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Custom DDC: 1 Digital to Digital Converter; USB to I2S over HDMI; S/PDIF; AES
A DIY digital-to-digital converter build with USB input, improved clocks, and outputs including I2S over HDMI, S/PDIF, and AES.
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Pedal Progression: 2 Suhr Riot
Pedal Progression continues with a Suhr Riot rebuild: rough old work, missing parts, and a plan to turn it into something better.
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Amiga Next-Gen Build: 1 Sam440ep
An Amiga Next-Gen Build centered on the Sam440ep and the strange persistence of modern PowerPC Amiga hardware.
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Cat Tree
A simple DIY cat tree built from leftover wood and sisal rope, adapted to survive balcony use better than the usual fluffy versions.
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Homelab: 1 25 Year old computer as a firewall: 60Mbps throughput
A test of whether a 25-year-old computer can still serve as a practical pfSense firewall at home, and what performance it can deliver.
Homelab
A running series covering firewall experiments, virtualization hardware, mini-servers, and the evolution toward a quieter, apartment-friendly homelab setup.
Homelab: 1 25 Year old computer as a firewall: 60Mbps throughput
17 November 2021
If you have spend some time around a computer interested individual you may at one time or another have come across the suggestion that a good use for an old computer is as a firewall and router around your home. The argument…
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Homelab: 2 Tiny 24 Core virtualization Computation with hacked hardware
17 November 2021
For some time a good way to get cheap and powerful computers, outside of cutting edge gaming or single-core heft, have been to get used server CPU's. There is even a interesting hardware hacking community around this practice coming out of China,…
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Homelab: 3 Turning laptops into mini-servers
4 October 2022
One of the most common e-waste sources out there is laptops, slower than other computers and often not upgradable, lacking ability to change peripherals, like screens. A sad fact as the vast majority of people do rarely use the full potential of…
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Homelab: 4 Family & apartment friendly server cabinet
17 October 2022
Finding ways to live with an interest in computers can be a challenge. That is having half a dozen computers running 24/7 is not something easily manageable, even though being tiny and near silent, the space required and mess is additive. This…
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