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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion brandonb.ca/_includes/ad/vpn.html
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If you care about your privacy, using a trusted VPN is a requirement for doing anything on the internet these days. I have used <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}{% link r/vpn.md %}" rel="nofollow">ExpressVPN</a> for over 7 years and after reading the <a href="https://torrentfreak.com/best-vpn-anonymous-no-logging/">TorrentFreak 2024 review of VPN providers who do not log</a>, I think you should too. If you sign up with <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}{% link r/vpn.md %}" rel="nofollow">my referral link</a>, we <strong>BOTH</strong> get 1 month of free service 😁!
If you care about your privacy, using a trusted VPN is a requirement for doing anything on the internet these days. I have used <a href="{{ site.url }}{% link r/vpn.md %}" rel="nofollow">ExpressVPN</a> for over 7 years and after reading the <a href="https://torrentfreak.com/best-vpn-anonymous-no-logging/">TorrentFreak 2024 review of VPN providers who do not log</a>, I think you should too. If you sign up with <a href="{{ site.url }}{% link r/vpn.md %}" rel="nofollow">my referral link</a>, we <strong>BOTH</strong> get 1 month of free service 😁!
<p><small>This is an affiliate link; it helps support keeping my website content up to date.</small></p>
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I'm a (happily employed) QA Manager with more than 7 years experience ensuring the highest quality user-facing product experiences remain bug-free through automated testing and developer best practices. Formerly a QA Developer @ Dyspatch.io, Product Developer @Sendwithus.com, and Developer on the Postach.io team at Input Logic. I have a deep passion for web development and you can check out some of my side projects over [here]({{ site.baseurl }}{% link projects.html %}). I also teach a few classes at Vancouver Island University in the [ITAS program](https://itas.ca), focused around frontend web development and server-side technologies.
I'm a (happily employed) QA Manager with more than 7 years experience ensuring the highest quality user-facing product experiences remain bug-free through automated testing and developer best practices. Formerly a QA Developer @ Dyspatch.io, Product Developer @Sendwithus.com, and Developer on the Postach.io team at Input Logic. I have a deep passion for web development and you can check out some of my side projects over [here]({{ site.url }}{% link projects.html %}). I also teach a few classes at Vancouver Island University in the [ITAS program](https://itas.ca), focused around frontend web development and server-side technologies.

On the weekends I venture out to beautiful locations around where I live on [Vancouver Island, BC](https://www.google.ca/maps/@49.7879305,-125.7618705,8z), and with the amazing mountain and ocean scenery some of the other activities I like to do include biking, hiking, and camping.

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### Security

- [ExpressVPN]({{ site.baseurl }}{% link r/vpn.md %}){:rel="nofollow"} — the only VPN I trust because they [don't retain _any_ logs](https://www.expressvpn.com/what-is-vpn/policy-towards-logs)
- [ExpressVPN]({{ site.url }}{% link r/vpn.md %}){:rel="nofollow"} — the only VPN I trust because they [don't retain _any_ logs](https://www.expressvpn.com/what-is-vpn/policy-towards-logs)
- [1Password Password Manager](https://1password.com/sign-up/ca/) — 🇨🇦 Canadian and trustworthy, the two traits to look for in a quality product for storing passwords

### Productivity
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- [Plex Media Player](https://www.plex.tv/en-ca/media-server-downloads/#plex-app) - I have a Plex server at home and I use plex on all my TVs and devices
- [Spotify](https://www.spotify.com/) - I have a HUGE Spotify library and I need to rock out sometimes
- [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/about/) - I have a rather large Steam library and sometimes I like to play my games
- [Sync.com]({{ site.baseurl }}{% link r/sync_com.md %}) - 🇨🇦 Canadian and trustworthy, a solid Dropbox alternative with end-to-end encryption
- [Sync.com]({{ site.url }}{% link r/sync_com.md %}) - 🇨🇦 Canadian and trustworthy, a solid Dropbox alternative with end-to-end encryption
- Rogue Amoeba software:
- [Loopback](https://rogueamoeba.com/loopback/) — Cable-free audio routing
- [Audio Hijack](https://rogueamoeba.com/audiohijack/) — Professional audio capture tool
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{% responsive_image path:_assets/media/pages/uses-comet-neowise.jpg alt:"The comet NEOWISE taken July 17th 2020" %}

I also have some of my shots from Flickr over on my [photos page]({{ site.baseurl }}{% link photos.html %}) if you're curious!
I also have some of my shots from Flickr over on my [photos page]({{ site.url }}{% link photos.html %}) if you're curious!

## Amateur Radio

See my [dedicated page]({{ site.baseurl }}{% link amateur-radio.md %}) on amateur radio.
See my [dedicated page]({{ site.url }}{% link amateur-radio.md %}) on amateur radio.
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**[March 2024 Update]** Thanks to everyone who's signed up to ExpressVPN with [my referral link]({{ site.baseurl }}{% link r/vpn.md %}), I've received over 85 months of free service which indicates to me that you folks love this content! 👏😊
**[March 2024 Update]** Thanks to everyone who's signed up to ExpressVPN with [my referral link]({{ site.url }}{% link r/vpn.md %}), I've received over 85 months of free service which indicates to me that you folks love this content! 👏😊
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This could almost be a requirement for daily web browsing if you care about your privacy, as you can't be too safe on the internet these days.

I chose to use [Express VPN]({{ site.baseurl }}{% link r/vpn.md %}) after **thoroughly** reading the TorrentFreak [2017 review of anonymous VPN providers](https://torrentfreak.com/vpn-services-anonymous-review-2017-170304/) article. [If you sign up with my referral link]({{ site.baseurl }}{% link r/vpn.md %}), we **BOTH** get 1 month of free service 😁 !
I chose to use [Express VPN]({{ site.url }}{% link r/vpn.md %}) after **thoroughly** reading the TorrentFreak [2017 review of anonymous VPN providers](https://torrentfreak.com/vpn-services-anonymous-review-2017-170304/) article. [If you sign up with my referral link]({{ site.url }}{% link r/vpn.md %}), we **BOTH** get 1 month of free service 😁 !

**[2019 UPDATE]** I would not advise the use of the following technique based on my personal experience implementing and using it for a reasonable period of time. Even though I found a way to [add a network kill-switch]({% post_url /2018/2018-01-12-how-to-setup-a-windows-10-application-network-killswitch %}), it is still pretty brittle and prone to issues in practice (hanging on dial, no redial on connection loss, etc).
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I now have the freedom of being able to self-host my life where I see fit and having the ability to run docker containers on a whim and proxy them to a subdomain for easier access makes my it so much better. I've started finding ways to reduce my online footprint and bring some SaaS products I pay for in-house with open source alternatives. There are tradeoffs doing this, namely support and feature development doesn't move as quickly as for-profit products and services.

There are a few instances where I still need to pay for a tool that has `x` feature, and it will compliment my self-hosted alternative instead of replacing it. One of these tools that cannot be replace something I already pay for, however, is Nextcloud. When I initially set it up and copied a bunch of data over to it, I tried to use the iOS apps and learned a valuable lesson: some open-source software has a design/UX problem. I ran into some deal-breaking issues setting up Calendars and Contacts (mostly because Apple deviates from the vCard spec quite a bit), and the web interface for Nextcloud is a bit kludgy. I will remain using [Sync.com]({{ site.baseurl }}{% link r/sync_com.md %}) as my cloud data provider of choice which is fine because it is E2E-encrypted and Canadian-hosted, so I feel relatively safe with my data stored on their servers instead of mine but your mileage may vary.
There are a few instances where I still need to pay for a tool that has `x` feature, and it will compliment my self-hosted alternative instead of replacing it. One of these tools that cannot be replace something I already pay for, however, is Nextcloud. When I initially set it up and copied a bunch of data over to it, I tried to use the iOS apps and learned a valuable lesson: some open-source software has a design/UX problem. I ran into some deal-breaking issues setting up Calendars and Contacts (mostly because Apple deviates from the vCard spec quite a bit), and the web interface for Nextcloud is a bit kludgy. I will remain using [Sync.com]({{ site.url }}{% link r/sync_com.md %}) as my cloud data provider of choice which is fine because it is E2E-encrypted and Canadian-hosted, so I feel relatively safe with my data stored on their servers instead of mine but your mileage may vary.

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