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Robert Dondo
Robert Dondo
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  • Saving my kids from Ads with Pi-hole & YT Premium

    The author expresses frustration with ads in various media, particularly on TV, radio, and online. They found relief using Pi-hole for network-wide ad blocking and purchased YouTube Premium for ad-free viewing. The service also benefits their children with ad-free YouTube and offline videos. Two humorous anecdotes highlight the impact of ads on young children and…

  • Must Have Open Source WordPress Plugins for Personal Blogs

    The following are my default Plugins when working on pretty much any WordPress project. They cover most of the needs for a personal blog or any other small website. For the small websites that I have worked on, the budget is very low, so it helps to use ‘free’ plugins and themes. But, the WordPress…

  • WordPress Local Dev setup

    My local WordPress environment setup is based on Docker. The main advantage I get from using Docker is control of the versions of PHP and MySql as they vary depending on the Hosting Websites. The steps I take when developing a site are: This process works best for completely new websits. In cases when I…

  • I’m dropping everything for WordPress

    A short post on how and why I have been learning Wordpress to run my personal blog and for building small websites.

  • Using docker and xpra to run Adobe Flash Player

    Funny story about how I got a UPS to get around loadshedding (black outs), but had to use a combination of Docker and Xpra to setup the device because the device software required Adobe Flash player.