Blog — garron.me

Short posts, notes, and commentary on technology, Linux, and the web.

WireGuard — set up a VPN on Linux in minutes — June 14, 2026
How to install and configure WireGuard on Linux to create a fast, modern VPN between a server and one or more clients
Docker for Self-Hosting on a VPS — No Kubernetes Needed — May 26, 2026
A simple and practical Docker setup for self-hosted apps using Caddy as a reverse proxy on a single VPS
The site is back after two years offline — May 26, 2026
A short note about bringing the site back online after almost two years offline and three years without publishing new content.
Clean a git repo — April 26, 2020
How to clean a git repo completely
Microsoft released new office suite app for iPhone and Android — March 1, 2020
New office suite app for iPhone and Android phones from Microsoft
Using Ubuntu on Windows 10 with WSL — February 23, 2020
Using Ubuntu on Windows 10 with WSL
Moving back to Android — April 27, 2019
How and why I am moving from iOS to Android
Apple Music and Spotify — January 20, 2019
Comparing Apple Music and Spotify
iPhone SE — September 16, 2017
Experience with iPhone SE
Ian Murdock — December 30, 2015
Ian Murdock good by note
From Jekyll to Middleman — June 21, 2015
Moving away from Jekyll and starting to blog with Middleman
MaxCDN Review — April 19, 2015
MaxCDN Review, exploring features, price and more
Brackets Text Editor — January 11, 2015
Changing my default editor from iA Writer and Uber Writer to Brackets
Evolve OS — January 3, 2015
Evolve OS a new Linux distribution has been born
2015 resolutions — December 25, 2014
Year balance and 2015 resolutions
Low carb and High protein diet — November 16, 2014
30 days experiment with low carb and high protein diet
CommonMark — September 5, 2014
CommonMark, Standard Markdown and Jeff Atwood vs John Gruber
On Writting — August 11, 2014
About writting therapy, and why I write
Boxer App for Android — August 10, 2014
Review of the new Beta Boxer App for Android, another great email application for Android
Thunderbird Best Practices — August 3, 2014
Best practices to follow when configuring Thunderbird to work with IMAP servers, particularly with an Office 365 Exchange account
Svbtle vs Medium — August 2, 2014
Why you can not compare Svbtle to Medium, which are the differences and which one is the right for you
From Disqus to Google Plus — July 31, 2014
Switching from Disqus to Google Plus for my Jekyll powered blog
After 16 years of development apt-get 1.0 is released — April 19, 2014
apt-get is finally in version 1.0 It comes with some changes, and as great as it has always been
Windows 8 and 8.1 native email app — January 22, 2014
Windows 8 and 8.1 native email app features review and screenshots
Microsoft again. Now with Windows 8 — January 5, 2014
Working with windows again, Windows 8 does not seem to be as bad as I have read
Ghost — November 17, 2013
Ghost the blogging platform is ready for the public to use it. And it looks awesome
Just enjoy yourself — November 16, 2013
Enjoying life and enjoying yourself. The best way to spend your time here
Happiness — November 16, 2013
An essay about what do I think regarding happiness, and how do I think we can find it
Extraterrestrial life — November 16, 2013
My theory about the probability of intelligent life from outer space being able to come here and meet us.
Blogging break — November 2, 2013
Blogging Break
Interview with Vance Davies. ioFlare review — October 4, 2013
Interview with Vance Davies, CEO of ioFlare, the new VPS provider that is here to compete with Linode and Digital Ocean
iPhone better at email than Android — September 27, 2013
Why iPhone is better than Android as an email device, and Blackberry is still the best of all
BBM coming to Android and iOS, the release date does not arrive — September 15, 2013
BBM is coming to Android and iOS, is it too late? Will it have enough users to worth the effort?
Blackberry and iPod instead of Android — August 24, 2013
My smartphone setup. Why I ditch my Android phone in favor of a Blackberry and an iPod Touch
Back to Wordpress, a multi-site installation — July 30, 2013
Wordpress Network (Multisite) for multi topic site on sub-domains, instead of one blog with multiple categories
Starting a vegetarian experiment — July 25, 2013
Starting a vegetarian experiment, with weekly updates and some recipes I will be trying.
Multi language site with Jekyll — July 5, 2013
How to create a multi language site using Jekyll
Why to use Twitter, Facebook and Google Plus share links and not buttons — June 30, 2013
Use share buttons for Facebook, Twitter and Google Plus in your blog, that does not expose your users to tracking, or violate their privacy. Use share links to do this
Using your own comments solution for Jekyll — June 20, 2013
How to install and use your own solution for Jekyll's comments instead of Disqus
Which one to choose Drupal or Wordpress — June 18, 2013
When should you choose Drupal, and when you should choose Wordpress for the specific project and job you are facing
Embed code files into Jekyll posts ala gist — June 8, 2013
How to embed plain text files into Jekyll posts, this can work to embed your own code files. Ala gist style
Self hosting your services instead of having them in the Cloud — May 27, 2013
I am retiring from the so called cloud, and instead I will be hosting the most important services I rely on
Moving from Google Reader to Tiny Tiny RSS — May 27, 2013
Find the best Google reader replacement, Self hosted rss reader, and install Tiny Tiny RSS on your Linux or Mac OS X PC or server
On KISS principle, and why to apply it to your life — May 26, 2013
Why geek engineers should stick to KISS principle as much as possible with working in real life projects, and not on side projects
Deploy Jekyll blog to Webfaction via git — May 24, 2013
How to use post-update hook on git to deploy a Jekyll blog automatically and host it on Webfaction
The key to the success of Ubuntu — May 19, 2013
Where is one of the keys for Ubuntu's success. The benevolent dictator for life
From Foundation to Twitter Bootstrap — May 12, 2013
Jekyll theme based on Twitter bootstrap for my site, switching from Foundation to Twitter Bootstrap
Pagination vs Scrolling — May 10, 2013
Pagination vs Scrolling. Why I prefer pagination over scrolling
The future of GNU Linux in the Desktop market — May 5, 2013
Analysis of the new market setup and how this may help GNU Linux succeed.
New structure in site — May 1, 2013
New folder structure in site, and why I did that
Connect Galaxy S3 to Ubuntu — April 26, 2013
Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail nos supports Galaxy S3 connectivity natively
It ships when its ready — April 23, 2013
Why Debian policy: It ships when its ready. Is so good
Switching to Feedly — April 23, 2013
I am switching to Feedly, because Google Reader is dying
Working as a coder — April 21, 2013
Using coder, developer tools for your daily job
Testing GNU/Emacs — April 16, 2013
Vim and Emacs, testing Emacs because of its support for RestructuredText out of the box
Securing your Wordpress site against brute force attacks, by creating new usernames — April 14, 2013
One important tip to secure your wordpress site installation, against brute force attacks
GNU Linux vs Linux — April 7, 2013
Why the operating system that most of us use, should be called GNU Linux and not only Linux
Comparing Digital Ocean and Linode: When to choose one or the other — April 2, 2013
Digital Ocean VPS provider compared to old Linode VPS. Features of both, and when to choose one over the other
Ben Gurion International Airport fountain video — March 10, 2013
Beautiful water fountain at Ben Gurion International airport in Israel
Microsoft Office for Linux is good news — February 17, 2013
Why I think that Microsoft Office being available for Linux users is really good news
Sharing to social networks from iOS (iPhone and iPad) and Android — February 15, 2013
Sharing what you read to your social networks from the iPhone vs Android
Review of Digital Ocean, the new VPS provider — February 7, 2013
A new VPS provider in town. Digital Ocean, affordable, powerful and with great support, three weeks with them. Digital Ocean vs Linode
Ubuntu deb proxy and cache: squid-deb-proxy and apt-cacher-ng — February 4, 2013
Save bandwidth with deb proxy and cache solutions for Ubuntu updates. squid-deb-proxy and apt-cacher-ng
Learning Git branches — January 28, 2013
Working with Git branches and Jekyll, learing how to create, merge, rebase, delete branch. On the local and remote Git repository
Ubuntu One vs Dropbox — January 20, 2013
Comparing Dropbox vs Ubuntu One. When and why you should choose Ubuntu One over Dropbox, and when Dropbox should be your choice
Install and configure Piwik behind Varnish reverse proxy — January 13, 2013
How to configure Piwik and varnish. In a way that piwik logs the real visitor IP instead of 127.0.0.1 or varnish IP
Site analytics and stats without Google and cookies — January 12, 2013
How to get site analytics and stats without cookies.
Quo Vadis Ubuntu? — January 10, 2013
Quo Vadis Ubuntu? Is Ubuntu following the same steps that Microsoft and Apple followed before?
Another picture gallery on Jekyll — January 5, 2013
Picture gallery with its own blog on Jekyll site
Picture gallery on Jekyll static site — January 2, 2013
How to host a picture or photo gallery on a Jekyll static site
Using rsync to deploy your Jekyll site — January 1, 2013
How to use rsync to upload your jekyll site
First experiences with NearlyFreeSpeech — December 31, 2012
NearlyFreeSpeech hosting review. Webserver only
ReStructuredText on Jekyll — December 30, 2012
Working with ReStructuredText on Jekyll
ReStructuredText for everyday documents — December 30, 2012
Working with ReStructuredText for everyday documents
Legend of Grimrock — December 28, 2012
Legend of Grimrock
Lightning fast Wordpress on Apache and PHP-FPM with Batcache — December 26, 2012
Wordpress with Batcache and Apache2 MPM worker and PHP-FPM
Understanding Apache 2 MPM (worker vs prefork) — December 26, 2012
Apache MPM worker vs Apache MPM prefork
Apache2 MPM Worker with PHP-FPM — December 26, 2012
How to install Apache2 MPM Worker and PHP-FPM on Ubuntu Server
Manage Partitions with GParted How-to — December 25, 2012
Book review: Manage Partitions with GParted How-to
About Git — December 24, 2012
Some thoughts about Git, and why I am starting with it
On Strong and Secure Passwords — December 18, 2012
How to create and use strong passwords
Linux is ready: How my wife switched to Ubuntu — December 14, 2012
Ubuntu ready for prime time at homes
New Template: Using Foundation 3 — December 13, 2012
Foundation 3 template for this Jekyll site
At the end of the day — December 12, 2012
At the end of the day
Welcome back Arch Linux — December 12, 2012
I am back with Arch Linux since its change to systemd
Aerial View of the Illimani Mountain — December 11, 2012
Aerial view of the Illimani Mountain. La Paz - Bolivia
BBM 7 with BBM Voice feature — December 10, 2012
BBM Voice, Blackberry voice over WiFi for free
Garden Frogs — December 9, 2012
Garden frogs photo
Gmail 2.0 for iOS — December 8, 2012
Gmail 2.0 or iOS first impressions
Please do not use Feedburner service — December 7, 2012
Why you should not use Feedburner
Google Plus Communities — December 7, 2012
Communities: A new attempt of Google plus to become a big player in Social Networking
iPod Touch and Mac bluetooth Keyboard — December 6, 2012
Creating content on the iPod Touch and Mac Keyboard
Tablet or ChromeBook? — December 4, 2012
iPad or Chromebook: Which one to choose?
Running Again — December 3, 2012
The experience of running in summer
Markdown instead of Word Processors — December 3, 2012
Using Markdown instead of Word Processors to write my documents
Blogging from the iPad with Jekyll — December 2, 2012
Blogging from the iPad with Jekyll and Site44
Cookie-less domain with site44 — December 2, 2012
Cookie-less domain for static files with site44
Linode Review — December 1, 2012
Linode review
The equilibrium — November 29, 2012
The equilibrium between the best and the worst
Nature pictures — November 24, 2012
Nature pictures, macro mode
iPod 5 keyboard on landscape view — November 21, 2012
iPod Touch 5 (fifth generation) landscape keyboard
On the future of Markdown — November 19, 2012
Trying to find the future of Markdown
Good blog post: "The best" — November 18, 2012
Dustin Curtis: The best
Two versions of Chrome Browsers? — November 17, 2012
Bloated Chrome?
First month on Site44 — November 17, 2012
Review of Site44: See how to easy is to host your pure html site. Just copy it to Dropbox, Site44 will take care of the rest
Fanboyism is bad — November 15, 2012
No need to hate foo products to love bar ones
Venice flood — November 8, 2012
Pictures of Venice flood in (Spring) November 2012
Foursquare adds punctuation to locations you visit — November 6, 2012
Foursquare punctuation algorithm
Microsoft is going to retire MSN in favor of Skype — November 6, 2012
MSN is going to be disabled, merge your MSN and Skype accounts. Skype is the future
Free 301 redirect of naked domain to the www version — October 26, 2012
How to redirect a naked domain to www. This is in the case you do not have your own server
Hosting your Jekyll generated site on site44.com with Dropbox help — October 16, 2012
I have decided to start using site44.com as my hosting provider. It works easily with dropbox and Jekyll
iPod Touch my real "mini tablet" — September 19, 2012
As I am still reluctant to use a tablet, and have to carry something that do not fit in my pocket, the iPod Touch is my tablet
Bodybuilding as a hobby. Just for fun and health — August 20, 2012
Bodybuilding as a hobby. How to face bodybuilding routines when you have a family and a full-time job
hotmail.com renews its UI, and now offers you outlook.com — August 5, 2012
The whole new hotmail.com, is now outlook.com
My blog turned one — July 11, 2012
My blog turns one
Host your static site on Cloud Files, the CDN network from RackSpace — July 10, 2012
Any static site, can now be hosted in a CDN network, you can do it in Amazon S3, and also with Cloud Files from RackSpace, here you will see how to do the latter
WiFi no Internet connectivity, switch to 3G automatically | Blackberry vs iPhone and Android — July 8, 2012
This is a point where Blackberry is still better that Android or iPhone. Actually there are a lot of points where Blackberry defeats iPhone and Android. This is just one of them
Host Jekyll or any static site on Heroku for free — July 7, 2012
How to host your static site for free on Heroku. It can be a Jekyll-generated site, or a site generated using any other similar tool
With or Without you Lyrics | U2 — June 29, 2012
U2 | "With or Without you" Lyrics
Use Amazon CloudFront Origin Pull - Custom Origin - and Avoid Duplicate Content — June 22, 2012
How to use Amazon CloudFront custom origin, or origin pull. And avoid duplicate content
How to clean and season a cast iron pan (skillet) — June 10, 2012
Cleaning and seasoning a cast iron pan (skillet)
Low Carb Diet — June 9, 2012
Article about some facts of low carb diets and my personal experience
Little black cat cub — June 4, 2012
Picture of a small cub of black cat
Night Pictures — June 4, 2012
City pictures at night: La Paz - Bolivia
Geek traveling — June 4, 2012
Which gadgets I carry when traveling
Serve static files from a cookie less domain — June 2, 2012
Serving static content from a cookie-less domain. Avoid Google Analytics to set cookies at your root domain
Serve static html with pure static Wordpress plugin — June 1, 2012
Use Wordpress to create static site, improve performance and security by serving html files
Changing my Jekyll Powered Site Theme Again — May 24, 2012
Changing my blog theme, once again
socl New Kid in Social Networks Neibourghood — May 22, 2012
socl the social network of Microsoft
Archive your Posterous Blog, using httrack and Wordpress — May 19, 2012
How to archive your Posterous blog with httrack and Wordpress
Why I love lentils — April 24, 2012
Lentils my favorite dish
Ibex and Duck Pictures at the Zoo — April 20, 2012
Ibex and duck at the Zoo
Picture of La Paz, taken at night — April 19, 2012
La Paz, Bolivia picture taken at night
On Hiring Process — April 7, 2012
Key factors to consider when hiring people for small companies or startups
Create a Multi Blog Site with Jekyll — April 6, 2012
Multi Blog Site with Jekyll
Moving The Blog to Amazon — March 28, 2012
Hosting your blog from Amazon
Responsive HTML5 and CSS3 Layout — March 26, 2012
Why a Responsive Layout is Important
More About Comments and Spam — March 17, 2012
More on blog comments and spam
On Blog Comments — March 15, 2012
Thinking aloud about blog comments
Post to Jekyll blog using Dropbox — March 13, 2012
Automatic run of Jekyll After a Post is Created
MultiMarkdown — March 12, 2012
MultiMarkdown First Impressions
Increase your productivity by enhancing your calendar features with Tungle.me — March 4, 2012
Enhance your calendar, increase productivity with Tungle.me
Increased Performance After Moving my Blog to Cloudfront — March 3, 2012
Increased performance after moving my blog to cloudfront
A Blog that is not a Blog — February 29, 2012
A blog that is not a blog
Hosting from my Home PC, and Still Able to Handle a lot of Traffic — February 28, 2012
Get an inexpensive but powerful hosting for your blog with Cloudfront
Sync your job accross multiple computers with git — February 26, 2012
Use git to keep two or more computers in sync
Create an Alternate css File for your Mobile Visitors — February 25, 2012
How to create an alternate site for mobile only with CSS and @media queries
Learning to Code Python — February 20, 2012
Starting to learn Python by myself
Google talk your best mobile chat option — February 18, 2012
Why Google Talk can be your best chat option for your mobile (iPhone, Android and Blackberry)
New email security settings native in Google Apps: Change in Postini service — February 2, 2012
New email Security Settings in Google Apps
Request for Startups: Kill Hollywood — January 21, 2012
Y-Combinator Call to Startups to Kill Hollywood
Why not to join to Facebook — January 16, 2012
Link to a post talking about why not to join to Facebook
A silly alternative to SOPA — January 15, 2012
This is just an idea, probably a silly one, but it intend to be an alternative to SOPA to stop piracy
On blogging — January 13, 2012
Why to I like blogging
How each smartphone platform maker ask carriers to sell its phones — January 12, 2012
John Gruber funny comment about smartphone providers
Teenagers prefer to text or tweet or Facebook message, is that the end of email? — January 12, 2012
Is email going to die? Just because teenagers don't use it?
There is no "Best Smartphone" — January 11, 2012
Why there is no such thing like "The Best Smartphone"
Trying to reduce body fat — January 11, 2012
Experiment on reducing body fat
More on blog comments — January 11, 2012
Should I have comments or not
Turning blog comments off — January 10, 2012
Turn off blog comments
Facebook chat for Android, iPhone and Blackberry — January 7, 2012
Small review of Facebook app
Testing Office 365 and Blackberry Business Cloud Services from RIM — December 25, 2011
Testing Office 365 and Blackberry connector
Trying to return to blogging — December 10, 2011
"Vacations" from blogging
9 11, Ten years later: My september 11th experience — September 11, 2011
My september 11 experience
Designer vs Coder: Who would you hire? — September 1, 2011
Designer vs Coder: Who would you hire?
Thanks Steve — August 29, 2011
Thanks Mr. Steve Jobs (Apple CEO)
Starting as a developer: iPhone or Android? which one to choose? — August 27, 2011
Android vs iPhone developer
What I've Learned about Hacker News — August 26, 2011
Hacker News review
iTunes Smart Playlists — August 7, 2011
iTunes smart playlists
People with low I.Q. use Internet Explorer — July 31, 2011
Low IQ people use IE
Cold and rainy day in Santa Cruz — July 31, 2011
Rainy day picture
Migrating my blog — July 28, 2011
##Migrating my blog## I've been playing a lot with this blog, I've first started it running on [Movable Type][1], it was there for one week more or less, I...
My first post using Jekyll — July 26, 2011
##Introduction## I'm really thinking about changing my newly created [personal blog][1], from Wordpress to Jekyll. So, I have installed it and I'll start to...