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I Tried Finding The Best Note-Taking App
The bottom line up front, I went with the most basic method for this; notepad or some text editor and saving individual text files. Or a markdown editor for more flexibility and flavor to the text like Obsidian. What I am trying to achieve My memory is terrible. I have to write down EVERYTHING in…
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I Made MiniLab Server Rack for the Dabble Den
Compact Power: My 3D-Printed 10-Inch Server Rack for a Home Lab Dream Team Building a home lab is always an exercise in creativity and resourcefulness, but for me, the true magic came when I decided to 3D print my own 10-inch server rack. Designed to house an HP mini PC, four ThinkCentre mini PCs, and…
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BTech RPT50 GMRS Repeater
This is the first time I’ve ever bought a radio the day it gets released! Expectations A buddy of mine and I were discussing how we wanted to set up a repeater for ourselves to have control over who we network it with and when. We also wanted to learn more about radio and see…
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The Mini-Base | Data-Base Station
A Nerd’s Warehouse In this little package is a full home lab and GMRS radio repeater all-in-one! On the left you’ll see 4 mini-PCs that are all clustered together under ProxMox, hosting a variety of different things. Moving right, the upside-down thing is a Protectli Vault that hosts my firewall to the network. Speaking of…
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GMRS Repeater – Haiku GMRS is now live!
I’ve been getting into GMRS recently and have finally committed to setting up my own repeater! What is GMRS? GMRS is basically Walkie-Talkies on steroids. It uses the same channels and frequencies as the walkie-talkies from Wal-Mart, but after you buy a $35 license that covers you and the whole immediate family for 10 years,…
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I Added A Synology NAS!
Small but Mighty: Procuring a Synology NAS SSD for My Mini-Micro-Server Dream In the world of home labs, size often matters—but not in the way you might think. Compact, efficient, and powerful setups are the holy grail for enthusiasts like me. Recently, I embarked on a journey to procure a Synology NAS SSD, a key…
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More Data Hoarding!
From Spinning Disks to SSDs: My Journey to a Faster, Safer Homelab Migrating 6TB of data is no small feat, especially when you’re aiming for better performance, increased reliability, and a future-proof setup for your homelab. After countless hours of planning, testing, and fine-tuning, I successfully transitioned from an aging spinning-disk HDD server to a…
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Data Hoarding in my Dabble Den
I have been trying to find the ultimate way to save my digital data. After losing a hard drive that contained all of my photos and important data, and failing to recover it, I started down a long rabbit hole of trying to save all of my data with redundancy and a backup. The Quest…
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3D Printer, Obtained!
I got an Ender 3v2 from a buddy of mine! He says it doesn’t work… But if I can fix it I can have it! First print. I see what he means… Lets get this thing level. Printing a whole sheet lets me adjust as it prints, and make sure adhesion is good. Lets replace…
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Virtual Machines
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