Distilled Awesomesauce Archives - Without The Sarcasm

Let’s Encrypt for Private Networks

agent86 | April 4, 2020

My Goal I want to have Chrome stop telling me that the other SSL-encrypted devices on my private network are insecure. Chrome is unhappy because these devices use self-signed certificates. What I’d like to do is get certificates that are

Easily Modifying & Splitting STL Files

agent86 | September 22, 2019

The most popular format on the internet for 3d printed objects is the humble STL file. These files are great for slicing, but they’re not so great for editing. STL is basically the PDF of the 3d printer world. Nothing

Monoprice Maker Select & Select Plus – Improving Print Quality

agent86 | March 10, 2018

Once you’ve printed your first few objects, no doubt you will notice many slight (or maybe not so slight…) imperfections. In this article, I’ll give you all the resources I have for improving your print quality. With these resources, you’ll

Monoprice Maker Select & Select Plus – Designing Prints & Slicing With Cura

agent86 | March 10, 2018

Now that you’ve got your printer up and running, it’s time to actually print stuff! No doubt you’ve already gotten tired of printing the four basic files included with the printer, so let’s learn more about designing your own objects

Monoprice Maker Select Plus Beginner’s Guide

agent86 | March 10, 2018

I recently picked up a Monoprice Maker Select Plus 3D printer, which is a rebranded Wanhao Duplicator i3 Plus. The manual that came with the printer is utterly useless as far as explaining the setup process for this printer, though.

Tips and Tricks for Travel to Hana, Maui

agent86 | July 24, 2016

After a good decade and a half of planning and saving, my wife and I were finally able to visit Hawaii. We traveled to Maui and spent a week on the eastern shore, in a region called Hana. There's basically one hotel there, which used to be the Hana Hotel and is now Travaasa Hana. If you're thinking of traveling to Maui to visit Travasaa or Hana, read on!

JerkyXP “CinniBacon” Flavor Review

agent86 | July 5, 2016

One of the many exhibitors at RTX 2016 was a company that sells (mostly meat-based) snacks with gamers in mind – JerkyXP. While on the show floor, I talked with Zach a bit and helped myself to some meaty samples.

Digistump Oak-Based System Monitor

agent86 | May 7, 2016

Enterprise grade servers tend to have an embedded computer that keeps track of the server's status even when it's turned off. This sort of thing is called "out of band management". Now that we're fully in the "internet of things" era, there's really no reason why we can't all have the benefits of such a system. In this article, I'll document my "system monitor" that keeps track of my primary PC, even when I'm not around.

Installing nginx with nginx-rtmp-module on Ubuntu from a Custom .deb

agent86 | May 3, 2016

Here at WOTS, we stream to our YouTube channel via an nginx relay. Out of the box, nginx doesn't support RTMP, though. There's a module you can download - but it's source only. Since nobody is currently making a PPA for nginx with RTMP support built in, I build mine from source. It's not as hard as it sounds - anybody can figure it out! In this article, I'll archive my scripts for building nginx with the RTMP module the Ubuntu way.

Logitech G610 Orion Red & G810 Orion Spectrum Review

agent86 | April 5, 2016

In our third and final installment of Logitech’s G-series roundup for 2016, we’ve got two new keyboards to discuss. Since they’re quite similar, I’m going to group them together in one review. The two ‘boards I’ve picked to review are