New Apple store

Switch to LaunchBox

Over the last week or so, my attempts to create a really straight forward retro gaming systems took a number of unanticipated twists and turns. As documented in my previous post, it started out with installing the latest version of Linux Mint on an older Intel Core i5-based laptop and then overlaying that with RetroPie. […]

Big box markup

Best Buy memory card priced at $89. Walked out if the store with it for $23 after a B&H Photo price check/match! It pays to do your online research. Also gives you an idea of the markup at big box stores.

oEmbed and WordPress

The WordPress blogs I maintain are hosted through Docker containers running in the cloud on Infrastructure-as-a-Service (iIaas). While this method of hosting a blog has many benefits like the ability to use your own domain names (e.g. tech.bitrox.io) and outstanding availability, it does come with some downsides. The primary downside for me is simply the […]