Using Home Assistant to help manage daily tasks I am a big proponent of Home Assistant, I think it is a great project. It is probably the app I use on my phone the most due to the fact I have so ma...

Starting Point I had been having some problems with my internet dropping randomly (using PPPoE on Leaptel NBN), and after about a week of back and forth with the ISP (up to level 3 on the network ...

Getting Rid of Launcher Ads on Nvidia Shield TV Pro A few years ago, Android on the Nvidia Shield starting putting ads directly in the launcher (even if you rolled back to earlier android versions...

What is n8n? If you are familiar with apps like IFTTT (If This Then That) and Zapier, n8n’s basic premise should be no major surprise. N8n is like Zapier, Make, IFTTT and others in the “No-Code Au...

A Primer for Docker Docker is a great way to get into ‘containerization’, which can be thought of like spinning up a small virtual machine that only contains the critical software required to fulf...

PDFs can be great, but as I move further in to daily driving Linux they sure can be a pain. One great example is when I routinely get password locked .pdfs from my accountants. Most tools refuse t...

This is a super useful tool to track if you are actually getting what you are paying for when it comes to your internet. Here’s my current docker compose version: '3.4' services: speedtest-t...

What is Obsidian and why should you care? Obsidian is a great note-taking tool that allows you to capture your thoughts and put them into markdown (.md) format and look at them in a very pleasant ...