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Spectre and Meltdown

All my systems are patched up for Spectre and Meltdown. The performance impact isn’t noticeable on my laptop and main desktop as in general they’re lightly used. However, on one of my Win 10 development systems were I have quite a few Docker containers running, the hit was sizable! All my CPUs are pre-Haswell (2015), […]

Embedly Test

After much investigation, there are really only two viable solutions for embedding rich content into WordPress posts. Photos from popular sites like Flickr and Google Photos are covered fine by the built in Embed widget. My preferred media portfolio site, Smugmug, is also supported with out-of-the-box WordPress, although if you have a custom domain like […]

Cooler Master CK721 Keyboard

With two laptops on my desktop and all the associated peripherals, coffee mug, notepads, speakers, etc. space is at a premium. I use to have two full size Logitech cordless keyboards, but that left little room between them to manipulate the mouse belonging to the left-hand system. So I decide to go with a more […]