A follow up to the previous two posts, on how to encrypt additional drives and have them unlocked automatically at boot

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Simple instructions on how to install Ubuntu on a mostly encrypted disk while also doing manual partitioning for flexibility. These instructions assume the system boots in BIOS mode.

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Simple instructions on how to install Ubuntu on a mostly encrypted disk while also doing manual partitioning for flexibility. These instructions assume the system boots in UEFI mode.

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A few tips on how to reduce Rails boot time, and speed up both assets compilation and RSpec specs.

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How to set up and use an Apache Cassandra cluster.

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In an app I’m working on, I wanted users to be able to manage active sessions and sign out from any device they are signed in on, by invalidating logins. There’s a gem called authie that does this so you may want to…

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Yesterday I configured backups with duplicity on a couple of servers using a 3rd party service, rsync.net, as the backup destination; since I am a little paranoid with backups I also wanted to schedule a daily task on my computer…

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A Postfix SMTP relay configuration can be useful in several scenarios. Sometimes, for example, I want to have some email notifications sent to my email address by my computer at home, for example to receive reports of some…

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There are several reasons why you may want to migrate Google Analytics properties from an account to another. For example, I’ve had two Google Analytics accounts for a few years now, the first one with just one property…

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I recently decided to switch from OSX to Linux and went with Gentoo, so this post describes how install Gentoo on MacBook Pro. IMO the installation isn’t as complicated and difficult as many think it is, so I eventually…

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