| • Bread-making as a stress reliever
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| • Sourdough vs standard crusty loaf
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| • Trader Joe's and its comparison to Aldi and Marks & Spencer's food hall
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| • Cookie butter spread on bread
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| • Cloud learning and cloudguru.com
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| • Recent trip to Bozeman, Montana with family and RV upgrades
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| • Industrial-grade internet setup in the RV
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| • Establishing a connection between Wi-Fi and cellular networks for RV travel
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| • Importance of maintaining connectivity in areas with limited or no cell signal
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| • Pre-trip technology setup and maintenance, including:
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| + T48 window (48 hours before trip): major tech changes allowed, backups, and sanity checks
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| + T24 window (24 hours before trip): last-minute setup and preparations
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| • Expanding the checklist beyond just technical aspects to include:
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| + Gas stations and routes
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| + Weather conditions and construction
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| + Propane availability and reservation confirmation
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| • Preparing for a road trip by updating and managing digital media
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| • Managing media storage capacity in an RV
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| • Tips for organizing and loading content on Plex server
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| • Verifying LTE networks and router functionality before departure
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| • Backing up data and preparing for offline access to essential information
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| • Using Home Assistant dashboard on Fire tablets to manage devices remotely
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| • Experiencing issues with voice assistants and GPS locations during previous trip
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| • Comparing performance of different smart home devices
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| • Home Assistant and power management system
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| • Alex's setup with Raspberry Pis and Victron Venus
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| • Gamifying family chores using Home Assistant Lovelace dashboard
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| • Power system performance on recent trip, including solar power and alternator charging
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| • Overheating issues with power system, including safety shutdowns
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| • Cooling solutions for power bay and equipment
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| • Infrastructure as code setup for Project Off Grid
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| • Data collection from power system and integration with Home Assistant
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| • The speaker installed a UniFi system with ease, avoiding the hassle of fishing cables through walls.
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| • They promoted Linode as their cloud server provider, highlighting its competitive pricing, flexible tools, and excellent customer support.
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| • The speaker prefers command-line interfaces (CLI) but has used GUI-based firewalls in the past.
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| • He recently set up a Raspberry Pi 3B Plus to act as his DNS and DHCP server using Ansible for automation.
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| • The speaker reflected on his enjoyment of writing code and the challenges he faced while working with Ansible, particularly checking for duplicate MAC addresses.
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| • Using Ansible to automate tasks and generate config files for a Raspberry Pi
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| • Controlling the flow of variables using facts with Ansible
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| • Setting up an isolated network within ESXi lab to test DHCP
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| • Introducing the Slexi tool and its shutdown announcement
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| • Discussing alternative solutions, including self-hosting options like Xbin
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| • A team's internal tool, Jupyter Broadcasting Pastebin (paste.docs.lol), is mentioned and demonstrated.
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| • The tool is open-source (MIT licensed) and offers features such as a stats page for tracking public snippet views.
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| • Self-hosting the tool is made easy with its implementation in Phoenix and Elixir, allowing it to run in Docker containers.
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| • A demo of the tool's stats page shows that 11 public snippets have been viewed by eight people.
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| • Xbin, another feature discussed, allows Netcat to pipe text to a self-hosted Pastebin solution and has a synced text mode for real-time collaboration.
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| • ProvadoVPN is mentioned as a sponsor, offering zero log VPN services protected by Swiss privacy laws.
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| • Kevin from Belgium discusses using Greyhole for pooling storage over the network
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| • He compares it to MergerFS with Samba share, and notes that Greyhole also handles network layer and web UI organization
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| • Alex expresses skepticism about Greyhole's relevance in today's context
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| • Greg recommends Greyhole due to its ability to isolate each drive as a standalone file system, reducing data loss risk
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| • Alex concludes that Greyhole feels like an old-school approach, built on outdated technology
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| • Several listeners have shared positive experiences with Greyhole, but Alex remains unconvinced about its usefulness
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| • Discussing the challenges of managing a remote system with unknown OS
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| • ZFS licensing issues and potential container solutions
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| • Rob's question about using containers for media management with Unraid
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| • Advice on learning container technology, including resources like PerfectMediaServer.com and LinuxServer.io
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| • The benefits of containers in allowing users to "walk before they can run" without needing extensive knowledge of sysadmin
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| • Balancing the ease of use of pre-built containers with the importance of understanding how the system works for security reasons
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| • Learning and tooling for better insight into what's being done
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| • Unraid as a good product and helpful tool for getting data off Google and onto personal land
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| • One-way phone backup, specifically on Android using Folder Sync app
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| • Alternative to NextCloud clients for backing up mobile device files
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| • Chat about Alex's first computer and how he got started with computers
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| • Self-hosted show membership and benefits
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| • Upcoming episode discussing self-hosted Google Photos alternatives |
