Welcome to Ember Networks, my online blog on technology, the world, and life in general. We all take on a lot of different roles throughout our lives and have to learn to navigate the world. Our parents, siblings, friends, schoolmates, teachers, and co-workers have always provided us with plenty of bits of input throughout history. …
Bitlocker has its benefits and its issues. This write-up covers the specific problems I encountered when attempting to encrypt a virtual hard drive of a Windows 10 guest on XenServer. What is Bitlocker? Bitlocker is a built-in full drive encryption utility that is part of the Microsoft Windows operating systems. It affords you the ability …
Up to this point, everything has been focused directly on reducing spending and saving money. In this article, we’ll look at things from the other side and explore how spending money can save money. Cooking Are you cooking and eating at home more? Great! One of the best ways to keep this going is to …
Welcome to the next step in improving your financial health – learning the art of saving up before you make a purchase! WARNING: There are some very direct statements in this article that may offend some. They are honest and direct, though. The more offended you get, the more you may need to keep reading. …
Create Balance Everything you have been doing up to this point has been in support of balancing your budget so that your income exceeds your necessary expenses each month. Although this would seem to be an obvious thing to do, it’s still worth reviewing ways to accomplish this. And, once you have achieved a balanced …
The hardest part about getting started with a new project is actually getting started! There are always so many different things that you could do “first” that you don’t know which one to actually do. In my first article in this series, I laid out the very first thing to do – assess your current …
A New Way to Work Prior to 2020, working remotely was “the norm” for a lot of people, but was only adopted for certain types of workers. When the COVID-19 pandemic effectively shut down everyone’s ability to commute and work in an office, the world had to quickly pivot to having the majority of people …
Know Where You Are Today In my article titled Fix Your Finances, I outlined a variety of things that are related to the health of your financial being. This article is Part 1 in a series that will get into more details of items covered in my first post so that you can get started …
We all know the old adage that “money doesn’t grow on trees”, but I have met very few people that take an active role in managing their finances. This brief post is intended to be a starting point for anyone that wants to better themselves financially. Know where you are The first, and most important, …
The best Instant Pot may not be an Instant Pot at all!
There is a lot to like about cooking with an electric pressure cooker, which is what the Instant Pot actually is, but there is plenty to beware of as well. In this post, I will discuss different aspects of this kitchen gadget that I feel aren’t talked about enough. On the upside… First, let’s talk …