With the latest versions of WordPress, Matomo (open-source web analytics), and YOURLS (self-hosted URL shortener), I’ve finally transitioned to PHP 8.2.x for all of my websites hosted on Cloudways. :-) This post is mainly for me to have a milestone for this transition.
I’ve had a pair of American Society of Echocardiography posters hanging next to my desk for the last few years. Although I’m a huge echo nerd, they took up valuable space beside my productivity workstation. It was time for a change! Pegboards are nice because they are easy to customize…
This is a really old video (which I literally recorded from my monitor with my iPhone), but I was amazed at how the ball stopped inches from the goal line. 😄
When the iMac Pro was my productivity workhorse, I flanked the 5K, 27″ display with two 27″, vertically-oriented monitors. The iMac Pro’s monitor was a dream when it came down to watching videos, but the vertical monitors helped significantly with programming, surfing the web, writing blog posts, etc. After transitioning…
I’ve been using the Sony DualSense controller over the years for various games on my PC, and more recently, PlayStation 5. Several of these controllers had to be replaced due to “stick drift.” Rather than continuing with this trend, I opted to give Sony’s new DualSense Edge™ controller a shot.…
Last year, I tried the Light Show on my Model 3 Performance. This year, I was leaving work, the garage was more-or-less empty, and in the spirit of the holidays, I wanted to try this feature on my Model S Plaid!
My first competitive in-game ceiling shot. Not pretty, but hey, it counts. :-)
As part of Amazon Prime’s Early Access Sale, I purchased a 500 GB Samsung T7 SSD to upgrade my Tesla’s 128 GB dashcam USB storage in terms of capacity and, if the forums out there are accurate, reliability. So far, so good!
Creating entities in Home Assistant to display your Matomo statistics is super easy through the RESTful Sensor integration. First of all, you’ll need to visit your Matomo install as a super user, click on Administration (the gear) > Security > scroll down to Auth Tokens > Create New Token. Please…
My iMac Pro’s 2017 components were beginning to show their age – especially in an era where Apple has nearly completed its transition to its “Apple silicon” optimized for macOS and a growing suite of applications. I decided to go with the Apple Mac Studio with upgraded hardware. I retained…