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Server Infra Update

I have been self-hosting for a while but mostly I have used one machine to put everything on. This makes maintenance straightforward as there's not a lot to do to install updates and the like. Recentl...

Self-hosting, Linux, Software

The latest in VPN land

In a previous blog post I wrote about my current VPN setup and whether it might not be time to switch. I considered several options and tried almost all of them to get a feel for them. wg-easy This pr...

Linux, Software, Self-hosting

It's not my Birthday — I still got ADHD

WARNING! This is a deeply personal post, much more so than others on this website. Proceed at your own risk. Every now and again I have to think of a blog post (aka blost) I read last year (read here)...

Personal

Final Fantasy VII Remake - Review

Final Fantasy VII has been on my radar for a very long time. It have read about it more times than I can count and it was supposed to be this grand, epic, amazing experience so I figured that I should...

Review, Gaming

Octopath Traveller II - Review

This game has been sitting on my wishlist for a good while now. Just a few days ago I rolled credits on it after having spent 70-80 hours on it and figured it was a good opportunity to write about the...

Gaming, Review

My Subscriptions

EDIT: I totally forgot stuff so I had to edit it in! I was prompted to write this down by a blost from Matt in which he lists all the things he subscribes to and I figured I'd do the same. So here goe...

Personal, Technology

Next Round of Homelab Updates

Monitoring Cleanup Has it been a week already? Time never stands still, does it? Anyhoo, I ended my last post being unsure about how exactly to do monitoring. Who watches the Watchmen? I decided to go...

Technology, Linux, Self-hosting

VPN Musings

What's Up? I have been self-hosting stuff for years now. It started with Nextcloud once upon a time but by now there are a whole bunch of really useful services that run on my personal server. Said se...

Privacy, Technology, Linux

The Perfect Porridge

Introduction I discovered my love for Scotland, especially the Highlands, in 2009 when I first visited. Where I come from it's painfully obvious to even the most casual observer that there's humans al...

Personal, Food

State of my Homelab in August 2025

It's been a while since I've last written about the stuff I self-host. Once upon a time I was simple-minded enough to believe that I would get some hardware, install some software that seems useful to...

Linux, Technology, Software, Self-hosting