Click to read 'Logging the Broadband Outages'

Logging the Broadband Outages

Regularly pinging a known good URL and logging the response to a .csv file to record network outages.

February 2, 2024 · 3 min · Boffin
Click to read 'Updating the Iceshrimp Blocklist'

Updating the Iceshrimp Blocklist

Right now updating the blocklists is a manual process, this is a way of updating the Iceshrimp blocklist automatically using Python and cron.

January 14, 2024 · 6 min · Boffin
Click to read 'Unbricking a SheevaPlug'

Unbricking a SheevaPlug

You may think your ‘Plug is dead, but if you can plug it into a computer you can resurrect it.

December 18, 2023 · 4 min · Boffin
Click to read 'Installing Gitea'

Installing Gitea

Everything from downloading to securing your installation. Now with bash scripts to upload and update Gitea repositories.

November 10, 2023 · 10 min · Boffin
Click to read 'Pi-hole with Unbound and PiVPN'

Pi-hole with Unbound and PiVPN

Install Pi-hole as a DNS sinkhole to block ads and trackers, Unbound as a recursive DNS resolver and PiVPN.

October 7, 2023 · 8 min · Boffin