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I wanted to run a quick-n-dirty speedtest of using yggdrasil on what is considered an "unstable" network connection - McDonald's Wifi.

The Radeon 890M integrated GPU in the Minisforum N5 Pro is great for video transcoding in Jellyfin.

TLDR: This is a way to transfer all photos and videos from one iPhone to another, preserving EXIF data, location data, etc. while supporting multiple media types.

Back in 2019, I started my journey of self-hosting iCloud and disconnecting from Apple services.

Currently, I use my Harman Kardon SoundSticks 4 as my living-room speakers with the aux input connected to my AirPort Express (2nd Gen).

ZFS has been working reliably on my home server for the past 6+ years, with no failures identified during the monthly scrubs.

I originally wanted to display the CPU usage of my MacBook in the menubar using xbar.

Kernel modules are powerful pieces of code that extend the capability of your kernel, for example, WireGuard was originally developed as a kernel module.

virtiofs is a relatively new protocol that allows virtual machines to read and write files directly from the host, and replaces the older 9pfs protocol.

Just a few weeks ago, I bought some Toocki USB-C cables from AliExpress for about $5 CAD or $4 USD each.

While setting up failover networking with an active WireGuard connection, I noticed that fallback to the primary connection would not happen, i.e. it would keep using the low-quality route.

Introduction In this guide I describe a minimal failover and fallback setup for a high availability server, using only Debian packages and the Linux kernel.

Recently I used idevicebackup2 to restore my iPhone after it had been reset.

Update Jan 2024: flags explained The Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) of a network path is the maximum size of data you can send in a packet from one place to another.

After trying out multiple USB-C docks, I have found a cheap and reliable solution which supports the specific features I need for my living room.