A chronicle of all things Geek.
June 3, 2026 Leave a comment
I like to go to sci-fi conventions. They usually have them at hotels but I though about changing it up and have it at a campground. Just think people can dress up there campsite to a theme. At night have a bonfire filk sing along. Have panels, arts and crafts, cosplay, parties in the evenings, and outdoor games(i.e. cornhole and bocce). Only problem is money and people. I need to work on networking and get people.
June 1, 2026 Leave a comment
I have posted previously on my home lab project. The one problem was what am I going to do with it. Well good news I figured that out. I install Tailscale and got that working. Now I have other plans like running containers with immish and bitwarden.
May 8, 2026
People are making cyberdecks. For those that aren’t familiar with them it is a homemade computer usually a Raspberry Pi with a screen and keyboard placed in some kind of shell. People have gotten creative with them decorating them to fit their personality. Also it has been modded with things like solar panels or mesh networking.
I have a bunch of Raspberry Pi that aren’t being used and this might be a good project. I am thinking of setting up some sort of mesh Wi-Fi networking or a software defined radio. Turn it into a police ban radio scanner or get my ham radio license. Use the Wi-Fi to hack Flock cameras. I don’t know yet.
Reason people build them is to have ownership over there hardware and software. Not to have corporate control or forced to use AI. And I support the people that do that.
April 11, 2026
I have a Docker box with Portainer where you can have containers running different apps. And that is the problem. What do I put on. Pi-Hole was a fail. But what do I put on it: Immich, Jellyfin, Bitwarden or something that runs video game roms? When I first decided to this I was worried that I would be in this predicament. I have a NAS box for years and it works great storing my videos, music, pictures, documents and software. Plus do I want to give it access to the outside with a VPN or reverse proxy. I will keep at it and hope to find some that satisfy my needs.
March 17, 2026
I have been working a SciFi RPG setting for Savage Worlds. One of the problems I have is with the warp drive. The SciFi Companion has it as same system, same galaxy, and different galaxy. My scope is much smaller using just a section of the milky way galaxy. Also there are 3 different warp drives calls warp-1, warp-2, and warp-3. The number is a warp factor with how many light years you can get travel in a week. Well I am going to work on it and have something that will work for my setting.
March 12, 2026
I am making progress on my Docker box. I was struggling with the Command Line Interface trying to get containers created and running. I wanted to have a Graphical User Interface and I found an app provides that and makes it much easier with Portainer.
I want to add more apps and I may want to have it be accessible to the outside that is safe. I have been looking into some ideas like Tailscale or a reverse proxy through a service like CloudFlare. I will keep you posted of my progress.
March 8, 2026
Bought a metal wire shelf so I can put my PCs for my home labbing project.
With my NAS box I added a Docker box and looking to gets some apps running on it.
March 3, 2026
I work in IT and was looking on doing home labbing. Home labbing is a way to build your own server with VMs or Docker containers to run OS or Apps. I have started years ago making my own NAS box with OpenMediaVault. I use it to store my media files like my ripped CDs, DVDs, and Blu-Rays as well as my documents, music, pictures and software. I want to expand to other services like a PiHole or home automation.
February 26, 2026
Two men share a dream.
To escape the air stream.
Together they start to build.
Gathering parts to be milled.
With a screwdriver, hammer, and wrench.
Building each part on the bench.
On to the carts to be wheeled.
Strung along the field.
Looking over their notes.
They assemble it with screws and bolts.
Connecting it all to the hull.
With each problem rolling around in their skulls.
Fusion reactor and Ion engines are in.
Then they attach the fins.
Wiring the controls in the cockpit.
They make everything fit.
Once a pile of junk.
Now something to get them out of their funk.
Seeing before their eyes.
The craft that will reach beyond the skies.
Strapped in their seats.
A new adventure they will meet.
When they started people would scoff.
But now it’s the countdown to blastoff.
Higher and higher they go.
Leaving behind them their woes.
Everything feels right.
Forward into the eternal night.
The Radical Geek 