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When “Wired” Doorbells Still Die: My Google Nest Chime Saga

December 21, 2025 rob

This post is partly a blog, partly a reminder to myself of how I solved this — so the gritty details matter. Original Setup My house has two exterior doors,…

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I ordered desperately needed toner – and the next thing I know I’m getting a refund I didn’t request. It wasn’t until I contacted customer service that I received the…

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SAML Claim Padding Transform

November 11, 2023 rob

Recently I had a need to include a 10-digit padded employee number in a SAML claim. It seems that padding is a missing function within SAML Claim Transforms. I tried…

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Beef Stew

November 11, 2023 rob

Last night ying and yang requested Beef Stew for dinner. I even had help preparing the potatoes, carrots, celery/etc. I normally buy a good roast and cut it into cubes,…

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Human vs Machine Passwords

April 17, 2023 rob

My professional career is in identity management. One of our problems as humans is we tend to choose easily guessable passwords – for a reason: They need passwords to be…

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Beer Drinkers Guide to SAML

April 13, 2023 rob

I love a good comic AND an easy to follow education on technical things! https://duo.com/blog/the-beer-drinkers-guide-to-saml

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20-minute Weeknight Spaghetti Sauce

April 13, 2023 rob

Ran out of sauce once, used this recipe as a base: https://www.melskitchencafe.com/20-minute-homemade-weeknight-spaghetti-sauce/

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Use https://soupaddict.com/jalapeno-beer-cheese-soup/ as base

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“DE-coupling” myself from Google – sort of

February 25, 2023 rob

I was using G-Suite as my primary ‘home’ for all things ‘cloud’.  Pictures, storage, etc etc.  Somewhere along the line Google decided to move into Workspaces and tried to encourage…

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