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Takeaways from changing from Gmail to Protonmail, Github to Gitlab, and Pelican to Ghost

Starting to blog again but changing from Pelican to Ghost

What happened on March 7, 1082?

The previous series Set Up VPS on Linode (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) explains how to set up the server environment with necessary dependencies on a Linode VPS virtual machine. This article takes one step further to lay out the steps to launch a new website from this virtual machine with git-based deployment.

Running a website from within the physical border of China can use either international VPS service provider like Digital Ocean/Linode or domestic ones. Using domestic VPS service provider requires registration of ICP, which is only possible through a legal entity in China. International VPS doesn't have such requirement. Any individual can point a domain name through his domain registrar provider, registered by individuals or legal entities, to an IP address from the VPS service provider.

Here's the how-to guide to set up Apache on Mac Sierra 10.12.6. It's more involving than just serving up a http server from a local directory, which can be done with python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8080 (for Python 2.7) or php -S <adddres>:<port> (for PHP 5.4).

全民K歌为付费的VIP用户有提供把歌曲下载到本地手机的服务，不过要导出到电脑还是个麻烦。以下的方法可以从全民K歌的网页上直接把音乐文件扒下来，不需要借助任何额外的网站服务。

We move a lot and so does our Synology NAS DS215j. When we move to a new home, there will be a new router, and Synology DSM needs to be mapped on this new network. It's not always a straightforward transition process though, depending on the difference between the old and the new router. Sometimes it works like a charm without any additional work, and sometimes it feels like moving mountains to do something as basic as finding the IP for the Synology device.

My own quick reference guide for MySQL database.