Turo story number 102 comes from a previous guest that I gave a 5-star review as Michael (name changed for privacy) took great care of the car and brought it back as expected. So, for a second time renting to Michael, I would have expected the same. All I can say is treat every guest,…
Turo Stories 101
This is Turo story number 101, we are going to talk about Susie (name changed to keep their identity private). Susie put in a request to rent our Camaro for the weekend. The request was from 5:00 p.m. the first day to 5:30 p.m. on the second day which totals up to two whole days…
Turo Stories
If you haven’t heard of Turo then let me give you a brief overview. Turo is a way to take a car you own and share it out to the community. You’re essentially operating as a rental company through Turo with your vehicle. However, there’s another side of Turo that you don’t know. As a…
Quarantine Accomplishments
Here is an ongoing list of things I’ve accomplished so far in quarantine. Flushed the brake system on my 2007 Yamaha FZ1 Flushed the brake system on my 2005 Kawasaki ZX10-R Clutch rebuild on my 2007 Yamaha FZ1 Oil change on my 2007 Yamaha FZ1 Brake replacement on my 2014 Chevrolet Camaro Front tire replacement…
Japanese Multiplication
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Monitoring your environment with Grafana and Prometheus
Hey VirtualNothings, in this post we will install Grafana and Prometheus on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and configure a host to monitor. As always, let’s update our fresh install of Ubuntu 20.04: What is Grafana? Grafana is a visual open source monitoring solution that is rich in features and metric dashboards with a graph editor for…
Pi-Hole on Ubuntu
I started with a fresh VM with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, with one vCPU, 2GB of RAM, and a 25GB hard disk drive. First thing is to check for updates, execute all upgrades, and remove any flack leftover per my norm: Next we elevate ourselves and execute the script from the Pi-Hoe project as root: Now…
Is it Science-Fiction: CreepyPasta – Gateway of the Mind
From the website CreepyPasta, there’s an article I stumble upon while swiping on iFunny. It talks about depriving the body of all sensory capabilities (sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste) through surgical removal. This was awe-striking in a way I could not stop reading it as it was absolutely terrifying. Here is the story Gateway…
The Shopping Cart Test
I found this on Reddit posted by someone anonymous and I had to post it here because it just makes so much sense. It helps define people’s true natures and and how they deal with society. The shopping cart test is the ultimate test on whether a person is capable of self-governing. Look at it…
WordPress on Ubuntu 20.04 with LEMP
WordPress is an extremely popular content management system (CMS) for websites. Its popularity and ubiquity really cannot be overstated, as it powers a staggering 35% of websites. It’s an easy way to get a website online, and it offers a lot in the way of customization. Let’s start by configuring our database server: From the…