"Smart" Blumat Water Container with Home Assistant
Automatically water plants with physics and a simple water container thanks to the Blumat system. Additionally, detect if the water container is empty with Home Assistant and get notified.
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Updates and Musings 14 - Analytics, Updates, and Blogposts
Analytics for May and June and updates on why I do not write much lately. And also links to my blog posts.
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Keep your self-hosted Ghost blog up to date - fully automated
How to automatically keep every docker container up to date. Here we will keep a Ghost blog up to date as an example.
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Modding an iPod Classic - 1 TB and bigger battery
How to mod an iPod classic with SD Cards and a bigger battery.
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Make your old doorbell smart with Home Assistant and ESPHome
Make your old doorbell smart with Home Assistant and ESPHome
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Weekly Musings 13 - Managing Tabs, Books for babies
pc-switch update, managing tabs, iPod classic update coming soon, and a tech book for babies.
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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!
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Weekly Musings 12 - April 2022 Statistics
Blog and member statistics of April 2022.
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Synology DS415+ does not boot - How to fix it!
How to fix Synology DS415+ boot problem and the story behind that problem.
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Weekly Musings #11 - self-hosting Ghost, Hugo to Ghost migration, broken Synology DS415+
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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.
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Migration from Hugo to Ghost for www.eliora-tanzania.org
Migration of EliOra Tanzania, a Hugo project goes to Ghost.
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Weekly Musings #10 - gitconfigs, Ghost blog subscriptions, Ansible raw reboot
Adding Patreon-style subscriptions to this blog. Additionally, recommend a podcast about Ghost.
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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.
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Separating git config for several git servers
How to configure you .gitconfig to use different accounts for several git servers.
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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.
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pc-switch version v1.1
Here I show you how I added proper labels to my pc-switch PCB.
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Weekly Musings #8 - Backups, Steam Deck, and Tracking Changes on Websites
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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.
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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.
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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.
· Andrej Friesen
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Weekly Musings #5 - PCB for pc-switch, Raspberry Pi NAS
Two new blog posts this week and I got my first PCB for the pc-switch. I also stumbled across a promising Rasperry Pi based NAS.
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Infrastructure as code - When to use Terraform and Ansible
Here I describe the different problems Ansible and Terraform try to solve and which tool you should start with.
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Stop Windows from lowering in-game sounds when using Steam voice chat
Fix windows lowering the game volume when using steam voice chat.
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Weekly Musings #4 - Raspberry Pi turns 10, CNCF Glossary, Solo Dev Planning Advice
Raspberry Pi turns 10, CNCF Glossary, Solo Dev Planning Advice
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