Weekly Musings
Moving and Internet Chaos
Moving to a new home and chaos with internet in Germany.
Andrej Friesen
Hey, I am Andrej and I run this blog.
ARM
State of the ARM NAS in 2022
Is it worth running an ARM NAS in 2022? I have checked the market and found a few DIY ARM NAS solutions.
Linux
Passwordless SSH login with YubiKey and FIDO2
How to use your YubiKey with OpenSSH to authenticate securely against servers without a password.
Home Automation
"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.
Weekly Musings
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.
Self-Hosting
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.
DIY
Modding an iPod Classic - 1 TB and bigger battery
How to mod an iPod classic with SD Cards and a bigger battery.
Home Automation
Make your old doorbell smart with Home Assistant and ESPHome
Make your old doorbell smart with Home Assistant and ESPHome
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.
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.