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List of Subdomains to Futureproof

Upon news of Mozilla spearheading the movement to deprecate non-secure HTTP, Mozilla had release an FAQ which listed two SSL certificate authorities that provide free trusted certificates to use: StartSSL and WoSign.

I have only heard of StartSSL and have been using it for the past few years, but they restrict the certificates to only allow one subdomain to be added. So I decided to try WoSign to get another subdomain on another certificate to use on another server. But to my surprise, WoSign allows up to 100 domain names to be added to the certificate! Continue reading List of Subdomains to Futureproof

Jumping in with Two Left Feet

The month of May had been an extremely busy time for me. It was crunch time with my wedding approaching and loads of things left to do. But all of that has wrapped up and I’m ready to start up again!

This time however, I’m throwing in some social media into the mix. I signed up for HootSuite to help me manage Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook. Then trying to post everyday something relevant to what I’m doing.

Getting off my butt

Motivation has been really lacking for me lately. I’ve been playing games, surfing the web, watching shows, etc. Nothing to progress my desires to learn and create.

I recently got that glimpse of motivation today when I heard about “Jerry Seinfeld’s Productivity Secret” (http://lifehacker.com/281626/jerry-seinfelds-productivity-secret). It’s basically a calendar posted somewhere important with every day filled in with the same tasks. When one task is complete, you cross it off or place a big X on that date. Once the month is complete, you can gaze with satisfaction of all the hard work that has been amounted.

I have tried motivating myself, but this is just another method to get me back on track.

I created a simple calendar in Google Calendar with three goals on my list:

  • Work (programming, system admin, etc) – daily
  • Work out – daily
  • Blog – weekly

We will see how this goes. I cannot keep count of how many WordPress instances I currently have, let alone the other failed ones. I had set this WordPress up quickly with no themes and just some security.

Wish me luck!

*crosses “blog” off from my calendar*