Over two years ago, I migrated to 1Password to store and manage all my passwords. Since then, I migrated back to KeePass again – as 1Password was quite cumbersome to use for our family’s needs. Too many technical issues, too… Read More »Building a self-hosted secure password management with Bitwarden and Docker
It’s been over a year since I last wrote one of these posts – essentially sharing a bit of news on what’s been happening recently. I did a quick recap of 2020 in late December, so now it’s time to… Read More »So, what’s up?
At home, I run most of my network based on the Ubiquiti Networks’ Unifi products. I’ve previously written a few times about different solutions that rely on these products, such as expanding my wireless network with a Mesh solution. Since… Read More »Replacing an Unifi Cloud Key (Gen 1) with a Docker container-based self-hosted solution
About a month ago, I decided to remove all Google Analytics tracking, telemetry, and analytics from this site. Initially, I started using GA years ago, when I wanted to see what kind of content seems interesting for my audience, and… Read More »A practical look at using Cloudflare to protect and optimize my site
Two years ago, in April, I wrote about the start of my Executive MBA journey. Fast forward 24 months, and here we are! I’ve completed 24 modules (out of 25) of lectures, pre- and post-assignments, and also the big one… Read More »Completing my Executive MBA journey
Microsoft Azure, with its numerous services and capabilities, is a significant platform. Depending on what a company might enable or employ from Azure, securing it might be trivial and challenging at the same time. I often consult with organizations of… Read More »Securing Microsoft Azure in 10 steps
I wrote about renewing Microsoft certifications in late December 2020. By then, we knew that maintaining certifications required some additional exams to be passed. I also updated that article slightly in February 2021 when it became evident Microsoft would require… Read More »Renewing Microsoft certifications in 2021
Today I’ll take a closer look at the Corsair K100 opto-mechanical keyboard. It’s now my main keyboard, replacing my previous Corsair keyboard, the K70 MK.2 low profile I had for several years. When I started working with computers – when… Read More »Review: Corsair K100 opto-mechanical keyboard for a typist
Today I’m writing about something fairly esoteric – an open-source project called Teslamate and how to set it up so that I can access it securely. Even if you don’t have plans to deploy Teslamate, I feel it’s still useful… Read More »Building secure access to Teslamate using Azure
Today, I disabled and removed all Google Analytics scripts and injections from my website, https://jussiroine.com. I’ve had Google Analytics 3 running for as long as I can remember – and more recently, I upgraded to Google Analytics 4 on the… Read More »Disabling and removing Google Analytics tracking from my site
For the past few years, I’ve used Microsoft Edge (the one based on Chromium source code) as my primary browser – on all of my devices. It was pretty great, and switching from Google Chrome to Edge was an easy… Read More »Switching away from Microsoft Edge
My home network is a regular LAN, built mostly with Unifi devices using 1 Gigabit Ethernet. I’ve extended the wifi, made a VPN to the cloud, played around with different devices within the network, and generally, I’ve been pleased with… Read More »Upgrading my home office network to 10 Gigabit Ethernet speeds – one step at a time
Many companies have company file shares, such as the K: -drive or similar. Someone reached out to me to ask how they could migrate their existing on-premises file share to Azure. The files are stored on a Windows Server-based server… Read More »Building a modern file share using Azure Storage to replace an on-premises file share solution
This time we’ll build a modern solution using legacy hardware – my old HP LaserJet color printer. The idea is that I can share the printer through the cloud and then print from anywhere – as long as the printer… Read More »Building a print-anywhere setup using Universal Printing and an old HP LaserJet
During the lifetime of this blog, I’ve written extensively about building different things. At the moment, I have 54 articles outlining anything from building solutions on IoT to Azure and Microsoft 365 services and how I utilize them for my… Read More »Building a house: Planning and designing
I’ve written about my Synology NAS device once or twice (configuring it for Azure backups, upgrading the RAM, switching from Dropbox to Synology Drive, and if a NAS is actually needed) – the model I’ve had for years is the… Read More »Review: Synology DiskStation DS1821+
Legacy authentication (or just legacy auth for short) is something that each organization should ensure is no longer used. It’s a vast topic, with several ramifications and things to consider. In this article, I’ll focus on how to disable and… Read More »Discovering and blocking legacy authentication in your Azure and Microsoft 365 subscriptions
This is a quick one, but I wanted to share this as I did not find enough guidance on this previously. I’ve had a three-display setup for several years now: The thinking I’ve had is that whenever I read something… Read More »Altering my productivity with a new display setup
Today, we’re officially launching our new business – North Advisors. This is something we’ve been working on for a few months now, and I’m thrilled to announce that as of today, we’re open for business. You can check out our… Read More »The new adventure begins today – meet North Advisors!
As 2020 came to an end, I knew I’d have to get a new phone. My previous phone, the Samsung Galaxy Note 10+, was great, but sadly the contract came to an end as I departed Microsoft. During Christmas, I… Read More »Review: Google Pixel 4a – a smaller phone