Computerstuff

When I create backups of folders, I usually tend to use tar in combination with either gzip or xz – this post shows why I should probably use zstd instead. The thumbnail was taken from iconfinder.com and is shared via CC BY-ND 3.0 license.

This is my method of using something similar as AirDrop on my Linux and Android devices. The thumbnail was created with Google AI (Imagen 3).

Summarized how I finally got LibreTranslate installed on my Archlinux based local mastodon test-instance. I am not affiliated with LibreTranslate – this post reflects my own use case. The thumbnail is a trademark of LibreTranslate.

Another quick’n’dirty note on how I finally enhanced the diskspace of my local mastodon test-instance placed as a virtual machine on my Unraid server. The thumbnail was created with Google AI (Imagen 3).

A quick note on how I got multiple PDF files combined into one single one on a linux command line. The thumbnail was created with Google AI (Imagen 3).

My pfSense removed valid connections obviosly. This is how I solved it. The thumbnail was created with Google AI (Imagen 3).

If you are like me and use many different passwords you may come to that point when you can’t think of a password for a specific service (or (zip)file). This is how I recover most of them. The thumbnail was taken from jaydeep_.

There is an app for Linux, Windows and MacOS to connect your wavelog instance to your local computer.

I finally made the hop from Cloudlog to Wavelog and I don’t regret it so far.

Another big move for the weatherstation. The station also moved off the Raspberry Pi 4 and I’m using the SQLite database again (instead of a local or remote MySQL server). The new environment is a virtual machine running on my homeserver.