I've used Pi-hole off and on in the past. I really like the idea of it, but it breaks stuff often enough that at times I've turned it back off. I recently added it back to my network as a…

Here's what I'm following to keep up with the latest tech. Do you have any additional recommendations? Drop a comment below. Tech News Daily Tech News Show - Great for a general tech news overview. I've found they always go…

Here's the equipment I used, this should work similarly on other software versions: Synology NAS Running DSM 7.0 Raspberry Pi running Raspbian 10 (Buster) This tutorial is based on these instructions from Synology, with modifications because they didn't work exactly…

I created this for part of a bigger project and figured it'd make a good generic template for any PowerShell script needing a basic menu using the up and down arrow keys and enter key to make a selection.  For…

I’ve found too many times that I can sit in front of a computer screen for several hours without taking a break but that later in the day the eye strain catches up with me. I wanted something to remind…

After having a couple sets of ink cartridges dry up on me after extended non-use, I learned that I'd need to print something regularly to keep my cheap inkjet printer working. After ignoring a few of my own reminders to…

For my own quick reference, mostly taken from here: See end of article if SD card was previously used. Download Raspbian from https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/ Download and install Win32DiskImager from https://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/ Using Win32 Disk Imager, write the ISO to the SD card Add a…

I needed to reboot in the middle of my shell script to install Kubernetes / Brigade, and my Googling found several people with similar questions, but no answers that quite worked for me. Here's the basic code just to get…

Many scripts require admin permissions, but remembering to right click and select "Run as Administrator" can be a pain. Fortunately, both batch and PowerShell scripts can written so that they'll prompt for admin permissions if not run as an administrator.…

This is a short but incredibly useful command line command I've found for pulling information on domain accounts in an Active Directory environment: The net user command is designed to create / update domain accounts, but in this form just…