Calvin Bui

10 Gigabit Home Networking

Calvin Bui — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT

In September 2025, NBN started offering 2000 Mbps plans in Australia. I had already tested NBN 250 and NBN 1000, so moving up again was the…

Solar Battery

Calvin Bui — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT

How I installed a 50 kWh battery for cheap on Black Friday with Government discounts and synced it with Home Assistant.

Background
How Batteries Work
VoltX Energy
System Details
Timeline
Installation
Home Assistant
…

Gaming PC CPU Upgrade

Calvin Bui — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT

I upgraded only my CPU and motherboard while keeping everything else the same. Memory/RAM pricing has gone completely stupid. DDR5 prices…

Home Server 2025 Part 2 - Software

Calvin Bui — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT

This post is the follow-up to my previous post, where I covered the hardware build and the decisions behind each part, and it focuses on the…

Home Server 2025 Part 1 - Hardware

Calvin Bui — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT

I built a new home server/lab a few months back to replace my previous 7 year old server.

This post focuses solely on the hardware, the…

Kubernetes on Oracle Cloud Free Tier

Calvin Bui — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) provide a very generous free tier that is capable of running a highly available Kubernetes cluster.

Preface
Free Tier Resources
Terraform/OpenTofu
- Budget Alerts
- OKE
…

Shelly Smart Relays

Calvin Bui — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT

I've installed a Shelly smart relay for every possible light switch in my home over the past three and a half years. These are great devices…

Vitamins and Supplements

Calvin Bui — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

For a while now, I've been taking vitamins and supplements to support my energy, focus and overall well-being. This is not medical advice…

Spammers Are Spoofing My Email Domain

Calvin Bui — Fri, 18 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Three weeks ago, I discovered that spammers had started using my email domain to send thousands of spam messages. This is how I am fighting…

Gardening Part 3

Calvin Bui — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT

In Part 1, I worked on improving the lawn. Then in Part 2, I covered the jet water pump, sprinklers, indoor plant sensors, and fixing bent…

Gardening Part 2

Calvin Bui — Sun, 25 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT

In Part 1, I was working on improving the state of then lawn. In this post, I will cover the jet water pump, spinklers, indoor plant sensors…

Gardening Part 1

Calvin Bui — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT

This is the first in a two-part post on my gardening adventure. In this post, I will cover pulling weeds, laying down new turf, watering…

Subwoofers

Calvin Bui — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT

I added two SVS SB-3000 subwoofers to my living room entertainment area.

SVS SB-3000 Subwoofers
West Coast Hi-Fi
SVS SoundPath Subwoofer Isolation System
A1 Evo Nexus
Home Assistant Automations
…

Soldering Tools Refresh

Calvin Bui — Sat, 01 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Updating my soldering tools.

ESP32 C3 Super Mini
Multimeter
PCB Holders
Wire Stripper
Tip
Solder Stand
Cutting Mat
Tweezers

Last September, I wrote about mmWave sensors I created using ESP8266 boards and HiLink LD2410 sensors. I built…

Better Overseerr Mattermost Notifications

Calvin Bui — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Creating better notifications from Overseerr to Slack/Mattermost using the webhooks.

As my Plex server's user base expanded to include…

Solar Updates

Calvin Bui — Sat, 21 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Updates about my 12.76 kW solar system installed at the end of July 2022.

Payback Period
Fixing Random Shutdowns
Firmware Update
Removing Wi-Fi Network Bridges

Pikmin 4

Calvin Bui — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Sharing my playthrough of Pikmin 4 on the Nintendo Switch.

As a long-time fan of the Pikmin series, I've had the joy of experiencing these…

Baby Stuff Part 1 - Books

Calvin Bui — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT

My baby book recommendations for new and existing parents.

Pregnancy

Expecting Better by Emily Oster - This book challenges traditional…

DIY mmWave Presence Detectors

Calvin Bui — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Building a mmWave presence detector from off-the-shelf components.

What is mmWave
Why/Need
My Components
Flashing (ESPHome)
Soldering
Case/Enclosure
Tuning Sensitivity
Speed Comparison

10 Years Anniversary

Calvin Bui — Sat, 31 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT

This month marks 10 years since the very first post on this blog.

On August 15th 2014, I posted my first ever post on this blog titled Hello World, Hi I'm Calvin. I posted weekly for 5 months, then fortnightly for 9 months before averaging…

Hyundai i30 SR Premium Hatchback

Calvin Bui — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Five years ago, I wrote about the Tech Inside My 2018 Volkswagen Golf R. I sold that car in November 2022 and have gone without one for a…

Blog Post Updates

Calvin Bui — Sat, 29 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT

I've updated a lot of my older posts with new information.

Nintendo Switch OLED Modding - September 2022:
- Updating constantly with new tools.
- Added an overclocking section.
Worm Farm - September 2023:
- I'm trying to dry the bin out more and add more paper in my feedings so it absorbs moisture from food. It should keep the worms in…

Cycling Part 2

Calvin Bui — Sat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Continuing from my previous post.

Stands

I own two different bike stands. The display stand is the BIKE HAND YC-97 and the repair stand is from ALDI I bought half-price on…

Cycling Part 1

Calvin Bui — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Last year, I bought a bike and began cycling near my home around Sydney Olympic Park.

Bicycles
- Canyon Endurace
- Giant Revolt
Gear
- Stem Mount
- Karoo 2
- Cycliq Fly12 CE
- Garmin Varia
- Water Bottles
- Bells
- Saddle Bag
- Pump
- Wireless Blips
- Pedals
- Chain Catcher
…

Printing Flexible Filaments on Prusa MK3S

Calvin Bui — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Documenting how I succeeded in 3D printing with TPE/TPU on my Prusa i3 MK3S.

Flexible Filaments
How to Print
Prints

Kobo Clara HD eBook Reader

Calvin Bui — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Breathing life back into my Kobo Clara HD eBook Reader from 2018.

Update Firmware
Factory Reset
Bypass Login
NickelMenu
Install KOReader
Autostarting KOReader
Enable Telnet/SSH
Kobopatch
Calibre
- Transferring Books
- Converting eBooks
…

Note-taking with Obsidian

Calvin Bui — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Sharing my note-taking migration from Joplin to Obsidian and how I use it everyday.

Joplin
Obsidian
Comparison
- Features
- Joplin's Flexibility
Obsidian Plugins

Breville Electric Blanket with Home Assistant

Calvin Bui — Sun, 31 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMT

How to connect the Breville BodyZone Plus Connect electric blanket to Home Assistant.

Breville BodyZone Plus Connect
Local Tuya
Configuration

Living Room Entertainment

Calvin Bui — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMT

Sharing my living room setup which includes my television, speakers, gaming and karaoke.

Couch
Entertainment Unit
TV
Audio
- Denon X3800H AVR
- SVS Ultra Speakers
…

Migrating Fastmail Accounts

Calvin Bui — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT

How to migrate between two Fastmail accounts without any downtime when using a custom domain.

Sign Up
Email Routing
Migrate Emails, Contacts and Calendars
Migrate Settings
Migrate custom domains
Update Email clients
- Thunderbird
- FairEmail
…

Worm Farm

Calvin Bui — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMT

Sharing my worm farm journey over the past couple of weeks.

Worm Farming
Worm Bin
Bedding
Worms
Feeding
Benefits

Worm Farming

A worm farm, or vermiculture, is the process of using worms to create compost from food scraps and garden waste. Worms can eat up to half their body weight each…

Modding Tears of the Kingdom

Calvin Bui — Mon, 21 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMT

I want to share how I modded The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom on my Nintendo Switch as guides on the internet were targetted at …

Resume in LaTeX

Calvin Bui — Sun, 30 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT

I grew tired of updating my current resume and made a new one with LaTeX.

Resume

The source code for my resume can be found on my GitHub at calvinbui/resume…

Holiday Travel Tips

Calvin Bui — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT

I recently flew Business Class round-the-world and have some tips to share.

Flights/Airlines
- General
- QANTAS
- Ryanair
- Japan Airlines
Countries/Cities
- Europe
- France (Paris)
- Greece (Santorini)
- Hong Kong
- Israel
- Italy (Florence)
- Italy (Rome)
- Italy (Venice)
- Japan
- Jordan (Petra)
- Korea
- …

IKEA Bekant Standing Desk Mods

Calvin Bui — Wed, 03 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT

I modified the IKEA Bekant sit/stand desk to add memory positions and remote control.

IKEA Bekant
The Problem
Megadesk
- Installation
- Controls
Wi-Fi Control
- D1 Mini
- ESPHome
- LM2596S
- Case
- Connectors
- Soldering
Home Assistant
…

New Features and Changes

Calvin Bui — Fri, 07 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMT

I've been working on some new features and changes for this blog.

The State of Gatsby

For 3 years now, this blog has been powered by Gatsby. Unfortunately, The State of JavaScript 2022 survey was not nice to Gatsby. It's retention score (would use again rating) is still on freefall from 51% to…

Home Security

Calvin Bui — Mon, 27 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMT

Not that there's anything of value to steal.

Front Door
Security Cameras
…

Laser Eye Surgery

Calvin Bui — Tue, 28 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMT

I had Laser Eye surgery last year and wanted to share my experience in a casual post.

About Me
Types of Laser Eye Surgery
Sydney Eye Clinic
Initial Consultation
Surgery Process
- Pre-surgery
- Surgery
Recovery
- Week 1
- Week 2
- Week 3
- Week 4
- Week 8
…

Solar Power

Calvin Bui — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT

I got a 12.76 kW solar system installed at the end of July 2022. It's been half a year since then, and I'm immensely happy with how…

Smart Home Dashboard

Calvin Bui — Fri, 16 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT

I created dashboards in Home Assistant and put them on Android tablets around the house. I've always liked the idea of quickly being able…

10 Gigabit Installation Notes

Calvin Bui — Sun, 27 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMT

I bought a Juniper EX3300-48P switch at the beginning of the year. It has 4 SFP+ ports capable of 10-gigabit transfer speeds. I thought I'd…

Home

Calvin Bui — Sat, 29 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMT

Last year, my wife and I purchased our first home together. I'll be sharing some of the wisdom we picked up from our 3-year-long search.

Disclaimer: This is not financial…

Nintendo Switch OLED Modding

Calvin Bui — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMT

Modifying and installing homebrew on a Nintendo Switch OLED.

Winning a Nintendo Switch
Modchip
microSD Setup
- Picking a microSD Card
- Creating an EmuNAND
Homebrew
…

Self-Hosted Git & CI/CD Use Cases

Calvin Bui — Fri, 26 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT

I've started running my own self-hosted Git server and CI/CD and wanted to share my use cases for it after avoiding both products for so…

Kubernetes Replica Count Manager

Calvin Bui — Thu, 28 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT

This tool provides an API alongside the native Kubernetes deployment controller to manage the pod replica count of deployment resources.

You can find this on my GitHub at https://github.com/calvinbui/k8s-replica-count-manager…

Designing Taller Sofa Feet

Calvin Bui — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT

The Feet
Designing
- Taking Measurements
- CAD Design
Assembly
Result
Files
…

Troubleshooting Plex with OPNsense

Calvin Bui — Thu, 26 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT

I recently ran into an issue with Plex downloading content onto my mobile devices. It would error when on my Wi-Fi network, but not when…

Fractal Design Meshify 2 XL Server Case

Calvin Bui — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT

This is a short write-up of a switch in my server case. I went from the Norco RPC-431 to the Fractal Design Meshify 2 XL.

Norco RPC-431

I have been using the Norco RPC-431 rackmount case for over 3 years now. Its size constraints have started to become an issue as I've tried to cram more peripherals inside. The straw that broke the camel's back was…

Juniper EX3300-48P

Calvin Bui — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMT

I purchased a Juniper EX3300-48P network switch which will be used to network the entire home.

Features

The Juniper EX3300 was first…

Pi Clock

Calvin Bui — Sun, 20 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT

My Grandma sometimes forgets the date and day of the week as she gets older. She doesn't use a smartphone, only analogue clocks. She doesn't…

Daikin Airbase Across VLANs

Calvin Bui — Fri, 21 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT

The Daikin Airbase is a Wi-Fi connected interface for controlling Daikin ducted air conditioning units. This gives the convenience of…

Quzao Sama I'm Computer Case Cooling

Calvin Bui — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMT

The Quzao Sama I'm (sometimes IM, IM01 or IM-01) is a 21.9L computer case. It is best known as a micro-ATX (mATX) version of the mini-ITX…

3D Printer Upgrades Galore

Calvin Bui — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMT

A lot of upgrades and add-ons for my Prusa i3 MK3S.

Current State
Bear Frame Upgrade 2.1
Extruder Upgrades
…

Super Fast Charging

Calvin Bui — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMT

Super Fast Charging is Samsung's marketing term for charging their mobile phones between 25W to 45W. I went deep into a rabbit hole to…

Cross-Platform Dotfiles

Calvin Bui — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMT

How I manage configs across different computers and operating systems.

From my previous post, I'm still thoroughly enjoying dotbot for…

Chicory: A Colorful Tale

Calvin Bui — Mon, 23 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMT

I enjoyed playing this game. The themes it explores were deep. The music matched the environments. The boss fights remind me of Undertale.

Chicory: A Colorful Tale is a 2D adventure colouring game. I first heard about it on the …

Prometheus Traefik Service Discovery

Calvin Bui — Mon, 16 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMT

I wrote a tool to generate Prometheus targets from Traefik. Prometheus Traefik Service Discovery is available over on GitHub at calvinbui…

Homer Service Discovery

Calvin Bui — Sat, 07 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMT

I wrote a tool to automatically add and remove new services to the popular Homer dashboard. Homer Service Discovery is available over on…

Testing NBN 250 Superfast

Calvin Bui — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMT

After testing NBN 1000 in my previous post, I concluded that NBN 250 would be more than enough for me. I'll be putting that to the test.

Churning to Superloop
NBN 250 / Home Superfast
Test methodology
Speed Tests
Usenet
JDownloader
…

More Open Source: Build, Hosting and Analytics

Calvin Bui — Sun, 30 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT

I've made changes to this blog's build, hosting and analytics to be more transparent.

This blog has been open-source since moving to Jekyll…

DisplayPort 1.4 KVM Alternative

Calvin Bui — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMT

My cheaper solution to purchasing a DisplayPort 1.4 compatible KVM.

New Monitor
DisplayPort 1.4 (DP1.4) KVMs
USB Switching
Monitor Switching
Final Solution
- Diagram
- Price
- Video

Samsung Galaxy S7+ Keyboard Case Mod

Calvin Bui — Sun, 28 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMT

The official Book Cover Keyboard Case from Samsung provides zero protection around the edges of the tablet. My goal was to combine a cheap…

How I Play Consoles on PC

Calvin Bui — Sun, 07 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT

This post shows how I play console games through my PC.

Hardware
- Capture Card
- HDMI Cable
Software
- OBS
- Windowed Borderless Gaming
Automating through PowerShell

Testing NBN 1000 Ultrafast

Calvin Bui — Fri, 25 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Testing the fastest residential NBN connection in Australia.

NBN 1000 / Home Ultrafast
Test methodology
Speed Tests
Usenet
JDownloader
Samsung Firmware
…

Small Personal Rig Update

Calvin Bui — Sun, 29 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMT

A small update to my personal computer.

Current PC

I blogged before about my current PC. It was built in 2017 with the Dan A4-SFX v1. It is…

Hyperconverging My Servers

Calvin Bui — Fri, 30 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMT

I merged all my home servers together to improve performance while reducing power usage.

Preface
Adding more drives
- HP H220 (LSI SAS2308)
- 3D Printed PCI Drive Mounts
ZFS on Linux
- Importing the ZFS ZPool in Linux
- Setting up SMB (Samba)
…

Factorio

Calvin Bui — Sun, 13 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMT

I finished Factorio for the first time in just under 50 hours. I waited for the 1.0 release to play it and it was well worth it.

What is Factorio?
My First Base
Blueprints
Mods
Stats
- Items
- Fluids
- Buildings
- Pollution
- Kills
- Electricity
How I took a screenshot
…

My WFH Setup

Calvin Bui — Sun, 09 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Due to unprecedented times, I'm working from home.

My Setup
- Desk
- Monitor
- Speakers
- Microphone
- Headphones
- Webcam
- Keyboard
- Mice
Switching between my PC and Laptop
Automatically Switch Default Browser
…

Cracking .DMG, .RAR and other passwords on MacOS

Calvin Bui — Sun, 26 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMT

John The Ripper is a free and open-source software for fast password cracking. Cracking DMG, RAR and other types of passwords is made easier…

Blog Updates

Calvin Bui — Sun, 28 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMT

A few more changes building on top of my previous post.

Better Search

Searching is now a partial search instead of a sub-string search

…

Now Powered by Gatsby

Calvin Bui — Mon, 25 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT

After three and half years of Jekyll, I've made the move over to GatsbyJS.

Introduction

GatsbyJS was introduced to me by Kia Storm, an up…

OpenCore for ASUS ROG STRIX Z270-I

Calvin Bui — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT

OpenCore bootloader configuration and files for the ASUS ROG STRIX Z270-I GAMING motherboard.

Over the weekend I played around with the OpenCore bootloader for…

OPNsense: Two WANs on Separate Networks

Calvin Bui — Thu, 06 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMT

How to use a different WAN interface on different internal networks within OPNsense.

Background

At the back of my house, there's a granny…

Managing the Perfect CS:GO Server

Calvin Bui — Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Everything learnt from managing the Counter-Strike server at work.

Autopilot

I currently work at Autopilot, and at 12:30 PM each day, we play Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO). Players include the CEO, CTO, designers, software…

Migrating from VMs to Docker

Calvin Bui — Tue, 24 Dec 2019 00:00:00 GMT

My journey from VMware ESXi to purely Docker.

Setup 1 - 2014: VMware ESXi VMs

When I first started my homelab 5 years ago, I went with VMware ESXi as my hypervisor and a slew of Ubuntu/CentOS…

Install Ubuntu 18.04 on RAID1

Calvin Bui — Thu, 28 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMT

Create a RAID1 (mirroring) array and install Ubuntu 18.04 onto it.

The reason for this post is I haven't been able to find a guide for using mdadm in the Ubuntu Live server installer to create a RAID1 partition. Following this, there are also no guides on installing the GRUB bootloader to both GPT partitioned devices…

Oculus Quest Mods

Calvin Bui — Thu, 31 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMT

A look at all the mods I've thrown into my Oculus Quest all-in-one VR gaming headset.

I bought my Oculus Quest back in December during the Amazon Prime Day sales for $719 before cashback. My only previous experience with VR has been over at a friend…

Retooling for Privacy Part 2

Calvin Bui — Sun, 29 Sep 2019 00:00:00 GMT

More I've done for my online privacy since my previous post.

There were a few areas I in my last post that has not been addressed. This has…

HSTS with Traefik

Calvin Bui — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 00:00:00 GMT

The settings to get an A+ rating on SSL Labs!

I didn't find any simple guide out there to do this so I thought I'd write it myself.

Traefik…

My Work Setup

Calvin Bui — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 00:00:00 GMT

Look at how many screens I've got!

This post will be contain a lot of pictures of my current workstation at Autopilot. Everyone gets their own workstation (no hot desking thank…

Retooling for Privacy

Calvin Bui — Sun, 30 Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMT

The applications and tools I've started using to increase my privacy and security.

Privacy Matters

Privacy exists on different levels for different people, whatever is comfortable for you. This is referred to as a 'threat model'. If we truly all wanted to…

My Ansible Roles

Calvin Bui — Wed, 15 May 2019 00:00:00 GMT

A collection of Ansible roles I wrote to automate installation and configuration of my homelab.

Why use my roles

I use arg splatting most of the time so you can easily provide your own arguments to different modules
Full documentation provided
Tested using …

Choosing a VPN Service

Calvin Bui — Sat, 20 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT

The entire process and tough criteria I went through to pick a VPN provider and escape mass surveillance.

Criteria

Picking a VPN provider…

My 72TB FreeNAS Server

Calvin Bui — Sun, 03 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT

It's been 5 years since my last one and I was starting to run out of space.

Reason for upgrade

The drives I used at the time, WD Se, had…

Managing Dotfiles

Calvin Bui — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMT

How I backup, restore and sync preferences and settings across computers.

Recently, I upgraded my Macbook at work but had to spend a few…

TP-Link T1600G-28PS Fan Swap

Calvin Bui — Fri, 04 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT

The TP-Link T1600G-28PS (TL-SG2424P) network switch has really loud fans, but they can be swapped to quieter ones.

I went with this switch…

Network UPS Tools

Calvin Bui — Sun, 23 Dec 2018 00:00:00 GMT

Notify servers of network power loss so they begin shutting down.

CyberPower UPS

I recently bought a CyberPower OR600ELCDRM1U UPS as my…

Python Backup Cleaner Script

Calvin Bui — Fri, 14 Dec 2018 00:00:00 GMT

A Python script I've written to clean up old backups, keeping only the newest specified amount.

As I covered in a previous post, I am…

FreeNAS Replication Task Status

Calvin Bui — Sun, 21 Oct 2018 00:00:00 GMT

See the current status of a replication job in the FreeNAS shell.

I wrote this script to get the details about a FreeNAS Replication Task. It needs to be executed on the source FreeNAS host. It…

Public DNS Entries for an Internal or Private Domain

Calvin Bui — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 00:00:00 GMT

Nothing. You should have zero public DNS entries for a domain purchased for private or internal use.

Exposes your infrastructure to the outside world.
Your internal DNS server will handle resolution
It's for private use…

Tech Inside My 2018 VW Golf R

Calvin Bui — Mon, 23 Jul 2018 00:00:00 GMT

I bought a new 2018 Volkswagen Golf R Wolfsburg Edition back in February. One of the main things I wanted was a car with a lot of features…

What's In My ESXi

Calvin Bui — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 00:00:00 GMT

Four years have past since I build my home lab! I thought I'd share what virtual machines I'm currently rolling and what I've left behind in…

Updates to Ansible Playbook for Usenet Docker containers

Calvin Bui — Sat, 28 Apr 2018 00:00:00 GMT

Up to date practices, new services, monitoring, logging, backups and heap of other improvements.

Read about the playbook in my previous…

My Prusa i3 MK3 3D Printer Mods

Calvin Bui — Sat, 10 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMT

The Prusa i3 MK3 is one of FDM printers you can buy. Here's my printer with a bunch of mods to improve print quality and ease of use.

A…

Meizu EP52 Wireless Bluetooth Sport Earphones Review

Calvin Bui — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMT

A really quick review of the Meizu EP52 earphones I use for the gym.

Battery life is good, lasts about a 7-8 hours. During the last hour…

Facebook Messenger Bot

Calvin Bui — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT

My shameless Facebook Messenger bot that sends YouTube videos and GIFs if a message received matches a TWICE song.

Twice have a lot of…

Small Theme Update

Calvin Bui — Fri, 01 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Some small tweaks here and there.

I was thinking this site was a bit ugly and it was mostly to do with the font and spacing. I created this…

Remove Device from Windows Safely Remove Menu

Calvin Bui — Sat, 09 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMT

A step-by-step guide to remove unwanted devices such as DVD drives, USB drives, capture cards and permanently attached hard drives from…

Microsoft Outlook - Send a reply using an email template

Calvin Bui — Sat, 19 Aug 2017 00:00:00 GMT

A simple macro to send a range of email templates, prefilled with different items like your subject line, recipients, CC and BCC.

I have…

Hacking the Xiaomi Xiaofang Camera

Calvin Bui — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Hacking a $25 indoor camera to do more than it's worth.

The Xiaomi Xiaofang IP camera is a indoor WiFi camera capable of 1080P resolution…

My Ultra Compact Gaming Desktop

Calvin Bui — Mon, 26 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMT

A tiny, 7.25L case sporting an i7 7700K and GTX 1080 Ti! Heaps of pictures too!

Parts List

Let's start straight off with the spec sheet. I…

Personal Wiki on the Internet

Calvin Bui — Sat, 13 May 2017 00:00:00 GMT

I moved all my personal documentation for my home servers from a self-hosted MediaWiki instance to the Internet with GitHub and Read The…

Deploy Docker containers for Usenet using Ansible

Calvin Bui — Sun, 07 May 2017 00:00:00 GMT

I made a Ansible playbook to deploy Docker containers containing Usenet applications.

Update

You can find my new playbook (and the roles they refer to) on GitHub at https://github.com…

Delidding My 7700K and Results

Calvin Bui — Mon, 10 Apr 2017 00:00:00 GMT

I dropped my Intel i7 7700K a total of 15 degrees at load and 6 degrees at idle. You can stop reading if you that's all you wanted to know…

Viofo A119S - Sydney Weather

Calvin Bui — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMT

The next few clips will be footage from two Viofo A119S dashcams I have mounted on the front and rear of my hatchback. I've included all the…

My 3D Prints

Calvin Bui — Sat, 18 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMT

These are all my 3D prints. 3D Printing is the process where a digital design is turned into a solid three-dimensional (3D) physical object…

Dragon Quest Builders Results

Calvin Bui — Fri, 24 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMT

My results from all four chapter of this wonderful game!

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Bottlehead Crack Amp Build Log

Calvin Bui — Sat, 11 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMT

This is a quick build log of Bottlehead Crack OTL tube amplifier with some pictures and little stories.

I bought the Crack (and its…

Goodbye Root and Xposed

Calvin Bui — Fri, 03 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Accept it or not, Google is moving transitioning to a non-root/non-xposed world.

Having an Android and being able to tweak it however I…

Gmail Mark As Read Alternative

Calvin Bui — Thu, 15 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Isn't annoying that Gmail provides the option to either Archive or Delete emails from its notification? Well, no more! This script…

Usenet Providers Speed Test from Sydney

Calvin Bui — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMT

I signed up for a few trials before the Black Friday sales to test out some different providers and their download speeds.

Testing Setup

All testing was performed on NZBGet 17.1
My maximum download speed is 100Mbp/s or 14MB/s which does not drop throughout the day.
…

Now Powered by Jekyll

Calvin Bui — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMT

I've made the leap over from WordPress to Jekyll. Static sites are just easier, faster and more secure :thumbsup:

Honestly, what hasn't been said about Jekyll? Static sites are definitely the way to go. I've been hearing about vulnerabilities in …

Home Security Cameras Setup

Calvin Bui — Sun, 11 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMT

This post covers some of my home security camera system. Not a lot of information is shared for obvious reasons, but enough to show its…

Arch Linux on Samsung ARM Chromebook

Calvin Bui — Wed, 03 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMT

This is an up-to-date collation of everything to get a good working base for Arch Linux on the Samsung ARM Chromebook XE303C12.

I took my…

My Next Laptop

Calvin Bui — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 00:00:00 GMT

I’m not into writing a buying guides, LappyList is probably the best place to find a laptop if you want something that would probably do the…

Create a persistent Ubuntu USB which boots to RAM

Calvin Bui — Mon, 23 May 2016 00:00:00 GMT

When your drive dies, or in my case, the SATA port fails completely, this is a good temporary solution until the replacement arrives.

Live…

Review of the UTS Bachelor of Science in IT Degree

Calvin Bui — Tue, 26 Apr 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Today I graduate from UTS with my Bachelor of Science in IT degree.

Year 1 Semester 1

31266 Introduction to Information Systems

Enrolled during: Autumn…

HTTP/2 Blog Speed Test

Calvin Bui — Sat, 19 Mar 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Last week I updated the backend NGINX web servers to support HTTP/2. Now to find out how much difference it makes.

NGINX first supported HTTP/2 with it's 1.9.5 mainline release back in September 2015 after a alpha patch release in August…

Backup VMs! Comparison of Free Backup Software

Calvin Bui — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 00:00:00 GMT

I searched and compared the offerings to backup VMs on the Internet so you don't have to.

As they say, you don't need a backup until you…

ZFS SLOG/ZIL Drive (Revisited)

Calvin Bui — Sun, 14 Feb 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Taking a look back how my SLOG device has been performing on my ZFS pool after fixing some significant problems.

A few moons ago I recommended a SLOG/ZIL to improve NFS performance on ESXi. At the time I was experiencing tremendously slow write speeds over NFS and adding a SLOG…

How to Update Firmware on an Intel NIC

Calvin Bui — Sat, 23 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMT

You should update your NIC cause newer is always better right? Right!

I honestly haven't found any good guides to run through this process…

Improve 10Gbps Performance on napp-it (Solaris 11)

Calvin Bui — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMT

While it can be difficult to have a transfer speed of 1.25GB per second (10Gbp/s), it wouldn't hurt to make sure it works well right?

After…

Reset ESXi 6 Evaluation License (cron script included)

Calvin Bui — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 00:00:00 GMT

For testing and educational purposes only.

The ESXi 6 evaluation license is valid for 60 days and a free one can be obtained from VMware at…

Material Usenet Dashboard

Calvin Bui — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 00:00:00 GMT

A personalised dashboard built using Google's Material Design.

I'm no developer but every year I like to update my personal Usenet…

Free IPAM Software Comparision

Calvin Bui — Tue, 17 Nov 2015 00:00:00 GMT

Lose the spreadsheets, manage IP addresses properly using an IP Address Management tool (IPAM)!

I'm one of those people guilty of using…

Web Interface for ESXi without vCenter

Calvin Bui — Sat, 31 Oct 2015 00:00:00 GMT

It's now possible to manage standalone ESXi hosts with not only the Windows vSphere Client or vCenter, but with a web interface for ESXi !

VMware Labs is where the latest tools (known as Flings) are being released for early feedback. One of these Flings is an embedded web interface for ESXi hosts written in HTML and JavaScript known as the ESXi Embedded…

Bypass self-signed certificate errors on Google Chrome

Calvin Bui — Mon, 27 Jul 2015 00:00:00 GMT

Wasn't it annoying when Google Chrome suddenly made you do two clicks instead of one to bypass certificate errors?!

Guide

Chrome can…

Slow VMware NFS on ZFS? Add a ZIL!

Calvin Bui — Tue, 07 Jul 2015 00:00:00 GMT

A short post on how I exponentially sped up my VMware environment.

Even with 20-30 or so VMs, I always found that they were always…

A week with an iPhone

Calvin Bui — Tue, 23 Jun 2015 00:00:00 GMT

I had a few days with an iPhone so I decided to try it out and see if it was usable for someone like me.

My Dad got me to buy my cousin an…

Android GPS App Comparison

Calvin Bui — Sun, 07 Jun 2015 00:00:00 GMT

I drive a lot for work. To work and from work. The most handy thing I have on my drive is my phone running my GPS to let me know the fastest…

More Apps for the System Admin USB Drive

Calvin Bui — Sat, 30 May 2015 00:00:00 GMT

If you haven't read the last post about making a Multiboot USB Drive, definitely take a look! It creates a powerful drive that can be used…

Make A Multiboot USB Drive

Calvin Bui — Sun, 17 May 2015 00:00:00 GMT

For my job and as a system admin, I'm expected to provide quick fixes and know the solution to every single problem that my users face. That…

Budget Gaming Computer Build

Calvin Bui — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 00:00:00 GMT

My cousin is a console convert. Previously owning a PS3 and Xbox One, he's moved over to exclusively gaming on his laptop. After realising…

Connect shares on a as-need basis using autofs

Calvin Bui — Sat, 18 Apr 2015 00:00:00 GMT

autofs is a program for automatically mounting directories on an as-needed basis. Auto-mounts are mounted only as they are accessed, and are…

Monthly Update (March 2015)

Calvin Bui — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 00:00:00 GMT

In the monthly update, I like to cover what I've been doing throughout the past month in regards to technology, computers and more.

You will…

WordPress Caching Comparison

Calvin Bui — Sun, 29 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMT

WordPress caching is the fastest way to improve website performance. Caching WordPress reduces server load by reducing the number of…

Install macOS on ESXi

Calvin Bui — Sun, 22 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMT

UPDATE 18/10/16: Changed to support 10.12

For one reason or another you need macOS on ESXi tells you that it isn't possible unless your host…

Computer Build for Girlfriend

Calvin Bui — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMT

Recently I went through the process of researching and picking out components for a new computer for my SO.

Goals

LIFESPAN: She's someone…

Monthly Update (February 2015)

Calvin Bui — Sun, 08 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMT

In the monthly update, I like to cover what I've been doing throughout the past month in regards to technology, computers and more.

You will…

Rooting the Chromecast

Calvin Bui — Sun, 01 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMT

Rooting a Chromecast looks easy. The method itself looks easy. But when things look easy, they're never really easy. This is what I went…

Getting a Job in I.T.

Calvin Bui — Sat, 21 Feb 2015 00:00:00 GMT

This is a talk I gave during my time at IBM to University of Western Sydney students who came for a site visit. They were all roughly my age…

My Homepage Status Monitoring Application

Calvin Bui — Sun, 15 Feb 2015 00:00:00 GMT

Home is an application I developed last year (Nov-Dec) while learning the MEAN (MongoDB, Express, Angular and NodeJS) stack. It's a homepage…

Monthly Update (08/02/2015)

Calvin Bui — Sat, 07 Feb 2015 00:00:00 GMT

In the monthly update, I bring you what I've been doing throughout the past month in regards to technology, computers and more with links to…

Easily host your first ever website on Bluemix

Calvin Bui — Sun, 01 Feb 2015 00:00:00 GMT

You don’t need to be an IT nerd to start and manage a website – at least not when using IBM Bluemix. Bluemix takes the worry out of setting…

Upgrade to pfSense 2.2 on VMware

Calvin Bui — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT

pfSense 2.2 has been released! This release brings FreeBSD 10.1 but also fixes over 300 bugs as well. The biggest change for those…

How to install the UniFi Controller on Ubuntu

Calvin Bui — Sat, 17 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT

POST UP TO DATE 19/08/2015

Ubiquiti UniFi is properly supported on Ubuntu and Debian, breaking away from being Windows only. Being on Linux…

Monthly Update (11/01/2015)

Calvin Bui — Sun, 11 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT

In the monthly update, I bring you what I've been doing throughout the past month in regards to technology, computers and more with links to…

I'm migrating from Ubuntu to CentOS

Calvin Bui — Sat, 03 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT

I'm migrating from Ubuntu to CentOS as my main Linux distro. Literally every virtual machine (VM) I've set up so far runs Ubuntu's latest…

Forward IP Addresses with NGINX Proxy

Calvin Bui — Sat, 27 Dec 2014 00:00:00 GMT

I love nginx. I love how its lightweight, does what it does well and is extremely fast. Nginx has the ability to perform server blocks…

Twenty Fifteen Theme Problems

Calvin Bui — Sun, 21 Dec 2014 00:00:00 GMT

I don't like this year's default theme. I was excited for a few months looking at the previews and news circulating around, but it ended up…

Server, PC, Gadgets & Learning Plans for 2015

Calvin Bui — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 00:00:00 GMT

Now that 2014 is almost over and its time to wrap up the year, there are a few plans I have in mind for the year ahead. Now they might be…

The Monthly Update (30/11/2014)

Calvin Bui — Sun, 07 Dec 2014 00:00:00 GMT

In the monthly update, I bring you what I've been doing throughout the past month in regards to technology, computers and more with links to…

ZFS Sharing over HTTP, FTP and more

Calvin Bui — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 00:00:00 GMT

napp-it overs a variety of extensions to make use of your ZFS filesystem a lot easier. One of the main things to do with a filesystem is to…

Encrypt Everything with SSL/TLS

Calvin Bui — Sun, 23 Nov 2014 00:00:00 GMT

Why send data over plain text when you can encrypt it as well! SSL/TLS doesn't have to cost anything - it certainly doesn't cost me anything…

NGINX LDAP HTTP Authentication

Calvin Bui — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 00:00:00 GMT

I expose a few of my web services over the Internet like SABnzbd, CouchPotato and NZBDrone (now known as Sonarr). Whilst they all have HTTP…

My Definition of a Strong Password

Calvin Bui — Sun, 09 Nov 2014 00:00:00 GMT

It's a common misconception that difficult passwords (e.g. X2hj2i) are strong passwords. It takes a computer 0.00743 seconds to crack that…

Fortnightly Update (2/11/2014)

Calvin Bui — Sun, 02 Nov 2014 00:00:00 GMT

In the fortnightly update, I bring you what I've been doing throughout the past two weeks in regards to technology, computers and more with…

NZBmegasearcH NGINX Reverse Proxy

Calvin Bui — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMT

NZBmegasearcH is a great program. It aggregates all the sites I regularly visit to find an NZB to just one place. CouchPotato and SickBeard…

WiFi and VLANs

Calvin Bui — Fri, 17 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMT

WiFi is so important in the household with the emergence of portable devices. Pretty much everyone that comes over my place, young or old…

The Weekly Update (13/10/2014)

Calvin Bui — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMT

In the weekly update, I bring you what I've been doing throughout Monday to Sunday in regards to technology, computers and more with links…

Currently Moving to CloudFlare (Update)

Calvin Bui — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMT

It's been almost 5 days now and the SSL certificate from CloudFlare still hasn't come through. Expected though with 2 million websites to…

The Best pfSense Packages

Calvin Bui — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMT

pfSense, the great software that it already is, can get even better with 'packages' (plugin, extension etc. whatever you want to call it…

Currently Moving to CloudFlare!

Calvin Bui — Mon, 29 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMT

Some stuff might break...

SSL certificates are wonky at the moment. But they're offering free HTTPS connection between my server and theirs!

…

The Weekly Update (29/9/2014)

Calvin Bui — Sun, 28 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMT

In the weekly update, I bring you what I’ve been doing throughout Monday to Sunday in regards to technology, computers and more with links…

Create an NTP Server using Ubuntu 14.04

Calvin Bui — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMT

Network Time Protocol (NTP) is a networking protocol for time and date synchronisation between computers. By default, Windows 7 provides…

The Weekly Update (22/9/2014)

Calvin Bui — Sun, 21 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMT

In the weekly update, I bring you what I’ve been doing throughout Monday to Sunday in regards to technology, computers and more with links…

My pfSense Captive Portal

Calvin Bui — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMT

A Captive Portal is a special webpage users see before using the Internet. It will intercept network packets and when users try to access a…

Block traffic between VLANs on pfSense

Calvin Bui — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMT

VLANs are a great way to separate components of your network and to protect important infrastructure from being messed around by others. By…

VLAN on VMware, pfSense and a Switch

Calvin Bui — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMT

My current set-up has pfSense vitualised on an all-in-one ESXi host providing networking to my entire infrastructure. This infrastructure is…

Decrease Supermicro IPMI Fan Threshold

Calvin Bui — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMT

I like quiet (slow) fans. I like Supermicro's X10SL7 motherboard. I like how I get email notifications from the IPMI when something is wrong…

The Weekly Update (7/9/2014)

Calvin Bui — Sun, 07 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMT

In the weekly update, I bring you what I’ve been doing throughout Monday to Sunday in regards to technology, computers and more with links…

Enable HTTPS on NGINX Server Blocks

Calvin Bui — Sun, 07 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMT

Running HTTPS on NGINX is easy. Running a web server with HTTPS on NGINX server blocks can also be easy. The only real problem is getting…

How To Create a ZFS RAID 10 Array

Calvin Bui — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMT

RAID 10 is great as a highly reliable storage array for your personal files. The ZFS file-system is capable of protecting your data against…

Port Forward Web Servers In pfSense 2

Calvin Bui — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMT

Web servers are configured to run on port 80 (HTTP) and 443 (HTTPS). pfSense, as a firewall, blocks all incoming connections to your network…

The Weekly Update (31/8/2014)

Calvin Bui — Sat, 30 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMT

In the weekly update, I bring you what I’ve been doing throughout Monday to Sunday in regards to technology, computers and more with links…

Use the Google SMTP Server for notifications

Calvin Bui — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMT

A lot of (the good ones at least) hardware and software give you the ability to send notifications via email when scheduled too or a warning…

Install LEMP Stack on CentOS 7 (Red Hat 7)

Calvin Bui — Wed, 27 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMT

A very quick how-to guide on installing NGINX, MySQL and PHP, otherwise known as a LEMP stack on CentOS 7 (and usable on Red Hat 7 as well…

Part 3: Install pfSense on ESXi 5.5

Calvin Bui — Sun, 24 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMT

In Part 3 of my virtualised pfSense installation on ESXi 5.5 we will be configurating the WAN (Internet) interface and finalise our…

Part 4: Install pfSense on ESXi 5.5

Calvin Bui — Sun, 24 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMT

Now that our pfSense installation is set up and working, we will have to wrap up our installation with a few necessities such as VMware…

The Weekly Update (24/8/2014)

Calvin Bui — Sun, 24 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMT

In the weekly update, I bring you what I've been doing throughout Monday to Sunday in regards to technology, computers and more with links…

Part 1: Install pfSense on ESXi

Calvin Bui — Sat, 23 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMT

pfSense is an open source firewall/router based on FreeBSD. It is more than just however, with the ability to be a DNS, VPN, IDS/IPS, DHCP…

Part 2: Install pfSense on ESXi 5.5

Calvin Bui — Sat, 23 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMT

In Part 2 of my virtualised pfSense installation on ESXi 5.5 we will be specifying the network interfaces for pfSense, configuring the LAN…

My All In One ESXi Server

Calvin Bui — Sun, 17 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMT

Since the start of the year I've been working as a Technical Consultant at IBM. It's been a great experience, putting a lot of knowledge…

Hello World, Hi I'm Calvin

Calvin Bui — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMT

Hello World !

What's this Blog About?

Hello World!

It's taken me a while to get back into blogging but now I have two reasons to:

I got the 'https://calvin.me' domain :P
Career building by showing my personal learning and interest in I.T.

Calvin Bui

10 Gigabit Home Networking

Solar Battery

Gaming PC CPU Upgrade

Home Server 2025 Part 2 - Software

Home Server 2025 Part 1 - Hardware

Kubernetes on Oracle Cloud Free Tier

Shelly Smart Relays

Vitamins and Supplements

Spammers Are Spoofing My Email Domain

Gardening Part 3

Gardening Part 2

Gardening Part 1

Subwoofers

Soldering Tools Refresh

Better Overseerr Mattermost Notifications

Solar Updates

Pikmin 4

Baby Stuff Part 1 - Books

Pregnancy

DIY mmWave Presence Detectors

10 Years Anniversary

Hyundai i30 SR Premium Hatchback

Blog Post Updates

Cycling Part 2

Stands

Cycling Part 1

Printing Flexible Filaments on Prusa MK3S

Kobo Clara HD eBook Reader

Note-taking with Obsidian

Breville Electric Blanket with Home Assistant

Living Room Entertainment

Migrating Fastmail Accounts

Worm Farm

Worm Farming

Modding Tears of the Kingdom

Resume in LaTeX

Resume

Holiday Travel Tips

IKEA Bekant Standing Desk Mods

New Features and Changes

The State of Gatsby

Home Security

Table of Contents

Laser Eye Surgery

Table of Contents

Solar Power

Smart Home Dashboard

10 Gigabit Installation Notes

Home

Nintendo Switch OLED Modding

Self-Hosted Git & CI/CD Use Cases

Kubernetes Replica Count Manager

Designing Taller Sofa Feet

Troubleshooting Plex with OPNsense

Fractal Design Meshify 2 XL Server Case

Norco RPC-431

Juniper EX3300-48P

Features

Pi Clock

Daikin Airbase Across VLANs

Quzao Sama I'm Computer Case Cooling

3D Printer Upgrades Galore

Super Fast Charging

Cross-Platform Dotfiles

Chicory: A Colorful Tale

Prometheus Traefik Service Discovery

Homer Service Discovery

Testing NBN 250 Superfast

More Open Source: Build, Hosting and Analytics

DisplayPort 1.4 KVM Alternative

Samsung Galaxy S7+ Keyboard Case Mod

How I Play Consoles on PC

Testing NBN 1000 Ultrafast

Small Personal Rig Update

Current PC

Hyperconverging My Servers

Factorio

My WFH Setup

Cracking .DMG, .RAR and other passwords on MacOS