MacOS
How I fixed the intermittent Wi-Fi dropouts on my MacBook
The Wi-Fi on my MacBook Pro has intermittently stopped working. (Likely a Broadcom driver issue). Here’s how I turned a simple workaround into a more permanent fix.
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Authentication and Passwords
Why KeePass instead of self-hosting Bitwarden
You can control your password manager with KeePass or a self-hosted Bitwarden Server. One is a simple password vault file and the other a complex server.
Linux
How to change keyboard layout on the GNOME and Plasma login screens
Neither GNOME nor Plasma’s settings app has an option to change the keyboard layout on the login screen. Here’s how you make the change through the terminal.
Search engines
How to stop Bing ranking XML feeds over your webpages
Bing preferred XML and machine-readable file formats over human-readable ones in its search results. How link canonicalization helped rectify the situation.
Authentication and Passwords
Your clipboard is only as secure as your device
A review/critique of the complexity, security, and unpredictable user experience of modern feature-laden copy–paste clipboards in today’s operating systems.
Web Browsers
EdgeDeflector 1.2 addresses installation woes
The new EdgeDeflector version 1.2 introduces a new installation flow to accommodate Windows 10 further locking down user file and protocol association settings.
Microsoft Windows
WSLg simplifies running Linux desktop apps on Windows
Microsoft has added support for running Linux desktop programs through WSL and Wayland on Windows 10 through the new Windows Subsystem for Linux GUI apps (WSLg).
Security
Superfeedr sends logins in plain-text (a HSTS case study)
Superfeedr tried securing its website with HTTPS and HSTS, but failed to apply it correctly. User emails and credentials are sent in plain-text on the first login.
Syndication feeds
FeedBurner stirs in its slumber to announce more feature deprecations
Google FeedBurner (the RSS enhancer and analytics suite) hasn’t received much attention in the last decade. Google now deprecates feed-to-email and more features.
Movies
The thing about ‘The Thing About Harry’
The Thing About Harry is a cute and positive LGBT romance movie. Such a rare treat! Unfortunately, it isn’t available to international audiences outside the U.S.
Web Monetization
Lower the paywalls to keep the bullshit at bay
It doesn’t matter if great information exists if no one can access it. “The Truth is Paywalled; but the Lies are Free.” Can micro-payments save news and the web?
What is the best file format for web shortcuts
You can store links on your file system in .URL, .LNK, .WebLoc, .Desktop, and .HTML files. But which is the best format fr your bookmark files?