
In this post, I show how to measure the bandwidth using SpeedTest.net directly from the pfSense GUI.
How to implement remote management in pfSense 2.4.4 by using a DuckDNS Dynamic DNS domain
The following article explains the steps necessary to enable external access to pfSense GUI using a Dynamic DNS domain from DuckDNS.org. [Read more…]
Converting Intel NUC Mini-PC into state-of-the-art router running pfSense in VirtualBox
In this post, I discuss the process of converting an older Intel® NUC Kit NUC5i3RYH mini-PC into a virtualized pfSense router.
How to resolve TensorFlow 2.0 Error – Could not load dynamic library ‘cudart64_100.dll’
Recently I came across an issue while building ANN with TensorFlow 2.0, where IntelliJ complained about not being able to load the dynamic library ‘cudart64_100.dll’. The below instructions outline the approach for fixing the issue and would apply also to errors that refer to other NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit dynamic libraries, such as cufft64_100.dll, cufftw64_100.dll, cuinj64_100.dll, nppig64_100.dll, nppim64_100.dll, nppist64_100.dll, nppisu64_100.dll, nppitc64_100.dll, npps64_100.dll, nppif64_100.dll, nppia164_100.dll or nppicc64_100.dll, all of which are part of the older version of CUDA platform for general computing on graphical processing units (GPUs) developed by NVIDIA . [Read more…]
How to Prevent Windows 10 Auto-Restart – New Instructions (Oct 2019)
Windows 10 auto restart after the update is somewhat of an annoyance and Microsoft is well aware of the user resentment. However, because they refuse to provide any solution, nor address user complains (just read the discussion thread), here is a simple way to disable Windows 10 Auto-Restarts after the patching update.
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Python: How to Create/Edit Windows Registries with Python 3.7
Visualizing JPEG Exif using Python: How to convert JPEG Meta-Data into Excel Travel Log and Google Map of All Visited Places
Over the past 20+ years, my family took tens of thousands of photos while visiting countries all around the world. As the years went by, the total number of stored images seems to grow every time we travel and even though we organize our images, sometimes it’s hard to recall when (exactly which year and month) we visited a specific place. Thinking about it, I realized that nowadays most photos are captured on smartphones or digital cameras that come equipped with GPS and automatically geotag each photo with GPS coordinates, as well as date and time of each image capture. That said, it shouldn’t be hard to convert the Exif information stored inside photo meta-data into easily readable Excel Travel Log, or too complicated to create a Google Map of all places I ever visited.
How to recursively list files in a Windows directory and export it directly into CSV format (Powershell one-liner)
The following short example shows how to export the list of file names (basenames) and extensions inside the directory as a comma-separated Excel file.
