Compiling Mod_Geoip2 for use with EasyApache 4 (EA4) and cPanel via command line (CLI)

We’ve recently switched to using Easy Apache 4 (EA4) on our cPanel installs as it’s ‘basically not beta’ now. And we ran into a problem where a site needed to have GeoIP installed but it wasn’t available to us through the WHM control panel. After some extensive searching and trial and error, we were able to come up with instructions that worked for our particular install which I’ll document below incase someone else needs these....

May 10, 2016 · 5 min · 963 words · Matt G

Compiling Hyperion for Phillips Hue support on Mac OSX

I’ve been looking at the Lightberry for a little while now and have been thinking about how I’ll be implementing it once I actyually buy it and add it to my setup. The Lightberry is pretty cool, it works with a Raspberri Pi and a bunch of video grabbing / repeating so you can get lights behind your television that look like those really expensive TV’s for about 1/10th of the cost....

October 26, 2015 · 5 min · 985 words · Matt G

Setup Auto Updating Apt-get Update/Upgrade with Logging

Here’s some quick steps on how to setup automatic apt-get upgrade and apt-get update on your ubuntu server, with the capability of logging and sending someone of your choosing a notification of the updates and what the output was. I pieced this together from various sources around the web into a step by step quick tutorial both for myself, and others to use to make it easier when wanting to set this up across servers....

May 31, 2015 · 2 min · 319 words · Matt G

Keto Friendly Spicy Saussage Stuffed Yellow Pepper with 2 Cheeses

Tonight I made something with what I had in my fridge that I thought would taste pretty good, and in the end it turned out to be really tasty and keto friendly. Here’s how to make it; INGREDIENTS: Half a Pepper (Yellow, Red, Green, up to you) 1/3rd pound of saussage (I chose extra spicy) Side vegetable if desired (I used broccoli, cooking it [like yesterday’s recipe][1]) A couple ounces of cream cheese Salt, Pepper Cheddar Cheese INSTRUCTIONS:...

May 1, 2015 · 2 min · 302 words · Matt G

Bacon Wrapped Steak

Tonight I decided to make some bacon wrapped steak, here’s how I did it; INGREDIENTS: – Steak – 4 Strips Bacon – Salt, Pepper – Butter – Broccoli – Your favorite cheese INSTRUCTIONS: First, assemble all your ingredients. Cover your steak on both sides with salt, and pepper. Get your bacon ready too! Now unwrap your cheese (I used pepperjack) and place in the center of your steak, and then wrap the bacon all the way around the steak and cheese....

April 29, 2015 · 2 min · 266 words · Matt G