Make a SOCKS5 Proxy with SSH Tunnelling
If you're tired of turning your VPN on and off to reach restricted machines, or perhaps the country you are located in is blocking your VPN solution, fear not, SSH to
Connect Knewmart 1080p IP Camera to Synology Surveillance Station
While the Knewmart 1080p cameras support ONVIF it seems Synology Surveillance Station (SSS) doesn't play well with them. So here's how to get them streaming correctly to SSS and
How to de-restrict your Dillenger ebike
IMPORTANT: Please check your local regulations regarding power output and speed limiters before making these changes. If you've got a Street-Legal Dillenger E-Bike Kit it's very easy to de-restrict
How to Install GalliumOS on Dell Chromebook 3120 Candy
These small, lightweight machines make great travel laptops. They get fantastic battery life and are very portable. Their one big flaw is the lack of proper Linux tools and a full Desktop Environment
How to enable minimize on click for open applications on Ubuntu 18.04
UPDATE FOR 2021: This still works on 20.04 as well. Enjoy! By default on Ubuntu 18.04 if an application is open you cannot click on the dock icon again to minimize
DNS-Over-HTTPS on Pi-hole
Encrypting your DNS queries helps to prevent tracking and malicious redirects of your traffic. Securing your DNS with DoH (DNS-Over-HTTPS) is easily done for your whole network if you have a pi-hole installation
How to enable the Docker Remote API for Portainer
I use Portainer to manage all of the Docker installations across my home infrastructure. This lets me manage all the containers from a single web interface and makes container administration a breeze. In
How to run Pyfa on Ubuntu 18.04
Pyfa doesn't provide binaries for Linux and the third-parties that were building these for the community are no longer maintaining them. So to get Pyfa up and running quickly on Ubuntu
Optimising Nextcloud Image Previews
I was having some performance problems with image previews in Nextcloud. Every time I entered the gallery or image folders CPU usage would shoot through the roof and eventually crash the MySQL service,
Auto Git Commit
Things are ticking along nicely and now you want to maintain a backup of your code and track changes to your service/website/blog, so in the event that things go sideways, it&
Automatic Raspberry Pi Backups
You've put a lot of work into configuring a Pi, your services are running and it's all working perfectly and now you want to make sure that you don&
It's Alive!
I've managed to squeeze a Ghost blog onto my already packed VPS, which is coping remarkably well with the ordeal after some tuning. It will be getting an upgrade sooner or