Posts

2026

June

Monitoring Proxmox hosts using Healthchecks.io

2026-06-10

Installing the Hero Camper nested drawer

2026-06-02

May

Making a drawer divider for the Hero Camper kitchen

2026-05-30

Optimizing EPEVER Tracer settings for LiFePO4 in the Hero Camper

2026-05-27

Simplicity is king

2026-05-10

Rulle Ranger — Our new Hero Camper

2026-05-06

January

New keypad for my RPi DIY security alarm

2026-01-01

2025

December

A short update on my Raspberry Pi security alarm project

2025-12-16

January

Zeta is back!

2025-01-29

Netdata warnings — tracking down dropped packets

2025-01-27

Moving videos to Bunny Stream

2025-01-16

Finally getting fiber between the house and garage

2025-01-14

Using the Shelly Plus Plug S to measure homelab power

2025-01-08

Implementing series navigation buttons — in Hugo

2025-01-07 — Updated

Making a pub table — with an old oak tabletop

2025-01-04

Optimizing WireGuard on MikroTik CHR

2025-01-03

Underground conduits to garage and shed

2025-01-01

2024

December

My homelab rack — a 20 year history

2024-12-19

Chasing MikroTik CHR bottleneck

2024-12-18

Upcoming homelab projects

2024-12-16

November

Measuring outdoor temperature with a Raspberry Pi and DS18B20 probe

2024-11-29

(Re)set the time on our Komfovent ventilation system

2024-11-26

Upgrading the Proxmox VE server hosting my router

2024-11-22

Enabling touchpad tapping in X11 on my Linux laptop

2024-11-19

February

Improving dark mode and syntax highlighting

2024-02-10

New tools over the Christmas holidays

2024-02-05

January

Arch Linux laptop power — suspend, battery, and charging

2024-01-29 — Updated

Making my own NVR — with a streaming proxy and FFmpeg

2024-01-25 — Updated

Microblogging in Hugo — using Todoist tasks

2024-01-23

2023

March

Running CAT6 to the 2nd floor den — another interior wall

2023-03-25

February

Build and deploy Hugo with Make

2023-02-26

Arch Linux — local caching repository and AUR build server

2023-02-25

We got married!

2023-02-05

January

Adding support for multiple series per post — in Hugo

2023-01-15

Running CAT6 to the twins' rooms — inside interior wall

2023-01-08

2022

December

Raspberry Pi security alarm — the basics

2022-12-30

Pulling CAT6 cable in existing conduit

2022-12-28

Knot Resolver — with ad blocking

2022-12-27 — Updated

Trying Netbox for my homelab and home network

2022-12-25 — Updated

October

Reducing our energy consumption

2022-10-30

August

Collecting logs with Grafana Loki and Promtail

2022-08-07

A few more ventilation automations in Home Assistant

2022-08-04

July

Making planter boxes for Mona

2022-07-26

D-Link DGS-1210-28P initial setup

2022-07-24

Updated plans for my home network

2022-07-23

A few Wi-Fi improvements

2022-07-22 — Updated

A life update

2022-07-21

April

Setting up a virtual VyOS router

2022-04-04

March

More ducts for the balanced ventilation

2022-03-25

Simple homelab status page — bash script, NetBox, and AWS

2022-03-24

February

Homelab power upgrades — new MBP, PDU, and USB power

2022-02-26

Another ZFS pool expansion

2022-02-25

Scheduled S.M.A.R.T. scans

2022-02-25

Local email server — with Postfix and Dovecot

2022-02-24

Two CAT6 cables and a fiber — from the basement to the attic

2022-02-03

January

The homelab PDU died!

2022-01-31

Organizing my tools — with a tool trolley

2022-01-27

Comments — again

2022-01-26

PowerWalker UPS, NUT, and Home Assistant

2022-01-19 — Updated

Being a person that writes

2022-01-09

2021

December

Altibox native dual-stack IPv6 on EdgeRouter

2021-12-22

Sharing routes between MikroTik and VyOS — using OSPF

2021-12-21

Altibox fiber — straight into Ubiquiti EdgeRouter

2021-12-16

Using Tibber to control a smart plug — through Home Assistant

2021-12-01

November

Wi-Fi relays for controlling ventilation — WeMos D1, MQTT, and Home Assistant

2021-11-21

Making a manual security alarm in Home Assistant

2021-11-19

Interfacing Komfovent C6 in Home Assistant

2021-11-15 — Updated

Getting balanced ventilation installed

2021-11-07

October

Moving CAT6 cable for access point; inside the wall

2021-10-25

Turning Hugo aliases into AWS S3 redirects

2021-10-20

Controlling the Raspberry Pi HDMI port — with MQTT and Home Assistant

2021-10-19

Running three CAT6 cables to the living room TV bench

2021-10-18

Running two CAT6 cables to the play room

2021-10-16

Downgrading Unifi APs from 5.43.43 to 4.3.28

2021-10-09 — Updated

September

Electronics lab equipment

2021-09-21 — Updated

DAKboard external data — using Home Assistant

2021-09-18

Home office ventilation — controlled by CO₂ level

2021-09-16

Troubleshooting the garage access point

2021-09-16

Plans for my home network

2021-09-02

Reddit traffic spike and website performance

2021-09-01

August

Adding security headers with AWS Lambda@Edge

2021-08-29

Running underground CAT6 to detached garage

2021-08-24

Deploying this Hugo blog to AWS S3

2021-08-19

Mapping the Wi-Fi coverage in my house and garden

2021-08-16

Altibox fiber — straight into Mikrotik CCR1009

2021-08-13

Getting started with MikroTik CCR1009 and RouterOS

2021-08-12

July

Creating a series taxonomy in Hugo

2021-07-16 — Updated

Replacing Unifi switches with MikroTik

2021-07-13

June

Update Lenovo BIOS with a bootable USB stick

2021-06-25 — Updated

Getting started with EVE-NG

2021-06-23

URL redirection with AWS Lambda@Edge

2021-06-22

Inter-Tech 4U-4408 server case

2021-06-15 — Updated

Mona’s flowers are blooming!

2021-06-13

My home Ethernet wiring

2021-06-10

Video solutions for this blog

2021-06-08

Surprice UPS and shutdown test

2021-06-03

May

My ZFS SSD pool seems to be working!

2021-05-21

My 100th post — and some thoughts on writing

2021-05-10

Topping E30 DAC, on Arch Linux

2021-05-08

Dominant color background on cover images — with Hugo

2021-05-06

April

Implementing photo gallery posts in Hugo

2021-04-27

First real macro photos — Mona's flowers

2021-04-25

Three useful Ansible info playbooks

2021-04-24

SIOS — the serial protocol syntax I made

2021-04-21

After trying a lot of task managers, I came back to Todoist

2021-04-12

New tiny pipe — and more pipe tobacco

2021-04-11

Taking breaks — even when working from home

2021-04-09

Garage door opener, flashing LED light

2021-04-06

New Hue downlights in the basement

2021-04-06

March

Some thoughs on storing cigars

2021-03-29

Kids traffic light, with Raspberry Pi Zero W

2021-03-25

Hide your homelab IP with a VPS, WireGuard and iptables

2021-03-22

The mysterious 6-pin fan header on my Inter-Tech server cases

2021-03-17

I got myself a tobacco pipe!

2021-03-09

Testing and installing a Hue compatible Zigbee dimmer

2021-03-09

Setting up a local Unbound ad-blocking DNS resolver

2021-03-06

February

My anticlimactic ZFS SSD pool story

2021-02-20

Static comments using the Github API

2021-02-18

Building and deploying Hugo staging and production to Nginx

2021-02-15

Fiber in the patch panel

2021-02-09

Burner addresses using ProtonMail sieve filter and catch-all

2021-02-05

My new home office

2021-02-03

January

I moved this blog to MediaWiki for one year

2021-01-29

Output Hugo aliases as a Nginx map file

2021-01-27

Turning Hugo aliases into Firebase redirects

2021-01-25

I'm having no luck with ZFS on Arch Linux

2021-01-17

Raspberry Pi DAKboard display

2021-01-17

Replacing a disk and expanding the ZFS pool

2021-01-12

Replacing the OptiPlex 9010 SFF CMOS battery

2021-01-07

2020

May

How I use cloud storage

2020-05-26

April

Moving to a new house

2020-04-01 — Updated

March

Shorten URLs With HAProxy

2020-03-14

High Availability HAProxy

2020-03-13

Importing emails to ProtonMail

2020-03-03

January

Two channel traffic lights controller — using Wemos

2020-01-29

Making a simple LEGO LED street light

2020-01-27

.no TLD performance

2020-01-25

File server storage migration and expansion

2020-01-11

2019

December

Stack lights for Alertmanager using Raspberry Pi

2019-12-19

Floating ultrawide monitor setup

2019-12-18

November

Inter-Tech 4U-4416 server case

2019-11-17 — Updated

I&S EYE-4808BK server case

2019-11-02

Inter-Tech 4U-4129-N server case

2019-11-02 — Updated

October

Raspberry Pi with DS18B20 temperature sensors

2019-10-30

September

Kids alarm module, Raspberry Pi Zero, and MQTT

2019-09-10

Altibox 6rd on OPNsense

2019-09-07

Mirrors moved from the homelab to Terrahost

2019-09-07

August

Ventilation and fume extraction rebuild

2019-08-25

Encrypting TCP traffic between rsyslog and Graylog

2019-08-21

Checking HTTP redirects with Prometheus

2019-08-16

Finding earth leakage on ATTEN 858D hot air gun

2019-08-13

Website redesigned and simplified (again)

2019-08-10

June

Turning comments on

2019-06-17

Website redesign (2.0)

2019-06-04

March

Quieting down the Unifi 16XG switch

2019-03-04

January

Homelab ventilation project

2019-01-23

I've been platform hopping, but have landed on Hugo!

2019-01-07

Electronics lab (2019)

2019-01-05

Homelab (2019)

2019-01-03

2018

December

I made a garden playhouse for the kids — with LED lights

2018-12-10

January

Rebuilding the exhaust ventilation

2018-01-10

The homelab adventure begins!

2018-01-02

2017

December

Putting flickering LEDs in christmas decoration

2017-12-21

November

I got a bench power supply and another shelf for my electronics workbench

2017-11-14

August

Making a WiFi MQTT controlled relay for Home Assistant

2017-08-31 — Updated

Getting the Raspberry Pi ready for IoT

2017-08-25

Making the Lync status light bigger and brighter

2017-08-04

Network infrastructure upgrade, UniFi FTW!

2017-08-04

July

Stacked Raspberry Pi boards, with common power supply

2017-07-10

May

Modifying a noisy SOS station kids toy

2017-05-17

New ultrawide monitor and computer setup changes

2017-05-11

April

Sticking a LED-strip behind my TV

2017-04-21

March

Mounting blue emergency LEDs on kids' walking car

2017-03-05

February

Putting LED lights in a IKEA play kitchen

2017-02-27

January

Replacing front LEDs on RC car

2017-01-21

Adding shelves, lights and a soldering station to my electronics workbench

2017-01-02

2016

May

Making a Lync status light

2016-05-29

2015

October

The first look at my home office/man cave

2015-10-20

February

Getting started with the AVR microcontroller series

2015-02-27

2014

March

Seasoning a humidor

2014-03-11

2012

March

Temperature and auxiliary sensor (RS-485), AVR

2012-03-10

2011

December

Temperature and humidity sensor (RS-232), AVR

2011-12-05

November

Temperature and light sensor with signalling LEDs (RS-232), AVR

2011-11-23

2010

May

Portable alarm system (school project, electronics)

2010-05-23

2009

June

Car warning lights, with AVR controller

2009-06-30 — Updated

May

The rack box project — an overview

2009-05-23

March

Serial interface module, with analog and digital I/O — AVR

2009-03-07

2008

October

Serial port I/O module with 15 inputs — AVR

2008-10-27

September

AVR car front lights controller

2008-09-18

June

Security keypad with programmable PIN — AVR

2008-06-25 — Updated

April

Dual channel warning LEDs controller, with AVR

2008-04-21

January

Making kitchen cabinet LED lights

2008-01-31

LCD unit driven by a computer parallel port

2008-01-03

2007

December

Intruder alarm system controller — AVR

2007-12-11

November

Status panel for the Rack box project

2007-11-06

October

Emergency LED strobe, AVR controlled

2007-10-12 — Updated

July

Serial interface for emergency power off — AVR

2007-07-11

June

Temperature and light sensor, with LEDs — AVR serial module

2007-06-23

DIY apartment LED lights

2007-06-17

AVR alarm disabling unit for production equipment

2007-06-14

Serial port I/O module with 9 in and outputs — AVR

2007-06-11

May

Home power consumption measuring unit, with AVR

2007-05-29

Serial port I/O module with 11 inputs — AVR

2007-05-21

AVR mood light, 500mA per channel

2007-05-20

April

Light sensor with LED display, AVR controlled

2007-04-20 — Updated

4-channel electronic switch and voltage regulator

2007-04-10 — Updated

March

AVR alarm disabling unit for production equipment with long stop warning

2007-03-27

February

AVR mood light, 100mA per channel

2007-02-15

January

Module heartbeat monitor, 15 inputs — LCD and AVR

2007-01-31 — Updated

Electric heater and timer controller — AVR

2007-01-26

Multi-purpose AVR module

2007-01-10

2006

September

Multiplexer output extender

2006-09-02

August

Sound alarm control unit — AVR module

2006-08-22

Fan controller with LCD — AVR powered

2006-08-14

Emergency power off controller — controlled by 555 timers

2006-08-07 — Updated

July

Bilge pump controller for my dad's sail-boat

2006-07-13

June

Controller for lights and relays — AVR driven

2006-06-24

Module heartbeat monitor, 6 inputs — AVR

2006-06-15

Monitored fuse box, 4 channels

2006-06-14 — Updated

May

Mute and light controller for the Rack box — AVR module

2006-05-20

Stack lights and horn controller — with AVR

2006-05-16 — Updated

April

Monitored fuse box, 6 channels

2006-04-21

Power supply and fuse monitoring module, AVR

2006-04-12

Simple IO tester with 6 channels

2006-04-05

2004

July

Wooden 2-post open rack frame

2004-07-27

May

Parallel port I/O module

2004-05-11

April

AVR production line stop alarm

2004-04-16