If you’re like me and dove head-first into self hosting everything you could think of, there’s a good chance you ran into the same problem I did: How can I self-host an application to let me know if my self hosted applications go down?? There are some great self hosted monitoring apps (upTimeKuma), but if …
Category Archives: Review
The Joys of Running a Home Server
There are so many cool things you can do with a home server selfhosting your own apps! Here I blab about my journey trying this stuff out thus far.
I Got My Ouya! – A Review
My long-awaited Ouya Kickstarter backed console has arrived! I had a few hours to piddle away with it yesterday so here’s a hands-on review…
Cool Junk: RockBox
This one is really sweet for all you customize to the teeth-er’s out there. Rockbox is a custom opensource OS for handheld media players. It supports a whole buttload of players including most of the older iPods and a bunch of others I’ve never even heard of. The interface is easy to navigate and easy …
Cool Junk: FontStruct
Here’s a neat little site for ya- Fontstruct is a flash based website that allows you to create your own fonts. It’s pretty cool and has a really easy to use interface. You select different patterns to “paint” onto a grid and you basically just go hard drawing out each letter of the alphabet one …
Tasting with Tom & Tom: Naked Grape Shiraz vs Naked Grape Cabernet Sauvignon
Recently my roommate (Tom) and I (Tom), have been interested in becoming knowledged in the ways of wine. To do this we’ve decided to taste as much as we can…. also because it’s F*ing delicious. Today’s selections come from the Naked Grape collection, A Shiraz and a Cabernet Sauvignon.
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J-Mann’s Top 5 Film’s of the Year
What’s that you say? There’s only a few hours left before the new year? Well then WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR!? ON WITH THE REVIEWS! Films seem to have been getting less focused on actually having a good plot and more focused on blowing up as many things as possible the past few years. There …
J-Mann’s Top 5 Albums of the Year
Whooooo hoooooo! Another year has nearly come to a close so you know what that means…. I have to categorize, sort, rate, and belittle the best and worst of everything! I’m breaking it down by media so if you’re incapable of reading the title because your head only points slightly downward, today we are starting with …