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My Little Tarot Library
Remember back in 2023 when I launched Gallery 69, a FLAG in Enderis Park? Well, the neighborhood can now welcome another Free Library… of another kind! I don’t know Mandy but she’s got an account for...
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Scrappy Hour Ride – February 2025
Hey, we did it again! The February 23rd, 2025 Scrappy Hour Ride was a cold one, and there was snow on the ground, though the streets and bike paths were clear. But yeah, it was another cold one. Sadly...
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Warning AT&T U-verse TV Stop Working
This blog post exists for one reason, to let you know that I clicked “Confirm” to this warning screen and everything was totally fine. Warning: The change you are attempting to make may cause AT&T...
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Scheduling rsync in macOS
There’s an old saying “Linux will give you enough rope to shoot yourself in the foot!” and what that means is you’ve got power but you need to know how to use it. I’ve been using macOS (pka “Mac OS...
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Editing a Bear Theme
I’m still using Bear Notes because I have not found something I like better. (And yes, I have tried!) As long as I am going to keep using Bear for now, I figured I should fix one small thing that has...
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Know Your Rights – Stopped by Police
The ACLU has a great guide about what to do if your are stopped by police. (And more general guides about your rights as well.) Here’s a printable PDF guide for what to do if you are stopped. Print...
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BearExporter
I released the code for a Python script called BearExporter over on Codeberg. It’s a Python script to export all of your Bear notes to Markdown files you can use with Obsidian, read in the terminal,...
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OpenMediaVault Update
About a month ago I got OpenMediaVault up and running on a Raspberry Pi. It worked until the disk failed so I ended up redoing it all with a real computer and a better disk. I also added a backup disk...
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TrueNAS Testing
After my experiments with OpenMediaVault (and success) I decided to try out TrueNAS Scale. The first thing I noticed about TrueNAS is that it’s legit, and by that I mean it’s described as “Open...
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HP Z420 Workstation
Even though I’ve posted about NAS devices as far back as 2005 I’ve never really run one at home until recently. I got OpenMediaVault running and it worked well, so when I was offered a free computer...
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HP Z420 Setbacks…
I found some 3D models for hard drive caddies and one was not great and the second was not great but okay so I tweaked it a bit. Still not perfect, but good enough for now. I was able to get the three...
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HP Z420 Progress…
Hey, I don’t know anything about computers! Just kidding, but when it comes to “PC hardware” it sometimes feels like it. We got past the previous setbacks and progress is being made. One thing I...
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HP Z420 RAM…
When I got the HP Z420 Workstation it had 4 sticks of RAM for a total of 16GB, except it got an error booting up and removing one stick seemed to fix it, though being down to 12GB seemed a little low...
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Gallery 69
I meant to post this back in February but things have been hectic. You may know I run a Free Little Art Gallery called Gallery 69 where we (surprise!) give away art for free. Well, it’s mostly been my...
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Nextcloud on TrueNAS
Since I started messing around with OpenMediaVault and TrueNAS Scale I have been experimenting with using containerized applications running on them. Some at easy to install and configure and some…...
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USB Hand Warmers?
First of all, I know I should have posted this a few months ago before it was April and 60 degrees F outside, anyway… Yes, USB Hand Warmers are a thing! I was joking that it’s just a USB power bank...
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HP Z420 Drive Caddies…
This TrueNAS project has had some setbacks, including RAM, but I’ve made progress! Since I am loading up this machine with drives I need some way to hold the drives in place, so once again 3D printing...
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macOS Finder and USB Flashing Format (UF2)
It took me a while to figure this one out. I’m running macOS Sequoia on two different Macs and I would occasionally get Finder lockups. I feel like in with previous versions of macOS I could quit the...
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Focalboard for Task Management
In my quest for a web-based task manager I came across Focalboard. In the past I’ve used Asana, Monday, and Notion. This post is going to talk about Focalboard but also cover why I do not like the...
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HP Z420… More Drives!
The TrueNAS build is still going on! Last time we talked about Drive Caddies but that was weeks ago. Blame work being busy and some travel mixed in, anyway… I thought I could only add six drives to...
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