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