Junkyard

  • Make Glances run automatically after Raspberry Pi reboot

    Make Glances run automatically after Raspberry Pi reboot

    Run Glances at RBPI startup If you’re reading this on fediverse and the layout is off, here’s the link to the original blog post with a nice text & pictures layout. In my previous post, I struggled to run glances on my Raspberry Pi Zero W. After a first reboot…

  • Monitoring RBPi with Glances & Home Assistant in 2024

    Monitoring RBPi with Glances & Home Assistant in 2024

    Monitoring RBPi with Glances & Home Assistant in 2024 If you’re reading this on fediverse and the layout is off, here’s the link to the original blog post with a nice text & pictures layout. Few years ago (2019?) it was like: And voila, I could monitor CPU, disk etc.…

  • OS/2 nostalgia

    OS/2 nostalgia

    It has been … how long? 25 years? Probably. I’ve been in love with OS/2 in one of my previous lives. While everybody around me praised and used Windows 95 at that time, I stubbornly stuck to OS2 Warp 4.0. It ran Windows and DOS apps better than Win and…

  • Selfhosting – ductape and sticks all the way down

    Selfhosting – ductape and sticks all the way down

    #selfhosting is a beautiful thing because of the one and only reason: when I decide, I can just turn off that old laptop(s) that is(are) cosplaying servers and I’m gone from the internet. Ok, probably my content will remain on Internet Archive. Scrapers also scraped my content so… my dissapearance…

  • Waking up the screen of FireHD tablet using YAKK app

    Waking up the screen of FireHD tablet using YAKK app

    If you read this on fediverse and the layout is off, here’s the link to the original blog post with a nice text & pictures layout. I replaced my current setup of waking up the #FireHD (#HomeAssistant dashboard). A while ago I complained about issues related to waking up the…

  • Who’s on my network?

    Who’s on my network?

    (#WatchYourLAN) If you read this on fediverse and the layout is off, here’s the link to the original blog post with a nice text & pictures layout. The problem: I’m just curious what is connected to my home network, because it’s over 30 devices. Some have static IPs, some dynamic.…

  • E-ink info screen at the front door

    E-ink info screen at the front door

    So I built a small E-ink (ESP32) info screen for the front door. Link to the original blog post with a nice text & pictures layout. The problem: When leaving the house, it’s nice to see some information displayed at the door, like temperatures, weather and messages for the kids…

  • Switching from Chrome to Firefox browser in 2024

    Switching from Chrome to Firefox browser in 2024

    TL;DR: the switch from #chrome to #firefox browser was not as straightforward as my morning underpants change routine (for my specific use case). It took me several days to set it up. And I didn’t succeed fully. Mostly because of profiles and sync f***ery. The purpose of this post is…

  • Solved: HA network (VirtualBox) won’t reconnect after a power loss

    Solved: HA network (VirtualBox) won’t reconnect after a power loss

    Solved: HA network (VirtualBox) won’t reconnect after a power loss Link to the original blog post with a nice text/pictures layout. Problem: I run #homeassistant as a virtual machine on an old laptop, that runs #Linux #Mint, that runs #VirtualBox. Yeah, I know the setup is far from perfect, but…

  • After 6 months of using Amazon Fire HD tablet and Home Assistant

    After 6 months of using Amazon Fire HD tablet and Home Assistant

    After 6 months of using Amazon Fire HD tablet and Home Assistant Link to the original blog post with a nice text/pictures layout. I wrote about the FireHD tablet & Home Assistant: *** update 1. Aug. 2024 *** After half a year of using the Fire HD tablet for Home…