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I recently purchased a Razor dirt bike to mess around with.  They are under 500 bucks on Amazon and I figured I could make it fun with a bit...

Install Docker and Portainer This is a quick and dirty install onto an Ubuntu Server 20.04 install. Docker: sudo apt install apt-transport-h...

  Road trips suck, and so does staying in a location that has poor internet bandwidth for streaming. There are a few options for consuming ...

Nvidia Geforce Now has been around for a little while, but never had a client for Linux.  Geforce Now is awesome because it allows you to pl...

Exclude a single (or many) device from PiHole ad blocking quick and easy.   I had to do this for my Arlo cameras.  PiHole was not blocking a...

I noticed like others have that my original Bose model QC35 headphones would not pair.  I beat on the switch all I want, but no ready to pai...

Background: The Atomic Pi is a $35 single board computer with an Intel Atom Z8350 quad core processor.  This processor comes with a graph...

I am running a Synology DS 1817+ NAS device, and was curious what the impact was of the different drive types in my homelab scenario.  I wan...

Plex Hardware Transcoding with an Intel CPU inside an Ubuntu VM on ESXi Required Components: 1. A reasonably current Intel CPU with Intel...

I finally got my 5,000 watt solar system installed and running. See My Live System Stats Here Let's review some figures and see...

Lets do some maths because I am curious why anyone would think driving a Leaf is a good idea.  It is like driving a normal c...

I just recently came across this issue with a 2006 Prius that I was doing work on. I had disconnected and taken out the hybrid battery and ...

I have previously posted instructions for running IPFire on a Raspberry Pi here . You should check out that post if you would like mo...

Today we are going to discuss the excellent IPfire Linux router/firewall and how to run it incredibly cheaply and effectively on a Raspberry...

I have been running a linux based firewall at work and at home for years.  Started out with Smoothwall, then IPCop, then IPFire, then Sophos...