Own Your Own AI With Ollama!

AI has dominated tech over the last couple years, but are you tired of the privacy invasions, model censorship, and internet requirement? That’s why Ollama is so great and how you can have the power of large language models in the comfort of your own hardware!

March 3, 2025 · 9 min · Trafotin

How Symantec VIP Access Holds Your Security Codes Hostage feat. python-vipaccess

Last year I had to rid myself of the Symantec VIP Access app. With the help of python-vipaccess, it’s possible to liberate your 2FA codes and get them wherever you want. It’s time to learn some package managers, 2FA provisioning, and Python scripting!

February 17, 2025 · 4 min · Trafotin
The Windows Update screeen with the title: Just use automatic updates!!!

A Survival Guide to Windows Update

Windows Update is one of the worst things about Windows. What’s the best way to deal with its problems? Here’s my game plan to survive Patch Tuesday, but you could just use automatic updates…

February 24, 2024 · 10 min · Trafotin

Firefox

YouTube Firefox is one of the longest living browsers still with us today (good riddance Internet Explorer) and is arguably the most customizable browser when comes to protecting your privacy. I have made lots of videos about Firefox, but lots has changed to Firefox since then and I want to take my time to take a step back to review the basics, update some of the configuration files I have, and why I still use Firefox as my daily browser. ...

November 22, 2023 · 15 min · Trafotin

Secure Boot

Have you enabled Secure Boot on your computer? I sure have, but what is it and why it’s so important to the fabric of computing today? Why is Windows 11 pushing Secure Boot so hard? Is it a way for Microsoft to block off third party operating systems? Did someone on a forum or Discord tell you to turn it off? All of this and more as we learn together why UEFI Secure Boot should be required for everyone! ...

June 23, 2023 · 7 min · Trafotin