Thoughts, opinions, wild speculation, and haphazard technical advice from Dom. I’m a hearing disabled irrigation contractor, B-movie aficionado, self-hoster, and hopeless Linux desktop romantic. Former co-host of Go With The Heat Miami Vice podcast. This site uses no tracking pixels, does not set cookies, and works without javascript. You may also want to checkout my blogroll and a running list of bookmarks I save while browsing. Last, if this is your first time here, check out my favorite posts.
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Tailscale subnet routing with Pihole is homelab perfection
Mapping Pihole to Tailscale and enabling subnet routing has made accessing my homelab outside the house an absolute joy.
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Notes on energy, dryers, and hang drying clothes
I've permanently switched to hang drying most of our clothes. This post is my notes on how I do it and lessons I've learned along the way.
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What is on my phone 2023 Edition
All of the apps on my device.
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August 2023 Retrospective
Everything I found interesting and some of my projects from the last month.
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Intentionally Slow
To reduce power consumption and e-waste, software needs to be designed to use as little resources as possible.
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July 2023 Retrospective
Everything I found interesting and some of my projects from the last month.
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On being a low-income prepper and why I prep
Wildfire season and climate change has me thinking more about my preps and the scenarios I am prepping for.
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Podcast Recommendation about Search Engine Privacy
The Opt Out Pod had a great interview with the Director of Brand at Startpage. It is worth a listen and recommending to friends and family.
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New RSS tools on a new micro PC
I've been looking for a way to create RSS feeds from websites without it and how to download full text from the articles. I found two amazing tools.
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Attention social media services - We don't need more distros
Here is why I think we need to stop with the new protocols and platforms, and instead encourage more growth on top of what already exists with ActivityPub.
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