I have been using Logitech computer mice for ages: good price, good quality, and they meet my needs. Around 2017, I noticed recurring issues where my computer would record a single mouse clicks as two clicks.
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On December 13th, I received an email from PayPal that I had a "shopping notification for JD Sports". I have never bought anything from JD Sports. The email looked like spam, but checking the headers showed that it was sent by PayPal. I ignored it but receved a "reminder" on the 15th and decided to investigate.
I subscribe to WIRED for its wide ranging articles of which Rhett Allain's are a favourite.
Following dynamic websites can be challenging. Some provide email updates which requires registration and can be overwhelming for active websites. In many cases, the only option is periodically checking the website. One online periodical that I follow provides a list of articles but not in date sequence and does not 'remember' that I have read an article.
I am probably not a suitable candidate for demand response programs. I signed up for time-of-use (TOU) billing and try to shift electricity usage into the weekday low period from 19:00 to 07:00. During the summer, the air condition mostly runs at night, cooling the house to 21C from 23:00 to 07:00.
In April 2013, I went 'solar" with a 9.9 kW array of 41 240/245W Silfab solar panels installed with SolarEdge module optimisers and connected to two SolarEdge inverters, for a cost before tax of C$44K.
My AWS monthly bill is normally less that $10 (USD, before taxes), of which the t2.micro server is about 55%, EBS storage another 44%, and the remaining 1% is email and S3 usage. The August bill was over $21, with the AWS Web Access Firewall (WAF) being 55% of the total.
The Apache .htaccess file is often used to modify how users interact with websites, such as:
Configuring AWS CloudFront is complicated. I find it useful to create a 'cheatsheet' of the steps and key values that I need to complete the configuration. As an example, assume I am transferring an existing https://subdomain.example.ca site to AWS serverless.