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J. Edgar Hoover and the Newark Evening News

It began with this letter from FBI Director J.

Aug 17, 2021 • Chad Cloman

Book Review: The Last Christmas by F. Paul Wilson

Great novel for Repairman Jack fans!

Jun 18, 2019 • Chad Cloman

[SOLVED] logrotate: error creating state file /var/lib/logrotate.status: permission denied

The error "logrotate: error creating state file /var/lib/logrotate.status: permission denied" turned out to involve permissions.

Jun 14, 2019 • Chad Cloman

[SOLVED] logrorate error: lines must begin with a keyword or a filename (possibly in double quotes)

Using logrotate for the first time, I was baffled as to why I was receiving this error: lines must begin with a keyword or a filename (possibly in…

Jun 14, 2019 • Chad Cloman

So You’re Going to Compete on Forged in Fire?

The Forged in Fire producers enjoy throwing unusual situations and obscure techniques at their smiths. And learning new techniques during the…

Apr 3, 2019 • Chad Cloman

[SOLVED] Why is my Uploaded YouTube Video Such Poor Quality?

After uploading videos to YouTube, I often find that the video quality has been significantly downgraded, sometimes to the point where it’s unwatchable…

Nov 6, 2018 • Chad Cloman

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