How to Set Up a Linux FTP Server for Quick File Transfers
FTP, or File Transfer Protocol, is a standard protocol for sending and receiving files from remote servers. It’s easier to use than command line alternatives like...
Writing, Always Writing: On Charles Baxter, Craft, and Aging
There’s a maxim in the teaching of creative writing: like death, a story’s ending should be unexpected, yet inevitable. Across an impressive half-century career full of...
How to Install and Manage Self-Hosted Jira
Jira is an issue-tracking application from Atlassian that makes it easier for teams to collaborate on software. It’s not open-source, but you can install it on...
How to Broadcast Messages on Google Assistant Speakers and Displays
If you have a number of Google Home or Nest speakers and Smart Displays scattered around your house, why not put them to use as a...
MOGA XP5-X Plus Review: A Premium Mobile Controller for the Game-Streaming Future
While most mobile games are designed with touch screens in mind, we’re starting to see more console/PC games playable on mobile devices through streaming platforms like...
The Best Affordable Windows Laptops (That Don’t Suck)
You can get a good laptop, or you can get a cheap laptop. That’s the general wisdom, at least when it comes to something powerful enough...
How to Control When Your Mac Automatically Goes to Sleep
It’s often a good idea to let your Mac sleep after a period of time when you’re not using it, but the way recent versions of...
What Is Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), And How Is It Different from 2FA?
Two Factor Authentication, or 2FA, has been around for a while. It usually refers to using an SMS code as an additional step for logging in...
Achieving Low Latency in the Public Cloud
More businesses are moving their technology stacks to the public cloud, showing common concerns from the past are inhibiting them less. The advantages of the cloud...
Sharmila, the Chaiwalla, and Me
Seventeen years earlier, when I first moved to America, I had been aware of the Basti, or slum, as it’s known in English, just behind my...
