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<h4class="post-date">Wednesday, January 22 2020</h4>
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<p>Many people have expressed confusion over how padding and margins work in HTML/CSS. I have been one of those people. In this short article I will explain what the differences are between the two, and how it may affect the functionality of your site.</p>
<h4class="post-date line-under">Sunday, January 26 2020</h4>
<h4class="post-date">Sunday, January 26 2020</h4>
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<p>What is the most embarassing thing you have typed into Google search? What is the most personal secret you told a friend in confidence? What is your bank password? What is your business’s secret to stay ahead of the competition?</p>
<h4class="post-date line-under">Wednesday, February 19 2020</h4>
<h4class="post-date">Wednesday, February 19 2020</h4>
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<p>There are many kinds of encryption used in our everyday communication. Online and offline, over the internet and in person. In this article, I will explain the basics of how encryption should work in theory. I explain in <ahref="/2020/01/26/rsa1.html">this article</a> why encryption is important, and why <em>you</em> should care about it.</p>
<h4class="post-date line-under">Thursday, April 02 2020</h4>
<h4class="post-date">Thursday, April 02 2020</h4>
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<p>In a few previous articles I have explained <ahref="/2020/01/26/rsa1.html">why encryption may be important to you</a> and <ahref="/2020/02/19/rsa2.html">how the theory behind encryption works</a>. I did not yet explain the system of asymetric cryptography, however. That is what this article is for.</p>
<h1>Know How Your Representative Votes In Parliament</h1>
<h4class="post-date line-under">Thursday, July 30 2020</h4>
<h4class="post-date">Thursday, July 30 2020</h4>
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<p>As an advocate for openness, I had an idea to make a project out of the government of Canada’s <ahref="https://open.canada.ca/en/open-data">Open Data</a>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><feedxmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><generatoruri="https://jekyllrb.com/"version="4.0.0">Jekyll</generator><linkhref="http://localhost:4000/feed.xml" rel="self"type="application/atom+xml"/><linkhref="http://localhost:4000/" rel="alternate"type="text/html"/><updated>2020-09-13T00:11:58+00:00</updated><id>http://localhost:4000/feed.xml</id><entry><titletype="html">Minesweeper Bomb Generation And Tile Revealing</title><linkhref="http://localhost:4000/2020/09/12/minesweeper.html" rel="alternate"type="text/html"title="Minesweeper Bomb Generation And Tile Revealing"/><published>2020-09-12T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2020-09-12T00:00:00+00:00</updated><id>http://localhost:4000/2020/09/12/minesweeper</id><contenttype="html"xml:base="http://localhost:4000/2020/09/12/minesweeper.html"><p>When I was creating a little Minesweeper game, I got confused at some points.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><feedxmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><generatoruri="https://jekyllrb.com/"version="4.0.0">Jekyll</generator><linkhref="http://192.168.1.101:4000/feed.xml" rel="self"type="application/atom+xml"/><linkhref="http://192.168.1.101:4000/" rel="alternate"type="text/html"/><updated>2020-09-13T01:20:44+00:00</updated><id>http://192.168.1.101:4000/feed.xml</id><entry><titletype="html">Minesweeper Bomb Generation And Tile Revealing</title><linkhref="http://192.168.1.101:4000/2020/09/12/minesweeper.html" rel="alternate"type="text/html"title="Minesweeper Bomb Generation And Tile Revealing"/><published>2020-09-12T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2020-09-12T00:00:00+00:00</updated><id>http://192.168.1.101:4000/2020/09/12/minesweeper</id><contenttype="html"xml:base="http://192.168.1.101:4000/2020/09/12/minesweeper.html"><p>When I was creating a little Minesweeper game, I got confused at some points.
My bomb generation didn’t look quite right, and I for sure didn’t quite get the whole cascading tile reveal thing.
With a bit of internet research, I found what I was looking for.
I’ll explain it all in one place for my own research purposes.</p>
@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ I hope that this helps you with getting the general idea of a Minesweeper game.
The completed version of this game is available on my <a href="https://lamegames.tait.tech/">lamegames</a> site.
Let me know what you think!</p>
<p>Happy hacking!</p></content><author><name></name></author><summarytype="html">When I was creating a little Minesweeper game, I got confused at some points. My bomb generation didn’t look quite right, and I for sure didn’t quite get the whole cascading tile reveal thing. With a bit of internet research, I found what I was looking for. I’ll explain it all in one place for my own research purposes.</summary></entry><entry><titletype="html">lamegames.tait.tech</title><linkhref="http://localhost:4000/2020/09/09/lamegames.html" rel="alternate"type="text/html"title="lamegames.tait.tech"/><published>2020-09-09T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2020-09-09T00:00:00+00:00</updated><id>http://localhost:4000/2020/09/09/lamegames</id><contenttype="html"xml:base="http://localhost:4000/2020/09/09/lamegames.html"><p>This is an announcement for a new project of mine:
<p>Happy hacking!</p></content><author><name></name></author><summarytype="html">When I was creating a little Minesweeper game, I got confused at some points. My bomb generation didn’t look quite right, and I for sure didn’t quite get the whole cascading tile reveal thing. With a bit of internet research, I found what I was looking for. I’ll explain it all in one place for my own research purposes.</summary></entry><entry><titletype="html">lamegames.tait.tech</title><linkhref="http://192.168.1.101:4000/2020/09/09/lamegames.html" rel="alternate"type="text/html"title="lamegames.tait.tech"/><published>2020-09-09T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2020-09-09T00:00:00+00:00</updated><id>http://192.168.1.101:4000/2020/09/09/lamegames</id><contenttype="html"xml:base="http://192.168.1.101:4000/2020/09/09/lamegames.html"><p>This is an announcement for a new project of mine:
<p>This is something I’m really excited to work on!</p>
@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ Let me know what you think!</p>
<p>Right now, I’ve just got a rock-paper-scissors game.
A chat function, and a few simple card games to come.</p>
<p>Check out the repository on my <a href="https://github.com/TTWNO/lamegames.io">Github</a>.</p></content><author><name></name></author><summarytype="html">This is an announcement for a new project of mine: lamegames.tait.tech.</summary></entry><entry><titletype="html">How to Solve The Django Deployment Puzzle</title><linkhref="http://localhost:4000/2020/08/18/django-deployment.html" rel="alternate"type="text/html"title="How to Solve The Django Deployment Puzzle"/><published>2020-08-18T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2020-08-18T00:00:00+00:00</updated><id>http://localhost:4000/2020/08/18/django-deployment</id><contenttype="html"xml:base="http://localhost:4000/2020/08/18/django-deployment.html"><p>A few days ago I had a Django project I wanted to put on a real server.
<p>Check out the repository on my <a href="https://github.com/TTWNO/lamegames.io">Github</a>.</p></content><author><name></name></author><summarytype="html">This is an announcement for a new project of mine: lamegames.tait.tech.</summary></entry><entry><titletype="html">How to Solve The Django Deployment Puzzle</title><linkhref="http://192.168.1.101:4000/2020/08/18/django-deployment.html" rel="alternate"type="text/html"title="How to Solve The Django Deployment Puzzle"/><published>2020-08-18T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2020-08-18T00:00:00+00:00</updated><id>http://192.168.1.101:4000/2020/08/18/django-deployment</id><contenttype="html"xml:base="http://192.168.1.101:4000/2020/08/18/django-deployment.html"><p>A few days ago I had a Django project I wanted to put on a real server.
This project is still in its infancy, but I thought it would be nice to put it on my resume and show my friends.
Little did I know the headache coming my way.
Here are some tips to help you not make the same mistakes as me.</p>
@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ NGINX is that way be default.</p>
<ul>
<li>If using ws:// websockets, change them to wss:// for secure web sockets.</li>
<li>Make sure to use channels.routing.get_default_application() instead of django.get_asgi_application() if your’re wanting to use channels/redis WebSockets.</li>
</ul></content><author><name></name></author><summarytype="html">A few days ago I had a Django project I wanted to put on a real server. This project is still in its infancy, but I thought it would be nice to put it on my resume and show my friends. Little did I know the headache coming my way. Here are some tips to help you not make the same mistakes as me.</summary></entry><entry><titletype="html">BSD Journey, Part 1</title><linkhref="http://localhost:4000/2020/08/15/openbsd1.html" rel="alternate"type="text/html"title="BSD Journey, Part 1"/><published>2020-08-15T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2020-08-15T00:00:00+00:00</updated><id>http://localhost:4000/2020/08/15/openbsd1</id><contenttype="html"xml:base="http://localhost:4000/2020/08/15/openbsd1.html"><p>As Linux becomes controlled by corporate sponsors and becomes more full of proprietary blobs, drivers, and even closed-source software like Steam,
</ul></content><author><name></name></author><summarytype="html">A few days ago I had a Django project I wanted to put on a real server. This project is still in its infancy, but I thought it would be nice to put it on my resume and show my friends. Little did I know the headache coming my way. Here are some tips to help you not make the same mistakes as me.</summary></entry><entry><titletype="html">BSD Journey, Part 1</title><linkhref="http://192.168.1.101:4000/2020/08/15/openbsd1.html" rel="alternate"type="text/html"title="BSD Journey, Part 1"/><published>2020-08-15T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2020-08-15T00:00:00+00:00</updated><id>http://192.168.1.101:4000/2020/08/15/openbsd1</id><contenttype="html"xml:base="http://192.168.1.101:4000/2020/08/15/openbsd1.html"><p>As Linux becomes controlled by corporate sponsors and becomes more full of proprietary blobs, drivers, and even closed-source software like Steam,
One may wonder if there are other options out there.
For me, somebody that is intensely interested in security, there is one option: OpenBSD.</p>
@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ Maybe he was right, maybe not. What I know is I am excited to find out!</p>
<p>Wish my luck on my OpenBSD journey. I will post updates here along the way.</p>
<p>Happy hacking!</p></content><author><name></name></author><summarytype="html">As Linux becomes controlled by corporate sponsors and becomes more full of proprietary blobs, drivers, and even closed-source software like Steam, One may wonder if there are other options out there. For me, somebody that is intensely interested in security, there is one option: OpenBSD.</summary></entry><entry><titletype="html">Know How Your Representative Votes In Parliament</title><linkhref="http://localhost:4000/2020/07/30/canadian-parliament.html" rel="alternate"type="text/html"title="Know How Your Representative Votes In Parliament"/><published>2020-07-30T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2020-07-30T00:00:00+00:00</updated><id>http://localhost:4000/2020/07/30/canadian-parliament</id><contenttype="html"xml:base="http://localhost:4000/2020/07/30/canadian-parliament.html"><p>As an advocate for openness, I had an idea to make a project out of the government of Canada’s <a href="https://open.canada.ca/en/open-data">Open Data</a>
<p>Happy hacking!</p></content><author><name></name></author><summarytype="html">As Linux becomes controlled by corporate sponsors and becomes more full of proprietary blobs, drivers, and even closed-source software like Steam, One may wonder if there are other options out there. For me, somebody that is intensely interested in security, there is one option: OpenBSD.</summary></entry><entry><titletype="html">Know How Your Representative Votes In Parliament</title><linkhref="http://192.168.1.101:4000/2020/07/30/canadian-parliament.html" rel="alternate"type="text/html"title="Know How Your Representative Votes In Parliament"/><published>2020-07-30T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2020-07-30T00:00:00+00:00</updated><id>http://192.168.1.101:4000/2020/07/30/canadian-parliament</id><contenttype="html"xml:base="http://192.168.1.101:4000/2020/07/30/canadian-parliament.html"><p>As an advocate for openness, I had an idea to make a project out of the government of Canada’s <a href="https://open.canada.ca/en/open-data">Open Data</a>
initiative to take a look at how my local MP voted on various pieces of legislation.
It turns out though that this was not necessary due to how easy it was to find this information on the government’s own website.
In this article, I will explain how you can do the same.</p>
@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ or read the actual text by clicking the <strong>View this Bill on LEGISinf
<p>I thought this was pretty cool!
It was <em>way</em> simpler than I thought it would be.</p>
<p>Thanks, Canada!</p></content><author><name></name></author><summarytype="html">As an advocate for openness, I had an idea to make a project out of the government of Canada’s Open Data initiative to take a look at how my local MP voted on various pieces of legislation. It turns out though that this was not necessary due to how easy it was to find this information on the government’s own website. In this article, I will explain how you can do the same.</summary></entry><entry><titletype="html">Installing MultiCraft on Gentoo Linux</title><linkhref="http://localhost:4000/2020/07/19/multicraft-php-gentoo.html" rel="alternate"type="text/html"title="Installing MultiCraft on Gentoo Linux"/><published>2020-07-19T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2020-07-19T00:00:00+00:00</updated><id>http://localhost:4000/2020/07/19/multicraft-php-gentoo</id><contenttype="html"xml:base="http://localhost:4000/2020/07/19/multicraft-php-gentoo.html"><p>In a very odd combination of requirements,
<p>Thanks, Canada!</p></content><author><name></name></author><summarytype="html">As an advocate for openness, I had an idea to make a project out of the government of Canada’s Open Data initiative to take a look at how my local MP voted on various pieces of legislation. It turns out though that this was not necessary due to how easy it was to find this information on the government’s own website. In this article, I will explain how you can do the same.</summary></entry><entry><titletype="html">Installing MultiCraft on Gentoo Linux</title><linkhref="http://192.168.1.101:4000/2020/07/19/multicraft-php-gentoo.html" rel="alternate"type="text/html"title="Installing MultiCraft on Gentoo Linux"/><published>2020-07-19T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2020-07-19T00:00:00+00:00</updated><id>http://192.168.1.101:4000/2020/07/19/multicraft-php-gentoo</id><contenttype="html"xml:base="http://192.168.1.101:4000/2020/07/19/multicraft-php-gentoo.html"><p>In a very odd combination of requirements,
I needed to install <a href="https://multicraft.org">MultiCraft</a> on a Gentoo Linux system.
The PHP <code class="highlighter-rouge">USE</code> flags are important so you don’t have to recompile it three times like I did.</p>
<p>Happy hacking :)</p></content><author><name></name></author><summarytype="html">In a very odd combination of requirements, I needed to install MultiCraft on a Gentoo Linux system. The PHP USE flags are important so you don’t have to recompile it three times like I did.</summary></entry><entry><titletype="html">Independence</title><linkhref="http://localhost:4000/2020/07/12/independence.html" rel="alternate"type="text/html"title="Independence"/><published>2020-07-12T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2020-07-12T00:00:00+00:00</updated><id>http://localhost:4000/2020/07/12/independence</id><contenttype="html"xml:base="http://localhost:4000/2020/07/12/independence.html"><blockquote>
<p>Happy hacking :)</p></content><author><name></name></author><summarytype="html">In a very odd combination of requirements, I needed to install MultiCraft on a Gentoo Linux system. The PHP USE flags are important so you don’t have to recompile it three times like I did.</summary></entry><entry><titletype="html">Independence</title><linkhref="http://192.168.1.101:4000/2020/07/12/independence.html" rel="alternate"type="text/html"title="Independence"/><published>2020-07-12T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2020-07-12T00:00:00+00:00</updated><id>http://192.168.1.101:4000/2020/07/12/independence</id><contenttype="html"xml:base="http://192.168.1.101:4000/2020/07/12/independence.html"><blockquote>
<p>“When given a choice between independence and dependence, always choose independence; you will never regret that choice!”—Luke Smith</p>
</blockquote>
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<p>Your website is pulled for controversial views: switch hosts.</p>
<p>Protect yourself; give yourself choices.
Why give others that power when you could have it for yourself?</p></content><author><name></name></author><summarytype="html">“When given a choice between independence and dependence, always choose independence; you will never regret that choice!”—Luke Smith</summary></entry><entry><titletype="html">How to use tmux to send and receive things from your Minecraft server</title><linkhref="http://localhost:4000/2020/06/25/tmux-minecraft.html" rel="alternate"type="text/html"title="How to use tmux to send and receive things from your Minecraft server"/><published>2020-06-25T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2020-06-25T00:00:00+00:00</updated><id>http://localhost:4000/2020/06/25/tmux-minecraft</id><contenttype="html"xml:base="http://localhost:4000/2020/06/25/tmux-minecraft.html"><p>So recently I had problem.
Why give others that power when you could have it for yourself?</p></content><author><name></name></author><summarytype="html">“When given a choice between independence and dependence, always choose independence; you will never regret that choice!”—Luke Smith</summary></entry><entry><titletype="html">How to use tmux to send and receive things from your Minecraft server</title><linkhref="http://192.168.1.101:4000/2020/06/25/tmux-minecraft.html" rel="alternate"type="text/html"title="How to use tmux to send and receive things from your Minecraft server"/><published>2020-06-25T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2020-06-25T00:00:00+00:00</updated><id>http://192.168.1.101:4000/2020/06/25/tmux-minecraft</id><contenttype="html"xml:base="http://192.168.1.101:4000/2020/06/25/tmux-minecraft.html"><p>So recently I had problem.
I run a Minecraft server on a big Linux computer I have running in my room.
Now, as a system administrator it is very helpful to be able to run some simple commands without needing to login with my key, password, TFA, etc.
It is, frankly, a lot of work.
@ -553,11 +553,11 @@ And, we have a way to respond.</p>
<p>Remember to checkout the git repository to see what I did with it: <a href="https://github.com/TTWNO/termcraft">https://github.com/TTWNO/termcraft</a>.</p>
<p>Happy hacking!</p></content><author><name></name></author><summarytype="html">So recently I had problem. I run a Minecraft server on a big Linux computer I have running in my room. Now, as a system administrator it is very helpful to be able to run some simple commands without needing to login with my key, password, TFA, etc. It is, frankly, a lot of work. Especially when I really just want to be playing games but I just need to check something quickly.</summary></entry><entry><titletype="html">Site Update</title><linkhref="http://localhost:4000/2020/06/04/site-update.html" rel="alternate"type="text/html"title="Site Update"/><published>2020-06-04T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2020-06-04T00:00:00+00:00</updated><id>http://localhost:4000/2020/06/04/site-update</id><contenttype="html"xml:base="http://localhost:4000/2020/06/04/site-update.html"><p>I updated the site with some easier to identify information about me and my projects :)</p>
<p>Happy hacking!</p></content><author><name></name></author><summarytype="html">So recently I had problem. I run a Minecraft server on a big Linux computer I have running in my room. Now, as a system administrator it is very helpful to be able to run some simple commands without needing to login with my key, password, TFA, etc. It is, frankly, a lot of work. Especially when I really just want to be playing games but I just need to check something quickly.</summary></entry><entry><titletype="html">Site Update</title><linkhref="http://192.168.1.101:4000/2020/06/04/site-update.html" rel="alternate"type="text/html"title="Site Update"/><published>2020-06-04T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2020-06-04T00:00:00+00:00</updated><id>http://192.168.1.101:4000/2020/06/04/site-update</id><contenttype="html"xml:base="http://192.168.1.101:4000/2020/06/04/site-update.html"><p>I updated the site with some easier to identify information about me and my projects :)</p>
<p>Also, Clue has been delayed due to my partner in crime on the project wokring too many hours.</p>
<p>I also posted a new project called <em><a href="https://github.com/TTWNO/caesar-cipher">Caesar Cipher</a></em> in C. It will be an intermediate example of how to use build systems like <code class="highlighter-rouge">make</code>.</p></content><author><name></name></author><summarytype="html">I updated the site with some easier to identify information about me and my projects :)</summary></entry><entry><titletype="html">New Game: Clue (coming soon)</title><linkhref="http://localhost:4000/2020/05/19/clue-announcement.html" rel="alternate"type="text/html"title="New Game: Clue (coming soon)"/><published>2020-05-19T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2020-05-19T00:00:00+00:00</updated><id>http://localhost:4000/2020/05/19/clue-announcement</id><contenttype="html"xml:base="http://localhost:4000/2020/05/19/clue-announcement.html"><p>Ooo! Exciting!
<p>I also posted a new project called <em><a href="https://github.com/TTWNO/caesar-cipher">Caesar Cipher</a></em> in C. It will be an intermediate example of how to use build systems like <code class="highlighter-rouge">make</code>.</p></content><author><name></name></author><summarytype="html">I updated the site with some easier to identify information about me and my projects :)</summary></entry><entry><titletype="html">New Game: Clue (coming soon)</title><linkhref="http://192.168.1.101:4000/2020/05/19/clue-announcement.html" rel="alternate"type="text/html"title="New Game: Clue (coming soon)"/><published>2020-05-19T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2020-05-19T00:00:00+00:00</updated><id>http://192.168.1.101:4000/2020/05/19/clue-announcement</id><contenttype="html"xml:base="http://192.168.1.101:4000/2020/05/19/clue-announcement.html"><p>Ooo! Exciting!
Today I want to announce a new project I’ll be working on which should be live within the month of May:
Tait Hoyem
4 years ago