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I wrote an article on my DNS/Consul/Vault deployment at home in case anyone is interested. https://theendofthetunnel.org/2018/08/29/rebuilding-the-homesteads-dns-with-consul-dnsmasq-and-ansible/

I'll have to take a look at that hosting provider. Bluehost is similar in that one paid site means you can host multiple others, but I've found the performance to be not so great if you do that. How is it on Web Hosting Hub?

That's a lot of pages for a lodge! Thankfully any modern CMS should be able to support that. Your site map with many levels, though, *might* be tricky. Often, sites with that many levels can be hard to navigate, though. I find that thinking about it in terms of searchable/indexable taxonomies is...

One of these days I have to check out Mint. I've heard a lot of good things about it. I've been on a python kick lately. really liking the devops tools that are built around it, like ansible, cookiecutter, etc.

Yes, I'm surprised at this too. I heard that our GL (NJ) has a system in place, but that folks aren't happy with it. I want to reach out to them and see what help and guidance I could offer along these lines, but don't know where to begin. Also, I just moved from PA to NJ and am not sure if I...

I just did the physical install of our new wireless network this past weekend. I will document it on my blog eventually, but it's essentially the same as my home network as documented here: http://www.theendofthetunnel.org/2017/10/22/homestead-network-upgrades/ I did add a second Access Point...

I agree completely which is why I brought this up to begin with. My lodge does an OK job at outreach, but it could be a lot better. I'm now on the trustees and am starting to work on these aspects, so I wanted to reach out to others and see if there was enough call/support for an open source...

It seems that most lodges don't have great technology infrastructure. Whether it's websites, wireless microphones, or wireless, most lodges I've seen seem to lack. This even includes some grand lodges. There are obviously exceptions, like this site, but the general rule seems to be that Masons...

I have a half dozen PIs at home running my DNS, some metrics systems, a service locator (Consul) and a secrets manager (vault). I also run a demo lab on a pi and a small form factor computer. Raspbian is a robust OS with a lot of options. Anything it doesn't have you can compile (slowly) as long...

I'm currently sorting all this out for my lodge. I'm considering JAMstack or static site systems, as well as the classic WordPress setup. Bluehost, 1&1, and dreamhost are providers I've used in the past and had good luck with, but the static generated site means I can host directly on s3 or any...

I'm an IT Architect and use Ubuntu at work on servers as well as a bit of Centos. Mac user there because the windows images are terrible, but I do like windows as a platform in general for certain things. At home I dual boot windows and Ubuntu. I started back in the mid to late 90s and have...

Welcome, brother, from Trenton Cyrus #5 in NJ.

We work with a local outreach group called Mercer Street Friends. We request a certain number of children that we think we can sponsor and they give us the names and christmas lists. We then reach out to the brothers and get the gifts purchased, wrapped, and loaded in to the lodge. We then have...

The highpoint of his films for me was "What Dreams May Come". In hindsight, I think it might reflect many of his own demons. I'll have to watch it again when I have the energy. It is a very powerful movie.

I found my recommenders by going to an open lodge activity or two. Once they saw me at a few events, they were more than happy to recommend me.

Great news, and Welcome to the site.

I understand the frustration and had the same issue at the time. However, I ended up delaying joining for almost 10 years due to things coming up. It turns out it was the right course. Things happen for a reason. Use the time in between to improve yourself.

Thoughts? I'm new to this, but I thought Masonry, as an institution, was supposed to be non-partisan in politics. Hillsdale is "a bastion of conservative tradition" and could turn people off by association.

I think you can talk about the founding documents without being political. You just have to avoid value judgements. The documents exist, and printing copies of them, handing them out, or speaking about how they came about is not a political act, but one of history. Discussing particular...

This past Wednesday, Trenton Cyrus #5 had a rather unique degree: a farmer's degree. This was also a past-master's degree, where nearly all the chairs were held by past masters of the lodge. Also, I was privileged to be raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason during this event. It was a...