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Welcome to the Wiki of Jeremy Bryan Smith. Here I shall disseminate knowledge that I deem important enough that I may need to recall at a later point in time and/or that I believe may be useful for others out there.
Feel free to poke around, make comments, suggestions, and ingest the bits of information I have to share.

Regards,
Jeremy Bryan Smith

Technology

Applications and Plug-ins

Here I will provide my opinions, recommendations on usage and optimal configuration, links to related third-party tools, and my own related tools

• Web Browsers - The web browsers and related extensions / plug-ins, and tweaks for usability and security, etc. that I recommend

Devices

• Samsung Galaxy Note 3
• Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5
• Motorola Backflip (MB300)
• APC Smart UPS
• Toshiba Qosmio G35-AV660
• Sierra Wireless AirCard 313U
• LSI SAS HBA
• Lantronix SpiderDuo - Single port KVM over IP with USB mass storage
• Asus DisplayLink 2 External USB 3 Monitor x 2
• Google Pixelbook (eve)
• Google Pixel Phone
• Google Pixel 2 XL Phone

Android

• Running Android Apps on Linux
• Must Have Android Apps

Microsoft Windows

• Managing Microsoft Windows

E-mail

• sendmail
• E-mail Blacklists - How to determine if your mail server is being blocked, how to resolve.
• Sending System E-mails with Gmail

Storage

Filesystems

• ZFS

Data Integrity

• Backups
• Data Recovery

Storage Analysis

• File System / Disk Usage Analysis

Misc

• Notable
• Common Application Configuration
• Updating Samsung SSD Firmware
• Forensics
• Firefox Extensions
• Maintaining Connectivity
• Moving Web Browser Cache
  Why and how you would want to have your web browser cache located in a non-default location
• Reducing Junk Mail
• VPNs - Virtual Private Networks
• TCP over DNS - Bypass Wifi logins to get internet access

Security/Privacy

• Best Practices for Improved Security and Privacy
• Encryption
• Secure and Private Internet Access
• Credit Cards
• Malware
• Port Knocking
• Internet of Things
• Staying Anonymous Online
• Ad Blocking

Life Lessons

• Things to remember and to remind yourself of occasionally

Lists

• Travel - Lists for things to do before and things to bring when travelling.