Category: Technology
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Differences between Virtual Machines and Docker containers
Virtual Private Servers (aka Virtual Machines or VMs) have been a great middle-of-the-road server option for hosting. You get the best of both worlds as far as performance and price is concerned. The picture above is an excellent visual showing the differences between the Virtual Machine (Hypervisor) and Docker container models. The nice thing about Docker is it…
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Accessing The Outernet (Tutorial)
This is an excellent guide from rtl-sdr.com on all the hardware and software needed in gaining access to the Outernet. The cost is relatively inexpensive for about less than $100 and there are also guides on how to build your own patch antenna if you chose not to buy one. You also don’t necessarily have to…
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From zero to SYSTEM on full disk encrypted Windows system
Intro Whether you want to protect the operating system components or your personal files, a Full Disk Encryption (FDE) solution allows you to keep track of the confidentiality and integrity. One of the most commonly used FDE solutions is Microsoft Bitlocker®, which due to its integration with the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) as well as…
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Attention White-Collar Workers: The Robots Are Coming For Your Jobs
From the self-checkout aisle of the grocery store to the sports section of the newspaper, robots and computer software are increasingly taking the place of humans in the workforce. Silicon Valley executive Martin Ford says that robots, once thought of as a threat to only manufacturing jobs, are poised to replace humans as teachers,…
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Tutorial – Creating a Basic Proxy
This blog demonstrates how you can configure your site server to also act as a proxy. I used this method myself a few years back before I began using TOR and other means of maintaining anonymity. Before we begin I just want to say that this proxy is NOT perfect since you’ll still be prone…
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Download Videos with Youtube-DL
YouTube videos can also be downloaded via Windows command with something called youtube-dl. Never really explored this method, I guess because I always found the Firefox plugin VideoDownloader to be more than an enough for me.