Where Computers Meet Conviction -- Coram Deo
Quicken Classic for Mac is a good personal finance tool—it simplifies and automates most of my financial tracking. But there are a few tasks I do manually every month: Not anymore. Both of those are now automated. Anthropic recently released a beta feature for Claude Cowork which allows it to control a Mac. A simple ... Read more The post Automating Quicken with Claude AI appeared first on b3n.org…
My Proxmox backup strategy has been to backup all the VMs to an onsite Proxmox Backup Server (PBS). Then sync that backup daily to a remote PBS server this works well but it requires maintaining a remote server. However Proxmox Backup Server (PBS) added Sync to S3 object storage as a Tech Preview with their latest 4.0. ... Read more The post Proxmox Backup Strategy | to S3 appeared first on…
I was sitting in the living room, working on the computer. I heard a dog barking out front that sounded just like Blaze. But I knew it wasn t Blaze because he was in the backyard with Kris. Then I heard a woman out front who sounded just like Kris. But I knew it wasn t Kris, ... Read more The post Cedar Gate Build appeared first on b3n.org .
Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the heart of the children of man is fully set to do evil. Ecclesiastes 8:11 ESV The post Ecclesiastes 8:11 appeared first on b3n.org .
After years of watching Ziply install Fiber all over North Idaho and being on the waiting list, Ziply Fiber (referral link) called. Fiber is available at my house. I already have 1Gbps symmetrical with Ting, but Ziply offers faster, cheaper, and a larger variety of plans. In Sandpoint they offer 100 Mbps, 300 Mbps, 1 ... Read more The post Ziply 5Gbps Fiber in Sandpoint Idaho appeared first on…
I spent some time over Christmas break simplifying and reducing the cost of our cloud backups. I wrote about the 7 Backup Principals on the MacBook Backup Strategy post and the same applies here. My TrueNAS server consists of primarily SMB shares videos, documents, files, old computer archives, and a webdav share which I use for ... Read more The post TrueNAS Backup Strategy appeared first on…
I simplified our backup strategy for our MacBooks. Here s where I landed: 7 Backup Principles The most comprehensive yet essential list I ve come across is the seven characteristics of a backup plan created by Ross Williams: I m using two backup solutions: Time Machine Backup to TrueNAS (local) The MacBooks primarily backup to Apple Time Machine ... Read more The post MacOS Backup Strategy…
It was -15°. The furnace died. I cranked up our gas stove in the living room to get us through the week. In the midst of this, our utilities company sent out an alert asking us to conserve gas. Both our primary and secondary heat sources run on gas, so maybe I need to diversify. ... Read more The post 2024 in Retrospect | Strategy Thoughts appeared first on b3n.org .
A couple of people have asked how I keep track of Health Savings Account (HSA) transactions; so here s how I do it in Quicken. Quick summery of HSA Accounts: Health Savings Accounts are a way to save for health expenses if you have an HSA eligible (HDHP) health insurance plan. I always maximize our family s ... Read more The post Tracking HSA Transactions in Quicken appeared first on b3n.org .
I ve always allowed comments on this blog, and even allow people to disagree. I rarely moderate comments except when they re inappropriate. But one of the issues I have to deal with is comment spam. I moderated the comments by hand for well over a decade but it gradually turned into hours of work each week. ... Read more The post Akismet to Turnstile appeared first on b3n.org .