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Dec/19

Pi-hole DNS Filtering

Filed Under Container, Infrastructure, Linux at 2nd December 2019 0:01 by

Overview Pi-hole is a very light weight, DNS filtering server. It’s so light that there are reports it can even run on a Raspberry Pi 1! Example reasons for filtering DNS include blocking ads to filtering out harmful sites (content … Continue reading →

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Nov/19

Backup Drive Naming Convention

Filed Under Hardware at 4th November 2019 0:01 by
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Overview The main purpose i use a naming convention is to identify the drive with the new data v.s the old. Imagine going to the location where you’re swapping out a drive. Even a small distraction can cause confusion. Did … Continue reading →

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Oct/19

Sleep Tracking

Filed Under Wearables at 7th October 2019 0:01 by

Overview Sleep science and information is hard to come by and I can only assume it’s a field not as well studied or I’m looking in the wrong places. My goal of sleep tracking are: Time tracking Quality of sleep … Continue reading →

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Sep/19

Low Signal After Ubiquiti Access Point Firmware 4.0.42.10433

Filed Under Networking at 2nd September 2019 0:01 by

Upgrading from 4.0.21.9965 to 4.0.42.10433 (and beyond) on UAP AC Lite the signal was very poor and kept getting failed to obtain IP address error on multiple devices. It turns out the “Auto-Optimize Network” setting was having the opposite effect … Continue reading →

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Aug/19

Double Wear OS Watch Lifestyle

Filed Under Wearables at 5th August 2019 0:01 by

Overview Black Friday 2018 was kind to me and the TicWatch E dropped below £90. At the time, TicWatch Pro is Mobvi’s top of the line watch with better specs however I already had the E and the predominate reason … Continue reading →

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Jul/19

Home Networking Overview

Filed Under Networking at 1st July 2019 0:01 by

Overview My goal was to have the ability to manage and control devices connected to my network but also make it as seamless as possible for the users. These goals can be broken down into 3 areas: Securing devices Network … Continue reading →

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Jun/19

Backup Overview

Filed Under Infrastructure at 3rd June 2019 0:01 by

Overview This post ties all the backup posts into 1 overview of the backups. There are 3 main types based on the location of where the data is stored / managed: Local Offsite Online Local Backup Data that resides in … Continue reading →

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May/19

Converting IFTTT Date And Time From Fitbit

Filed Under Software at 6th May 2019 0:01 by

Overview If This Then That (IFTTT) has helpful human readable date time format but it doesn’t help any systems trying to use the date time in other systems. This is one way to covert it if the data is going … Continue reading →