{"id":272,"date":"2020-11-02T09:25:30","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T09:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelifeofsean.com\/?page_id=272"},"modified":"2020-11-03T02:10:51","modified_gmt":"2020-11-03T02:10:51","slug":"projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thelifeofsean.com\/index.php\/projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This page lists projects I&#8217;ve worked over the past few years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-4 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thelifeofsean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Cloud-Set-Up-edited-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"228\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/thelifeofsean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Cloud-Set-Up-edited-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/thelifeofsean.com\/cloud-set-up-3\/\" class=\"wp-image-228\"\/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Personal Cloud Storage<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thelifeofsean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Project-thelifeofsean-site-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"273\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/thelifeofsean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Project-thelifeofsean-site.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/thelifeofsean.com\/index.php\/projects\/project-thelifeofsean-site\/\" class=\"wp-image-273\"\/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Personal Website: thelifeofsean.com<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thelifeofsean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Databse-Project-Airtable-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"279\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/thelifeofsean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Databse-Project-Airtable.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/thelifeofsean.com\/index.php\/projects\/databse-project-airtable\/\" class=\"wp-image-279\"\/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Developing a Database through Airtable<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thelifeofsean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Project-RDP-Front-e1604357913210-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"291\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/thelifeofsean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Project-RDP-Front-e1604357913210.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/thelifeofsean.com\/index.php\/projects\/project-rdp-front\/\" class=\"wp-image-291\"\/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Converting a Desktop Computer in to a RDP Server<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<!--nextpage-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Personal Website: thelifeofsean.com<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/thelifeofsean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Project-thelifeofsean-site-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-273\" width=\"505\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelifeofsean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Project-thelifeofsean-site-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelifeofsean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Project-thelifeofsean-site-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelifeofsean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Project-thelifeofsean-site-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelifeofsean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Project-thelifeofsean-site-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thelifeofsean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Project-thelifeofsean-site.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><figcaption>Familiarizing myself with WordPress. Adjusting little details with the Neve theme.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Among my current projects is developing this site. I&#8217;ve successfully set up a LAMP stack server through the help of Digital Ocean&#8217;s series of guides and am now looking into setting up a new personal email with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<!--nextpage-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Personal Cloud Storage<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/thelifeofsean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Cloud-Set-Up-edited-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-228\" width=\"497\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelifeofsean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Cloud-Set-Up-edited-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelifeofsean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Cloud-Set-Up-edited-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelifeofsean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Cloud-Set-Up-edited-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelifeofsean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Cloud-Set-Up-edited-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thelifeofsean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Cloud-Set-Up-edited-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/thelifeofsean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Cloud-Set-Up-edited-930x620.jpg 930w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><figcaption>My personal cloud I built during quarantine<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This was the most recent project I&#8217;ve completed with some guidance from my good friend Rich. Here I&#8217;ve turn my Raspberry Pi 4 into a cloud storage where it&#8217;s OS (Ubuntu 20.4) runs on an SSD. For storage, I bought two matching 5TB, 3.0 USB HDD storage drives and to make them work on the Raspberry 4 Pi, I had to buy a USB 3.0 extension that could power itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the cloud itself, I decided to install NextCloud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<!--nextpage-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Converting a Desktop Computer in to a RDP Server<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill\" style=\"grid-template-columns:38% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/thelifeofsean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Project-RDP-Front-e1604357913210-746x1024.jpg);background-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"746\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/thelifeofsean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Project-RDP-Front-e1604357913210-746x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelifeofsean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Project-RDP-Front-e1604357913210-746x1024.jpg 746w, https:\/\/thelifeofsean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Project-RDP-Front-e1604357913210-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/thelifeofsean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Project-RDP-Front-e1604357913210-768x1054.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelifeofsean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Project-RDP-Front-e1604357913210.jpg 977w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 746px) 100vw, 746px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2016,  my friend Kcat showed me how to convert an old desktop computer into a server. From there, I built my own, replicating what he did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This project alone taught me many lessons:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>     &#8211; The importance of setting up a Static IP address<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>     &#8211; Backing up your server regularly<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>     &#8211; Having an Uninterruptible Power System (UPS)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>     &#8211; How to troubleshoot when a user can not RDP into the server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>     &#8211; How to Port forward.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<!--nextpage-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Developing a Database through Airtable<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/thelifeofsean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Databse-Project-Airtable-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelifeofsean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Databse-Project-Airtable-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelifeofsean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Databse-Project-Airtable-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelifeofsean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Databse-Project-Airtable-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelifeofsean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Databse-Project-Airtable-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thelifeofsean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Databse-Project-Airtable.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>In 2015, I began working in office for a small interpreting agency. As I worked there, I found a lot of processes that needed to optimized for the business to run smoothly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the main things was that scheduling was still done manually on a schedule book. Whenever the owner was out of office, she would take the schedule book with her, which caused the office operations to halt because nobody could make any calls or update any appointments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I made it my own responsibility to create a better scheduling system for the company and was able to transition the scheduling book to Google Sheets which eventually transitioned to Airtable.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This page lists projects I&#8217;ve worked over the past few years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"right","neve_meta_container":"full-width","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"on","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"left","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelifeofsean.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/272"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelifeofsean.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelifeofsean.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelifeofsean.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelifeofsean.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"https:\/\/thelifeofsean.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":332,"href":"https:\/\/thelifeofsean.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/272\/revisions\/332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelifeofsean.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}