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My NixOS Journey Part 4

So you say a NixOS Secure Boot Installer can't be done? Bet.

The Blog Index

The Blog Index is born! keep an eye out on https://theblogindex.org and https://blogindex.xyz for future developments.

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Boosts for Blogs

What I envision is not only a system of tools for bloggers and other content creators to integrate different payment options, but also a set of tools to fairly rate different services in key categories: tooling and widgets, compatibility, open infrastructure, and security.

Get a Boost with Alby

You know that paypal donation you make to your favorite software project or creator? Paypal takes away nearly 3% +$0.49! With Lightning payments, it's roughly $0.04 per transaction, or $46 more coming in over 100 $1 transactions!

My NixOS Journey Part 3

Part One | Part Two | Part Three Welcome to my journey. I'm documenting how I make my way down the rabbit hole, failures, successes, lessons learned all in hopes that I don't do it again, and maybe you'll be able to take away something from

My NixOS Journey Part 2

I want to use btrfs for my NixOS servers because of the flexibility of subvolumes without the complexity of ZFS. To do this, I'll write a simple bash script that automates partitioning, creating subvolumes, and installation.

My NixOS Journey Part 1

I've been wanting to try NixOS for quite some time. The idea of an immutable filesystem to use as a docker host seems very interesting, however, it's fairly intimidating to get started.

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Open for Business

The Bearded Tek Etsy Shop is now officially open! Currently we are offering 3D Printed Gifts and trinkets which I hope to expand in the following months! We will currently offer a Baby Groot Potted Plant, available in unfinished, or painted in matte or semi-gloss finishes. Also available is our

Traefik + Tailscale + Authelia + Linode DNS

Traefik + Tailscale + Authelia + Linode DNS

Locking down your homelab via tailscale is now so simple with this setup. The best part? You never have to expose your system to the public internet if you so wish! We accomplish this by combining Let's Encrypt's DNS Challenge with Linode's API. To

Alaskan Summers Trump Tech

Alaskan Summers Trump Tech

Life in Alaska is fast moving in the summertime. It has been said we have 2 seasons, winter, and construction. Lately I've had to deal with the construction portion with getting a windshield pelted with a golf ball sized rock replaced, repairing my deck, getting a quote on

Drone CI Docker Setup Part One

Tutorial: Drone CI Setup Part One

For a beginner that had only used GitHub Actions, I found most tutorials slightly lacking in details to get a good drone pipeline up and running from scratch. Here's what we'll accomplish: * Part One: (This Article) * Create a docker repository * Create a drone server * Create a

Time to Write Some Tutorials!

I'm at an exciting point in my development journey. I've been writing code, whether BASIC, VB.net, c bash scripting, JavaScript, php, and more recently over the past few years, python. The one thing I did not have under my belt before was an actual usable

Applewood and Mesquite Smoked Chicken

Applewood and Mesquite Smoked Spatchcock Chicken

We live a unique lifestyle. My fiancée works at a remote mining site on a two and one rotation, two weeks up at work, and one week at home. I essentially mirror her schedule, taking that same week off from most coding and tech projects. This week, I decided to

Adding Frigate+ Integration to fEVR

Adding Frigate+ Integration to fEVR

Starting with version 0.11.0, Frigate includes a way to upload events to Frigate+. Frigate+ for now is free to create an account to upload images and will cost $5/mo for the ability to have AI models suited for Frigate. Eventually, custom models for your installation will be

Expect the Unexpected

Expect the Unexpected

Living in Alaska, I've learned to expect the unexpected. Weather can change in an instant, and when it does it's nice to stop and watch the show. Luckily, I get to share it with you because of my installation of Frigate. I am currently developing a

This is How it all Began

This is How it all Began

Let me set the stage. The year was 1989. At eight years old, my dad had bought a second hand Blue Chip 8088 Personal Computer. 5 1/4 inch floppy disks housed the MSDOS Operating system along with a couple very basic game disks and some other utilities that slip