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Every post that I've ever written in a neat little chronological list.
2024
September
I encourage you to write a blog
2024-09-06
How to copy media off of an iPhone the hard way (using Linux)
2024-09-02
August
How I ended up working as a software developer
2024-08-16
Running my ThinkPad T430 with an eGPU in 2024
2024-08-07
July
No HDMI port on the ThinkPad T430? No problem!
2024-07-08
About the time my ThinkPad T430 ran with an external GPU
2024-07-03
June
Back to roots
2024-06-24
How to save an old printer from the e-waste pile with a Raspberry Pi
2024-06-12
They make USB-C cables with displays now!
2024-06-05
Steam Deck: I like it
2024-06-02
May
ThinkPad T40: it can still run modern Linux, for now
2024-05-24
OpenWRT, ISP modem and dynamic IP addresses: how to fix connectivity issues without rebooting your router every time
2024-05-20
The hidden media play/pause/stop keys on the Lenovo ThinkPad L390 Yoga
2024-05-07
Monitoring energy usage with smart plugs, Prometheus and Grafana
2024-05-02
April
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s gen 4 (AMD): it doesn’t suck under Linux
2024-04-12
How to take down production with a single Helm command
2024-04-04
March
Fairphone 5: a biased long-term review (202 days and counting)
2024-03-06
February
My very first career day
2024-02-22
Oops, I published my drafts!
2024-02-13
FOSDEM 2024: my experience, some notes and tech tips
2024-02-12
2023
December
My cat water fountain comes with a spicy USB power adapter
2023-12-19
The simplicity of the modulo operator: how I scaled an inefficient solution on a legacy system
2023-12-11
Control - how to make a game enjoyable for casual audiences
2023-12-01
October
The optimization treadmill: why I keep changing my computing setup all the time
2023-10-25
Zimaboard: the closest thing to my dream home server setup
2023-10-09
September
My trip to the Communication and Laptop Museum in Estonia
2023-09-19
Steam local network game transfers are a game-changer
2023-09-11
The IKEA-powered homelab on a wall
2023-09-07
August
Why you might not want to publicly self-host a Wikipedia clone
2023-08-29
My experience at the k-space hackerspace hackathon
2023-08-03
June
How I blew up my backup server (Valve pls fix)
2023-06-10
May
I held a talk about my self-hosting adventure!
2023-05-26
April
Dell Latitude 5411: the Linux compatibility sweet spot
2023-04-28
Life is maintenance, maintenance is life
2023-04-20
March
Tiered storage: use the right tool for the job
2023-03-26
I looked at this site on the Wayback Machine
2023-03-06
TOMO M4: probably the coolest power bank I’ve owned
2023-03-03
February
LattePanda V1 - my experience with a Raspberry Pi alternative
2023-02-28
Shrinkflation, SanDisk style
2023-02-15
January
ThinkPad as a server: the follow-up
2023-01-27
Anything’s a portable speaker if you’re brave enough
2023-01-02
2022
December
About the time I used Google Drive as a CMS for a web app
2022-12-12
What changing the CPU on a laptop looks like
2022-12-09
HoloISO: the unofficial Steam Deck experience on your PC
2022-12-01
November
I have a ‘Dall UD19PB ThundeRbglt Dock’: my experience with the HP Elitebook 845 G9
2022-11-21
I finally found an use case for my Raspberry Pi Model B+
2022-11-01
October
Recovering a password-protected ThinkPad T60
2022-10-13
Testing a cheap ExpressCard to NVMe SSD adapter on my ThinkPad T430
2022-10-04
September
The minimum viable fan control script
2022-09-26
Accidentally turning the ASRock DeskMini X300 into a semi-passively cooled PC
2022-09-17
August
Overcoming hardware limitations: the time-to-sleep script
2022-08-26
This site will be offline on 2022-08-17 between 18:00-19:00 EEST
2022-08-17
I tried out the CyberPower UT650EG UPS
2022-08-04
July
btrbk is awesome
2022-07-09
June
The absolute state of Bluetooth audio in 2022
2022-06-29
Disabling the crappy Broadcom Bluetooth adapter in your ThinkPad T430 running Linux
2022-06-01
May
Can a laptop from 2012 be a viable home server?
2022-05-10
Trying out VR on an AMD Ryzen 4000 series APU
2022-05-04
April
Strangling your service with a Kubernetes misconfiguration
2022-04-18
Oversimplified guide into snapshots on the btrfs filesystem
2022-04-05
March
My self-hosting setup has an UPS now, here’s my experience with it
2022-03-21
How I treat my urge to hoard data
2022-03-08
February
Surviving the front page of HackerNews on a 50 Mbps uplink
2022-02-09
ASRock X570M Pro4 motherboard overview
2022-02-02
January
ASRock DeskMini X300: the future form factor of desktop PC-s?
2022-01-17
Why I went back to using a ThinkPad from 2012
2022-01-09
2021
December
VR, VFIO and how latency ruined everything
2021-12-29
Self-hosting Wikipedia using Kiwix
2021-12-09
November
Tech rants: PC-s use way too much power in 2021
2021-11-03
October
DIY cloud gaming: NVIDIA and Moonlight
2021-10-13
September
DIY cloud gaming setup with VFIO, Parsec and AMD
2021-09-07
August
Testing GPU passthrough on AMD Ryzen 7 5700G APU
2021-08-28
Turning leftover PC parts into a decent gaming PC
2021-08-21
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G: first impressions on Fedora 34
2021-08-07
June
How to mess up a simple ThinkPad X230 BIOS flash and how to recover from it
2021-06-28
May
I’ve reached the self-hosting endgame
2021-05-23
April
Tech tip: eliminate HDD humming noise
2021-04-02
March
Whacky setups: seedbox on a wall
2021-03-20
How to start your self-hosting adventure: a high-level overview
2021-03-17
My server setups throughout the years
2021-03-17
My attempt at archiving nfscars.net
2021-03-01
February
Database optimization adventures on low-end hardware
2021-02-27
Things I’ve learned during my self-hosting adventure
2021-02-08
How to fix ZFS pool not importing at boot
2021-02-01
January
Quest towards energy efficiency part 1: the water heater
2021-01-25
2020
December
How to make digital copies of your old video tapes
2020-12-27
August
What running out of SATA ports looks like
2020-08-29
Running on fumes
2020-08-29
Stupid project ideas: the War Machine
2020-08-22
Disk is OK
2020-08-22
How I fixed one hardware issue with another one
2020-08-11
This page looks better in the app
2020-08-02
July
The little Wi-Fi AP that could
2020-07-23
