David Yin's Blog

March 28, 2024 March 29, 2024 Reviews

The Quiet Universality of the Cloud

The cloud can often still feel like a brand-new technology, which can make it all the more confusing to see how heavily implemented it is into every aspect of the internet. There are often improvements to typical online functions, such...

March 20, 2024 March 20, 2024 Hardware

UGREEN M.2 NVMe Hard Drive Enclosure

I bought a UGREEN SSD Enclosure, which supports M.2 NVMe SSD, including M and B&M Keys, size range 2230/2242/2260/2280. On Amazon.com I paid $24.99 plus tax. Now it is $17.99.

March 4, 2024 Web & Network

php.ini or phprc

About PHP, this question has been in my draft for a long time. I am going to finish it. What is the main difference between php.ini and phprc? Here is one quick way to get the answer, ChatGPT. I asked...

February 29, 2024 February 29, 2024 Web & Network

Upgrade Server Programs

Today, I upgraded a few programs on the server. Including Mastodon, phpBB extentions, and Chevereto. The first one is to upgrade Mastodon. My social media platform. I am using it as a tree hole. Of course, I accept new users...

February 18, 2024 Web & Network

Upgrade Mastodon from 4.2.5 to 4.2.6 to 4.2.7

I just finished the upgrades of my Mastodon instance. I saw this notice a few days ago. I just have no time to do it. I flew to San Francisco last week. To look after my father-in-law. He received surgery...

February 10, 2024 February 10, 2024 My Life

Happy Spring Festival

Our Spring Festival is one of the important holidays. We are Chinese, Asia, and Human Beings on Earth. Spring Festival is the traditional holiday. So, the feast is the key to it. Let me post the dishes of our family....

February 9, 2024 February 8, 2024 Web & Network

Image format AVIF and WebP

I just knew there was a new image format, AVIF, when I saved a picture from the Homedepot website. I did a very brief research and found it is a format based on the AV1 video format. The AVIF generally...

February 8, 2024 February 6, 2024 My Life

Why I chose SPC flooring?

Here I like to share my thoughts on SPC Flooring. And Why I chose it. SPC: High durability, water-proof, excellent for high-traffic areas, dent-resistant Laminate: Versatile designs, reacts to heat and cold, requires waterproofing for high-moisture areas The SPC plant...

February 7, 2024 February 6, 2024 My Life

Replace the carpet with SPC flooring

My basement was covered by carpet. It is old and kind of dirty. I didn’t like it. So when I think about the renovation of the the basement, I change it to SPC flooring. It is the main part of...

February 6, 2024 February 6, 2024 My Life

Build a box to cover the pipes of the furnace

My house got a new furnace in 2002 spring. It is a high-efficiency furnace, which requires individual venting pipes. One is for combustion air, the other one is for exhaust air. The combustion air pipe brings air into the furnace...

February 5, 2024 Web & Network

January Report of my Blog

Here I like to publish several reports from different sources. All the reports are based on the data from Jan. 1 to Jan. 31. Google Analytics I started to collect data in Google Analytics on Jan 7. So it is...

February 2, 2024 Web & Network

Critical security Update of my Mastodon instance to v4.2.5

It is just a week since I upgraded my Mastodon from 4.2.3 to v4.2.4. Today, I saw this critical update notice when I checked the Maston instance this morning. So, I went to the official release v4.2.5 notes to see...

January 29, 2024 January 29, 2024 Web & Network

The Top Five of my Blog

I checked my Blog in Google Search Console. It has a few useful reports. Such as Top Queries, Top pages, etc. First, Top Queries on Google Search. The four of five queries are all related to Proxmox VE. I want...

January 27, 2024 Web & Network

Upgrade Mastodon v4.2.3 to v4.2.4

Today I upgraded my Mastodon server from v4.2.3 to v4.2.4. When I signed in to my account, and went to the Administration, Dashboard, I saw the update notification. So I know I need to update my Mastodon Instance for safe....

January 27, 2024 January 26, 2024 WordPress Notes

Error 500 of WordPress Admin

WordPress has this problem, sometimes. I tried to sign in the backend of the WordPress website. It took a little bit longer to show the page without CSS or JS. It looks like below: So I open the Web Developer...