Build, Experiment, and Innovate. Explore hands-on projects and personal homelabs. From server setups to DIY creations, learn how to innovate and experiment with technology at home.
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Solutions to share the Internet on a network have tremendiously evolved in the last twenty years. My first experience was using Wingate, a software proxy that could act as an Internet gateway. Along with the introduction of Internet broadband came the consumer gateways, such as the iconic Linksys BEFSR41. The
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Looking for a budget-friendly home server? The Dell PowerEdge T20 offers a compact, quiet design with solid performance for file storage and virtualization—especially when snagged at a discount.
Homelab and Projects
One of the important aspect of Linux is its Open Source nature: everyone is free to contribute and no one "owns" Linux. This creates a great diversity which is both a strength and a weakness for the operating system. Wars over the best "distro" of Linux
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Streamline your home lab with the Dell 2161DS-2 KVM switch. Discover its innovative cable management and pitfalls of Java dependency in this retrospective review. Is it still a viable option?
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Last year, the development team for Ghost blog announced a partnership with Cloudflare. The goal was to improve the Ghost(Pro) infrastructure, making it faster and more secure. With a little tinkering, Cloudflare can be used with any Ghost blog. Technodabbler received this upgrade a couple of days ago. But
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A few years ago, I was lucky enough to receive a Lego NXT Mindstorm kit as a gift from my wife. With it, one can build a robot using technical legos, motors and sensors. A special programmable brick is used to control the behavior of the robot. As a programmer,
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Curious about electronics but don’t know where to start? With the right tools, a breadboard, and some guided experiments, you can dive into circuits and components—even without an engineering background!
Homelab and Projects
Game Boy Advance development offers a rare look at low-level 2D rendering, manual memory management, and hardware constraints. See how it connects to modern engines and why it’s still a valuable learning experience.
Homelab and Projects
Before streaming ruled the living room, the Mediagate MG-35 bridged PCs and TVs. Discover how this forgotten device shaped home entertainment in the era of torrents and Xvid.
Homelab and Projects
If cooling PCs with water is bold, using frozen alcohol is outright insane. Project E.U.N.U.C.H. dares to push boundaries, running Half-Life on a 486 with frosty ingenuity.