Hiking has a lot of benefits, but if done at the right time, at the right place and with a bit of attention, treasures like this super organic cluster of raspberries can be had for the price of zero. No rinsing required! — Continue reading »
Does It Make Sense To Self-Host Mail Server?
📆 April 22, 2020
I have operated hashemian.com for over 2 decades now, earlier on hosted servers and eventually on my own server. During that time the domain has also been email capable, accepting and delivering emails sent to/from addresses such as [email protected]. This was also originally hosted but was eventually ported to my own server. The product of — Continue reading »
Building New PHP 7.3 on Old Fedora 14 Linux
📆 September 9, 2019
I have mentioned before this server runs on old hardware and Fedora Core 14. That’s a 9-year-old OS which in terms of software, it’s like 3 times its life expectancy at this point. Fedora is almost on version 31 now. Keeping old OS around can be real hassle, but then again so is updating and — Continue reading »
Dabbling in IPv6
📆 January 11, 2019
Nowadays many people know of IP addresses. Those 4 numbers (technically known as octets) separated by dots (e.g. 173.162.146.61) which connect all of our devices to the Internet and allow them to find each other. Of course many don't understand the underlying technologies that make the whole thing work and they don't really need to — Continue reading »
Goodbye to Pingdom
📆 January 7, 2019
I have used the free Pingdom service for nearly 9 years to monitor the health of this site. Over the years it has been a helpful service and at times they would add even more useful features. Then came 2014 when SolarWinds, a public-then-private-then-public company catering to businesses with their analytics products and services, acquired — Continue reading »
Hey, It's Me on Google Maps
📆 December 15, 2018
I am a pretty regular user of Google Maps as well as the satellite and street view features of it. One wonders if the people walking around with their faces blurred in street view know that they are being featured on the Google service. Well, I don't have to wonder about that myself. A few — Continue reading »
The GDPR Mess
📆 June 8, 2018
With GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) being in full force since May 25, 2018, one must assume that the privacy and security of users are now fully protected. I think it’s an understatement to call that claim an over-exaggeration. GDPR is a European regulation designed to protect the privacy of European citizens, giving them full — Continue reading »
Google Finance Unusable Design
📆 April 1, 2018
Sometimes one wonders if giant companies like Google ever think about their end users when they redesign their properties. One such case is Google's recent redesign of their financial site, Google Finance. There are plenty of sites around for people to track their stock portfolios, real or imaginary. But if you are a Google user — Continue reading »
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