I mentioned in a post that we started the process of building a passive house. Given the level of “smart” and gadgets going into the house I thought it might be interesting to document the steps involved. This is the “before” installment.
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Safety certification in the US is more complicated than it should be. A big part of this is that Underwriters Laboratory (UL) plays a dual role in the ecosystem. I recently got in an extended discussion with a UL Supremacist around this, after I said something was UL Certified when that wasn’t technically true, because UL is a Band-Aid®, and […]
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Most home Internet users only have one public IP address. That is very limiting if you want to expose multiple services/servers/sites to the Internet. A reverse proxy solves that problem. In this tutorial, we will walk through how to install and configure NGINX as a reverse proxy as well as some additional steps to enhance the security of the hosting […]
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I’ve been having a weird issue with one of my Nextcloud instances where it indicates that CRON isn’t running, or more specifically “Something seems wrong.” But when I look at the CRON log, it looks like all is good, but it actually wasn’t because Nextcloud wasn’t surfacing an error, just failing silently. Which every IT person knows, is the worst […]
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Making an ISO on a Windows 11 (and maybe Windows 10, can’t remember when I figured this out) is a lot harder than it needs to be. So I figured out a way to do it using defensible tools i.e. no random third-party apps without source code disclosure.
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Level 2 electric vehicle (EV) “chargers”, or EVSE, are becoming more common, which is a great thing, because charging while the EV is “at rest” is the way we should be refueling our cars. In some locations it can be difficult to find a J1772 (the standard used by non-Tesla EVs) EVSE, so it’s a great idea to keep an […]
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The Google Pixel Buds Pro don’t sport the best noise cancellation or the best audio quality. But sometimes being good at everything, is better than being that best at one thing.
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When I was in the market for a fully adjustable EVSE, I was somewhat surprised to discover that there just aren’t many of them. The Shell Recharge 32A and 40A EVSE are in a select group that will do 120V (Level 1) and 240V (Level 2) at 12A/16A/24A/32A for the 32A and 12A/16A/24A/32A/40A for the 40A. Like anything, there are […]
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I really want to love the Carlink CPC200-CP2A. As a multi-mobile OS family having a single dongle that supports wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto is amazing. Unfortunately, I’ve been having a couple issues with the device, and I haven’t been able to work them out with Carlink support. They suggested that I update the firmware, but there’s a MASSIVE […]
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I was going to rant, but it turned out more PSA :). TLDW; GE Smart Switches don’t last, I have a stack of them that have broken in the last 4.5 years.
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