Apparently I’m still having issues with some themes in WordPress just failing to get the site to load… I should probably just see about getting a backup of everything, wiping, & starting clean in case it’s just residual settings from previous themes & upgrades. We’ll see how that goes.

This seems to be a recurring theme… no pun intended. I was trying to edit or switch my theme from Libre because I had just a blank column down the side that I finally wanted to address. That led to trying multiple different themes, before finally settling on this one, at least for now…

A friend mentioned this to me & of course I had to back the device, since it looks like a Flipper alternative, but has Wi-Fi built into their board. I’ll admit, I do still need to read all of their details, but if the community here is anything like Flipper’s, & for only $119 on Kickstarter, I thought it would be a fun device to play with. ...

I found this thanks to a post on Lemmy: WeDeliver.org: Get Your Own Fediverse Trading Cards! There are plenty customization options to choose, & because of that I know I’ll probably end up making a few of these…

Did I really need a transparent Flipper? No… but I did end up ordering one which let me look over some other custom firmwares that are available for the Flipper. I was looking over the CFW’s listed here: GitHub: djsime1 / awesome-flipperzero / Firmwares.md I’ve typically always stuck with Unleashed or RogueMaster’s CFW, but figured I would try something different here & decided on Xtreme (GitHub). I never really noticed that much instability with RogueMaster’s, but still wanted to try something different with Xtreme. I’m working on flashing it now, however I seem to be getting hung on the “Updating resources” step, so may need to debug that a little bit. I’ll have to see how this compares to the other CFW’s I’ve used, & if i plan to stick with it. ...

Details on getting this running, now that it was finally released! The instructions & system.img can be accessed in XDA: [A13] Pixel Experience GSI for Surface Duo. I chose to flash the system.img versus the DSU Sideloader method. It’s been a little while since I’ve played around with Android & custom ROM’s so it took longer than usual to figure it out, but i did get it working. I’m making note of the process mainly for myself, but also in case anyone else needs a hint or two. ...

I was trying to make a simple countdown widget to be used on my iPhone lockscreen, but couldn’t find one exactly like what I was looking for. I just ended up modifying this one: GitHub: ferminrp / scriptable-countdown-widget. My modified version is at: GitHub: veritas06 / scriptable-countdown-widget.

Woot or some other deal site had a Surface Go 1 (with LTE) on sale & figured I’d pick it up for fun. After doing a quick search, I came across the Linux Surface GitHub repo again & saw that even the LTE piece should work with a little modification. I usually jump between Ubuntu flavors (usually Xubuntu since it’s a bit lighter) & Linux Mint; this time I was Xubuntu. ...

Since last night I’ve been fighting with a problem on the site… Which is related to …/wp-includes/formatting.php, specifically the convert_smilies function. I ended up just having to adjust the $stop variable to “0”, at least until I can get it permanently figured out. And right now the content of posts aren’t loading, so there is still more to fix. EDIT: June 03, 2023: Okay, so I may have finally gotten it working… I did use the Web UI to re-install WordPress 6.2.2, & I was still seeing errors related to the convert_smilies function again & finally found an answer that helped me get things running again (at least for now…): StackOverflow: base64_encode conflict with convert_smilies in wordpress. The answer about editing the .../v3ritas.tech/wp-includes/formatting.php file, & adding: remove_filter( 'the_content', 'convert_smilies', 20 ); ...

I wanted to make note of this page, because it was a huge help getting the ModSecurity OWASP rule set working with nginx. LinuxBabe: How to Set Up ModSecurity with Nginx on Debian/Ubuntu Then to start exempting specific pages from specific rule ID’s, you’ll using these three commands quite a bit: `tailf /var/log/modsec_audit.log` `sudo nano /etc/nginx/modsec/coreruleset-3.3.4/rules/REQUEST-900-EXCLUSION-RULES-BEFORE-CRS.conf` `sudo nginx -t` `sudo systemctl reload nginx`