Installing DNSCrypt on Ubuntu with PiHole and NextDNSFebruary 7, 2021February 7, 2021DNSCrypt is a network protocol that authenticates and encrypts Domain Name System (DNS) traffic between the user’s computer and recursive name servers. It was originally… Read More »Installing DNSCrypt on Ubuntu with PiHole and NextDNS
Never Lose Data AgainJanuary 23, 2021January 23, 2021Back that NAS up. Synology DS220+ rSync backup for the server formerly known as FreeNAS.
USB Boot with Home AssistantNovember 18, 2020November 21, 2020If you have been running Home Assistant for awhile on a SD card, you have probably had one fail on you by now. You can… Read More »USB Boot with Home Assistant
Home Assistant Security Cameras with ZoneMinder and AmcrestJuly 25, 2020July 25, 2020Sometimes on Reddit I’ll see someone ask how people have their home security cameras setup with Home Assistant. There are a lot of different options.… Read More »Home Assistant Security Cameras with ZoneMinder and Amcrest
Zabbix MySQL MonitoringApril 25, 2020April 25, 2020If you found this page, you were probably like me and spent a day trying to get this to work..Hopfully this should get you there.… Read More »Zabbix MySQL Monitoring
ZFS over iSCSI for Proxmox and FreeNASApril 22, 2020April 22, 2020I just setup a Proxmox cluster. I had to install the GrandWazoo plugin again on the second node, and i think some steps may have… Read More »ZFS over iSCSI for Proxmox and FreeNAS
Got The Whole Squad LaughingMarch 2, 2020March 2, 2020Never really thought about anarchy and libertarianism being one and the same until i met this clown, but they both don’t want to pay taxes.… Read More »Got The Whole Squad Laughing
VPN Between OPNsense and SonicwallFebruary 20, 2020December 20, 2020The scenario is two networks on the OPNsense side, one on the Sonicwall’s. Changing the defaults for a little bit of security. Both sides also… Read More »VPN Between OPNsense and Sonicwall
Home Assistant Alarm ClockFebruary 16, 2020February 16, 2020It took me a bit to get an alarm clock going in Home Assistant. I also wanted to try waking up to the light gradually… Read More »Home Assistant Alarm Clock
Home Assistant Device Tracker using NMAP, Life360, and BluetoothNovember 25, 2019December 27, 2019Presence detection is one of the hardest things to get setup reliably in home automation. NMAP is probably the easiest way to get it done,… Read More »Home Assistant Device Tracker using NMAP, Life360, and Bluetooth
Firing off Home Assistant cast with an IFTTT webhook.September 25, 2019September 25, 2019Being able to have google cast Home Assistant is pretty handy but kinda hard to do. For this I have Home Assistant Cloud and IFTTT… Read More »Firing off Home Assistant cast with an IFTTT webhook.
Google Assistant to Telegram GroupAugust 18, 2019August 18, 2019Found this useful if you use Telegram. Create an IFTTT applet to text a Telegram group whenever you say Ok, Google tell group blah blah… Read More »Google Assistant to Telegram Group
MCO Visa CardAugust 17, 2019August 17, 2019Use my referral link https://platinum.crypto.com/r/97q3ezaqle to sign up for Crypto.com and we both get $50 USD
Add AI Brains to Your Home Assistant Camera SystemJuly 20, 2019July 20, 2019I hope it works with zoneminder. https://t.co/7m9ptZUY8t — జ్ఞా (@marcelliotnet) July 19, 2019
Home Assistant Lovelace ThemeMay 26, 2019November 26, 2019If you haven’t done so already create a www folder and a themes.yaml in config. In the configuration.yaml change the frontend to: In the themes.yaml… Read More »Home Assistant Lovelace Theme
PowerCLI vCPU ReportMay 5, 2019May 5, 2019The bosses like reports with headers, this should get you there. Get-View -ViewType VirtualMachine -Filter @{“Runtime.PowerState” =”poweredOn”} | Where { $_.Guest.GuestFullname} | Sort Name |… Read More »PowerCLI vCPU Report
$BAT flyingFebruary 26, 2019February 26, 2019since i am suspended from twitter, i have to come here…$BAT rally!
Create a Save Question for Patch List Compliance in TaniumFebruary 16, 2019February 16, 2019Copy the question and edit it for the patch list you want to report on. In my case 14. This will give you server names,… Read More »Create a Save Question for Patch List Compliance in Tanium
Brave BrowserNovember 25, 2018The Brave browser blocks the ads and trackers that slow you down, chew up your bandwidth, and invade your privacy. Brave even lets you contribute… Read More »Brave Browser
Pfsense AdventuresJuly 27, 2018July 27, 2018There were error(s) loading the rules: /tmp/rules.debug:19: cannot define table bogonsv6: Cannot allocate memory – The line in question reads [19]: table persist file “/etc/bogonsv6”… Read More »Pfsense Adventures
July 7, 2018July 7, 2018i’m going to start posting my progress or lack of…and maybe start talking stocks and crypto.