Andrej Friesen - ajfriesen

Weekly Musings

Weekly Musings 13 - Managing Tabs, Books for babies

pc-switch update, managing tabs, iPod classic update coming soon, and a tech book for babies.

Screenshot of tabli the chrome extension

Today I learned

How to Manage Your Browser Tabs - You do not have a Tab Problem!

You will learn how to manage a lot of browser tabs the easy way and find everything in a breeze!

Weekly Musings

Weekly Musings 12 - April 2022 Statistics

Blog and member statistics of April 2022.

Home Lab and Hardware

Synology DS415+ does not boot - How to fix it!

How to fix Synology DS415+ boot problem and the story behind that problem.

Weekly Musings

Weekly Musings #11 - self-hosting Ghost, Hugo to Ghost migration, broken Synology DS415+

Logos of stripe, mailgun, docker-compose, docker, Caddy, MySQL and Ghost

Self-Hosting

Self Hosting a Ghost blog with docker-compose, Mailgun setup, and Stripe subscriptions

How to run your Ghost blog with docker-compose, set up Mailgun for mails, and stripe for paid subscriptions.

Self-Hosting

Migration from Hugo to Ghost for www.eliora-tanzania.org

Migration of EliOra Tanzania, a Hugo project goes to Ghost.

Weekly Musings

Weekly Musings #10 - gitconfigs, Ghost blog subscriptions, Ansible raw reboot

Adding Patreon-style subscriptions to this blog. Additionally, recommend a podcast about Ghost.

Linux

Reboot with Ansible raw ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

How to reboot a server with Ansible when Python is not available and you have to use the raw command.

Today I learned

Separating git config for several git servers

How to configure you .gitconfig to use different accounts for several git servers.

Weekly Musings

Weekly Musings #9 - pc-switch update, upcoming website move, self-hosted platforms

A small update on the pc-switch project. Teasing a website move for another project. A list of self-hosted platforms which make self-hosting easier with nice web interfaces.

pc-switch

pc-switch version v1.1

Here I show you how I added proper labels to my pc-switch PCB.

Weekly Musings

Weekly Musings #8 - Backups, Steam Deck, and Tracking Changes on Websites

Self-Hosting

How to Track Changes on Websites without RSS or Mail Subscription

How to track changes on web sites which do not offer RSS feeds or email subscriptions.

Steam Deck, a handheld gaming PC made by Valve

Linux

Steam Deck and the Impact for Linux Desktop

The Steam Deck will sell millions and might have a really good impact for the Linux Desktop community.

Linux

Odroid HC4 - The Perfect Backup NAS with MINIO S3 and restic

How to run Minio S3 on the Odroid HC4 and use it for backups with restic.

Coat hanger looking like a elephant without a trunk

Weekly Musings

Weekly Musings #7 - Updating Ghost, Installing Ubuntu, Learning Docker, Raspberry Pi SD Card Corruption

Two new blog post about updating Ghost and installing Ubuntu on my Desktop. Found an awesome resource for learning docker and containers and an in depth article about Raspberry Pi SD Card corruption.

Ghost migration fails - How to migrate the default collation from MySQL 5 to MySQL 8

How to migrate the Ghost MySQL database collation from MySQL 5.7 default to MySQL 8.0 default.

Retro computers and other retro hardware

Linux

Common Tools and Apps I use on my Linux Machines

Here is a collection of common tools and applications I regularly use on almost all of my Linux pcs.

Weekly Musings

Weekly Musing #6 - pc-switch update, Live Coding on Twitch

One new blog post about the new PCB version of my pc-switch and the process of making it. A few thoughts on live coding on Twitch.

pc-switch

First PCB version for the pc-switch for ESPHome - My first PCB design ever

I have built a PCB and have documented my process as an absolute beginner in this field. The pc-switch can control your pc power switch, reset switch via Home Assistant and ESPHome.