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This site goes by many names, including the personal site of Andrew Gould, AGould Design, AGouldDesign and HS Design. It can be reached by going to www.andrewjgould.com, www.agoulddesign.com, and www.andrewg.us. I make it andrewg.us to keep things simple.
I'm just an ordinary guy living in the midwest, full time single dad, trying to make a name for myself in this small pond. I've been around a little, but I've got a lot to learn, and that's what's exciting to me about life. There is always another obstacle to overcome, another challenge to say I've tackled. I love life and all of it's torments and trials, and I say BRING IT. Scars make for character and can either make you better or worse because of them, it's all in how you decide to take it. You'll never know what it's like to swim if you don't JUMP IN.
My passion is graphic design, video editing, website development, photography, IT consultation (yeah, working on computers and networks), product creation and development, and generally being a big nerd/geek. I love it, and I would do what I do even if I wasn't paid for it. My general goal is to create enough intellectual realestate so I can do just that, do what I love and not worry about getting paid. You'll find I have a very specific set of goals, documented goals, that I am working hard to achieve. I know what I want and am working hard to achieve it.
I am the founder and president of HS Enterprises LLC, which stands for Higher Standard Enterprises. Names and words mean a lot to me and you will find that in general there is always a reason for anything I do. I don't get caught up in fads and trends--I like to be original, to be unique. If you tell me I'm wierd, I will say 'thanks!'. I have the word 'truth" tattooed in Japanese in my right forearm to remind me of what's important. So to make a short story long, the name of my company really is how I do business, to represent a higher standard in everything I do. To go above and beyond, and to do it with a humble and serving attitude. Let me know if I don't live up to the name.
So here's my site, take it or leave it, but be sure to have fun along the way!
From the Blog
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G Suite Public Email Group
Written by AndrewG Suite can be a bit confusing sometimes, but fear not, here is a quick guide to set your group up as an email list. I'm sure there is an official guide somewhere, but I was unable to find a definitive, official source for this information. First create your group, I usually select "Restricted" as the access level to ensure the group is not a public forum. Next set your group access as follows to allow for public posting: Next just to double check, go to the group moderation settings (link at the bottom of the g-suite group settings page,…
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Blocking China and other countries from accessing your servers
Written by Andrew GouldSo I wanted to create a simple script which I could load onto all of my Linux webservers, from Ubuntu to CentOS. Here is the code I found to work relatively well: #remove existing rule to purge old IP's, download IP's from ipdeny.com, load IP's into "geoblocks" ipset, re-add iptables rule and re-start fail2ban#this is to get the "geoblocks" rule at the top of the list so that it can be deleted in the next lineservice iptables restart#delete the "geoblocks" rule from iptablesiptables -D INPUT 1#purge the "geoblocks" ipsetipset destroy geoblocks#re-establish the "geoblocks" ipsetipset create geoblocks hash:net#remove old .zone filesrm…
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New Sites
Written by Andrew Gould
So I've been busy the last few months with various projects, including but definitely not limited to the following pages for incredible individuals. Pure Genetics website. Working with the incredible physique athlete, Travis Harris was a pleasure, and we both walked away from this project knowing a little more. Visit his site at puregeneticsfitness.com. Next we have the incredibly talented Julia James and her page juliajamesmusic.com. Go check her out and all of her great music. She is definitely a name to keep an eye on, this gal…
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Introducing: NetArmor
Written by Andrew Gould
NetArmor, my newest creation. From concept to completion and everything in between. www.netarmor.bz
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Women are crazy
Written by Andrew Gould
Anyone ever dated this woman? I've dated her a couple times. They push you away and wonder why you get all "weird" when you wonder what's up. Then it's YOU who's unreasonable. Funny stuff here people! Got to laugh or else you'll cry.