personal Tobie: He Loved Yellow Ducks The love of my life, Rena (pronounced Renee), had a little dog named Tobie. On December 3rd of 2018 he passed away just shy of his 5th birthday. He was not a pet;
dev ops Amazon Web Services: A year with free tier DevOps can be a handful. Between choosing the correct products and getting your idea out there; it is a necessary evil. Before starting to use AWS, or any Platform As A Service, I
Nin.codes featured on DualShockers Overnight I received a major spike in traffic on Nin.codes. At first I believed it to have been a small attack on the site. It was only 3000 hits so nothing major.
dev ops Simple Serverless While listening to a Kinda Funny Games Daily podcast, there was a comment about how difficult it is to recite a 12 digit Nintendo Friend Code over the air during the "Squad
Bridging two houses to make one network I am preparing to move out of my parent's house and wanted to help them find ways to lower their living expenses. My sister lives a couple of doors down the street and
dev ops Serverless with AWS Lambdas Create Function Author from scratch Name: myFunction Runtime: Node.js 6.10 Role: create new role from template Role name: lambdaRole Policy templates: Big Edge Lambda permissions The starter code is very simple.
movies Suspending Disbelief to Enjoy Art: The Shape of Water The Shape of Water was recently released on video and I have been telling everyone to watch it. When it originally came out in theaters, the movie was limited release and only had
consumer advice Google Home: Cast Everything Just over a month ago I obtained my first Google Home Mini. As a user of virtually every Google product, I was really looking forward to learning how beneficial it could be. Starting
investing Impatience vs Impulse While talking to my friend and explaining my goals he described me as 'intensely focused' to a point where I am not enjoying living today. Adults in my age range seemly live to
personal finance Great Financial Podcasts What are you doing when driving home? What are you doing while jogging? What are you doing while cooking dinner?! Trying listening to podcasts! They are a great way to intake news and
investing Discovering the Costs of Opportunity What is an 'Opportunity Cost' Opportunity cost refers to a benefit that a person could have received, but gave up, to take another course of action. Stated differently, an opportunity cost represents an
personal finance 4 Tests That Signal You’re Financially Ready to Start Investing via LenPenzo.com It is difficult to get on the right track without having hard goals set. Give yourself something to accomplish incrementally and have items you can check off. Save for emergencies. Pay off debt.
personal finance Budgeting: Need a new laptop? Consider a Chromebook As time goes on, the amount of time spent on the internet has increased. A UK study shows in 2005 the estimated number of hours spent on the internet was 9.9 hours
consumer advice Budgeting: Lowering your phone bill Data Usage Costs Data usage is the biggest expense for any phone bill. The more you become aware of what uses data; the more you can avoid using data. Android users can monitor
Neo Do the Specs Matter: Neo & Scorpio The discussion of Xbox Scorpio and Playstation Neo is at a high with the Neo announcement around the corner and expected release dates, for both, within the next year and a half. Can
final fantasy Modern Games Over Engineered? I have recently been playing Final Fantasy IV (the PSP release) and have loved how it is structured. Being born in the 90s, I was not cognisant of system limitations and the effect
Kinda Funny The Game Awards' Trending Gamer: Greg Miller The Game Awards show is not something I really care for or pay attention to but last night was an exception. Kinda Funny's very own Greg Miller, one-half of the coolest dudes in
Star Wars Why I didn't buy Star Wars Battlefront: Multiplayer Only Games Where do I find value? I remember days of years past, pre-ordering a game and rushing home to complete the story mode as soon as possible so when the conversations came up at