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Tech

Can You Download a Video off YouTube?

For educational purposes, I need to download videos from YouTube to make the learning process easier. Nobody wants to sit around while ads load when you’re trying to learn about something. Throughout my time surfing the web, I noticed that the site x2mate.com has a lot of audio and video converting services. Their browser-based software […]

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Movies

A Cache of Subtitled Cult Films

Archive.org is an amazing resource for everything digital. I like to use it to hunt for old, out of print movies. Every once in a while, I find a jackpot on there. The goldmine I find is usually a post with an MP4 of an incredible hard-to-find flick. Sometimes, you can find a torrent on […]

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Grindhouse

What is Grindhouse?

The term grindhouse has an interesting history spanning over a century. When I think of grindhouse, I think of over-the-top, somewhat poorly produced horror, exploitation, and action flicks that contain gore, nudity, and shocking elements that make for a fun experience. Grindhouse movies are usually b-movies and therefore not well funded, but still have a […]

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Grindhouse

The Arousers (1973)

My obsession with grindhouse movies has led me to The Arousers. This movie was released and goes under multiple names: Sweet Kill, A Kiss from Eddie, The Arousers. Since it was released in 1973, it seems like it would be a good addition to my grindhouse collection. Some online sources say it was released in […]

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Tech

Renew Certbot SSL Certificate on Linux Command Line

As a chucklehead, I get to work with all kinds of web servers. New ones, old ones, fantastic ones, and ones that need to be updated to the newest, latest, greatest, and safest software. These articles should help us both handle any shenanigans that occur while maintaining these awesome devices. I remember I used to […]

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Tech

Adding SSL to a Digital Ocean Droplet

…was not as big a pain in that ass as I thought it would be. I created a droplet for this dump and had arranged the DNS settings accordingly. The last thing I needed to do was add HTTPS with an SSL certificate. To handle that, we need to pop open the droplet’s console via […]