Turns out that using stable and performant computers as a home server is way too boring for me.

Not all experiments end up being successful.

Yes, you can fit a HDMI port in the ThinkPad T430, no crazy modifications required.

I had dumb ideas during my university days as well, but the budget was smaller.

Not bad for a laptop originally released in 2003.

How a few accidental key presses revealed the presence of media playback control keys on my ThinkPad L390 Yoga.

I’m just as surprised as you are.

The ThinkPad as a server is back, this time with a couple of adjustments.

Quick demonstration of a CPU replacement in a ThinkPad T430.

An illustrated overview about the process of clearing the supervisor password from a ThinkPad T60, based on guides that some smart and persistent people have written.

I got curious about an ExpressCard to NVMe M.2 NGFF adapter I saw on Reddit, so I got one to try out myself, ending up with a total of 4 SSD-s on my ThinkPad T430. Yes, four.

Some assembly required. No, not that one.

If you have ever felt frustated with the Bluetooth experience that your ThinkPad T430 offers you, especially after upgrading the WiFi adapter to one that also has Bluetooth capabilities, then this article might help you out.

I took a spare ThinkPad T430 and put all my home server workloads on it. Here’s how it went.

How trying out new laptops and messing with my personal computing setup motivated me to go back to a laptop that some would call ancient.

At least it won’t end up in a landfill!