Travel, Code, and Engineering


Choosing an Electricity Provider in Texas

In Texas (and probably some other places, too) you have to choose your power provider. A handy website is provided for you to do this. It's called Power to Choose. Here's a handy way to figure to...


QoS with Tomato Firmware

I noticed that using BitTorrent made my internet connection effectively useless for other things: web browsing, video chat, VOIP, etc. To fix this, I installed Tomato by Shibby firmware on my...


The Perils of Going Paperless (Also: Shaping Consumer Behavior)

I recently started scanning all of my receipts. I've been wanting to do this for a long time, but i never really got around to it until now. I've had some big life events over the past few months,...


Creating Disk Image Backups with DriveImage XML

I recently had a bad experience with the built-in backup tool provided in Windows 10. Backups can backup just your personal files without backing up any programs you have installed, or they backup...


Windows 8 and 10's Backup Solution is Broken

I recently had the displeasure of dealing with the built-in backup tool in Windows 10. It's broken. It works for some things, but it doesn't do everything it says it does.