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Home Assistant and the Toner in the Printer

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 13:49:22 -0500

Out of nowhere I went and set up Home Assistant. Oh my, what a beauty!

Tailscale

Sat, 28 Sep 2024 01:23:18 -0400

“Set up a VPN home” has been sitting in my to-do list for a long time.

Synology Returns

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 03:54:00 +0000

The replacement Synology arrived. I swapped the drives over, and while I was at it, threw in 4 GB of RAM that had been sitting in a drawer anyway — now it’s at 8. Plex came up quickly, I restored the config too, fine-tuning will happen as I go.

Looking for a Switch

Sat, 16 May 2020 12:00:00 +0000

Working from home has shown that Wi-Fi can sometimes be unstable — it’s still unclear whether it’s the microwave oven or something else. So I’m going to try connecting the laptop the good old way, with a cable. The one catch is that my router only has 5 Ethernet ports, and all 5 are currently occupied. I decided to tackle the problem systematically — first draw out what’s connected where, then figure out where to plug what, whether to get a PoE switch or a plain one, whether to save money and go with Fast Ethernet or go for Gigabit after all… The price range runs from $10 for the simplest 100 Mbit switch to $60 for a Gigabit one with PoE. While the deliberation is still ongoing — here’s what a simple home network diagram looks like. Of course, there are still a few components missing from it; I’ll keep adding them little by little….