Tag Archives: Linode
Fog of war
August 2019 was a crappy month. I’m just emerging from nasty fevers of the body and mind and haven’t fully recovered yet. I’ve become more cynical in the last few weeks – which I didn’t think was possible – and … Continue reading
Posted in Life notes
Tagged anxiety, depression, Fear Inoculum, Ian C Esslemont, Kindle, Linode, Tool, Trick Mirror, writing
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View from the beanstalk
In early 2015, I developed an unlikely hobby: tinkering around with hosting solutions on the web, specifically providers of infrastructure as a service (IaaS). It’s unlikely because it’s not something I consciously inculcated; it just happened. Three years later, this hobby … Continue reading
Posted in Tech
Tagged Amazon Web Services, Bruce Schneier, Digital Ocean, IaaS, John Gruber, Linode, managed hosting, virtual private network, WordPress
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A dummy’s attempt to set up WordPress
If you’re looking to set up your own self-hosted WordPress blog and you also want to learn how it’s done, I highly recommend using Linode’s documentation. Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Digital Ocean, documentation, Easy Engine, Fail2ban, Linode, log parsing, nginx, regex, SSH attacks, tutorials, uncomplicated firewall, VPS, Vultr, WordPress
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