#searxng https://docs.searxng.org/ 2026-03-05

#pf https://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/index.html 2026-03-08

#prestashop https://www.prestashop-project.org/ 2026-03-08

#homeassistant https://www.home-assistant.io/ 2026-03-02

#ttrss https://tt-rss.org/ 2026-03-02

#nfsv4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_File_System#NFSv4 2026-03-02

#linkding https://linkding.link/ 2026-03-02

#joplin https://joplinapp.org/ 2026-02-24

#patchmon https://patchmon.net/ 2026-02-24

#nginxproxymanager https://nginxproxymanager.com/

#seerr https://docs.seerr.dev/

#checkmk https://checkmk.com/

#jellyfin https://jellyfin.org/

#activepieces https://www.activepieces.com/

#dockerswarm https://docs.docker.com/engine/swarm/ I have set up a 9 node cluster of virtual machines, now to get some actual stacks running.

#wireguard https://www.wireguard.com/ I ran into an issue where one of my vps went down and it that was drapes. ended up splitting the tunnels into different functions instead

#grocy https://grocy.info/ for automated shopping lists and an excuse to buy a barcode scanner. 2026-02-24

#jitsi https://jitsi.org/ private video conferencing for whenever someone wants to see my face.

#vlans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VLAN a flat network is probably a less than amazing idea

#pfsense https://www.pfsense.org/ running your own router gives you more control.

I'm thinking once again about consolidating storage. I have two bad disks on two different servers, so it might be the time. Disk prices are high as hell, so I'm reluctant to do the full boost because I should buy them in pairs because all my storage is mirrored. If I combine the storage... or just drop some storage because I don't need it, that might solve some issues, then I can free the server that it's running on for other things, like more virtualization. I will give it a think

do you have to be a gangster?

I thought of Daz Dillinger. I thought, there was a guy that was really being into a gangster, even though he had that mustache. But it made me think about the dudes who don't have to be a gangsters but choose to. Willingly choosing a life associated with crime is different than criming because you hungry, dirty and ain't got a solid place to stay. And as for those that rapped about it or whatever, they have a vested interest in selling you and image that you will be amused by and even think is worth emulation. Bravo to them on their marketing, it's amazing. All while taking no responsbility for the results of trying to sell as many records as possible. I don't know why no one ever thought that they could do gangster music and not be involved in the streets. This is rappers keep getting shot over the shet they say, and gangsters keep rapping about the shet they do, then get dead or in jail. Just seems like a whole lot of needless boolshet so that a few performers can get paid. Though once again, it ain't all their fault, record companies make it much easier for this kind of ignorance to be spread than they do anything that would be helpful.

Side note, not every woman should be a whore.[^fn:1]

If you are walking and your knee pops, is that bad?

I wonder why I am having so much trouble keeping a handyman. like all 3 that I have found, do the job and then get ghost. I got a whole list of things that I either don't have time to fix or cannot fix myself and I'm trying to get money to someone that does know how and they like, nah. One left my patio screen door on the side of the house never to be seen again, even though I called him multiple times, so see what the status was. The other just stopped answering the phone. Perhaps it's because I'm a dude and most of them are dudes. Every women I know has zero issues with keeping their handyman around, but whatever.

slowly rebuiding and reconfiguring

Gonna try and connect #patchmon to #checkmk. Should out to #checkmk for letting me know that I had bad disk on two of my servers. Zabbix and smartctl was an ongoing struggle. Just like docker, which was pretty simple with checkmk.

The thing I really need to do is get my saltstack server up and running again. I have seen some that will use ansible to bootstrap saltstack. Sure... why not? and along with that I will probably redo one of the servers which had some write errors in the usb boot mirror. write errors on both disks, so will probably break the mirror and just use the one disk, they are cheap and easily replaceable so it's not real big deal, just in the time it takes to get the case off and the os installed. OR, I could just try to move the existing boot disk around and let the mirror be broken, by keeping the mate on stand by for the future.

got #seerr going and got most of the libraries synced that was an easy win.

switching from #nginx_proxymanger to plain old nginx has paid dividends already. Just moved the existing configs over. It also allowed me to finally start using acme.sh. when I would try to use it in the past I didn't have the patience to learn the syntax, but either the documentation has improved, I found better sources for documentation or I just had the time. either way, I'm looking forward to many years of hassle free certs from now on. Along with that I setup split brain DNS, and I think that's working, but I haven't really checked. #ttrss container is being a pain in the buttocks. something about the configuration is preventing it from seeing the container... I changed the port in the config, so maybe somewhere it's hard coded and I have to use the port thats specified. I'll try and see if it solves my problems.[^fn:2]

was it a waste of your time?

I said this weekend that you can be proud to be an American and believe in the principles of America, even though the people who talk the most shet about it do the most to make you feel as though you are not American at all. Like you weren't born in a community hospital and raised on elm street. Just because they are hypocrital doesn't mean that the ideas are wrong, they are the assholes, not you. What is the phrase about hypocrites? Christian Nationals

Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo. – Ambrose Bierce

REBCAZ

Hypocrite: The man who murdered his parents, and then pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was an orphan – Abraham Lincoln

I will end for now with this: It's pitiful that a whole song and dance was done when you already knew the winner, leaving it up to the participants who never actually had a chance to go through the motions and pick up the pieces and realize that they had their time wasted. Having the nerve to pretend like they might have somehow disqualified themselves by the things that they said. Power trippin douche bags.

[^fn:1]: i have seen the sexualization of young women getting even more intense, and I really do not like it. I really don't think being a whore is aspirational, either. I'm saying, be good at sex and everything, but don't make that the only thing. [^fn:2]: turns out it was a misconfigured split brain that was left around from my first couple of attempts. HA! I am so crazy!

The road to ruin is always in good repair, and the travellers pay the expense of it. — Josh Billings

Updates

#joplin: thought about messing with joplin. it encouraged me to get the webdav back up and going.. that was a whole thing, but I haven't gotten back to it, since I think learning how to use orgmode more flexibly is probably a better choice overall. it's just that the orgmode mobile experience, (at least for me) hasn't been incredibly smooth, either on ios or android, but I think I have it going well enough to continue. I do with that orgzly revived would allow you to add your notes in trees. Or maybe they do and I just haven't figured out how to do it.

#patchmon: it's good to keep an eye on the patches and stuff that every OS needs. There is a bonus project going on that will combine #patchmon and #checkmk, so I'm going to dive into that.

This is the first age that's paid much attention to the future, which is a little ironic since we may not have one. — Arthur Clarke

Updates

#seerr: so jellyseer doesn't exist anymore, but seerr does and I'm not mad at it.

#checkmk: decided I didn't want the hassle of zabbix, so thought I would take something new for a spin

#jellyfin: it “caked it's pants” last night and wouldn't play or scan

Sunday, March 8, 2026 The premier open source firewall solution that I ignored forever because very few people do a good introduction to it.

prestashop

Sunday, March 8, 2026 Only took like 6 tries to get up and going with docker, only realize that the problem I had was with the reverse proxy configuration

home assistant

Monday, March 2, 2026 the key with this is the constant rebuilds. from docker, to physical, to vm. I never seems to last long for me, but this time I have the official kvm image, so off we go.

ttrss

Monday, March 2, 2026 continues to be contentious in a way. I might be building the container wrong but sticking to the base one has a weird port that I just don't like.

nfsv4

Monday, March 2, 2026 yes, finally I am pushing all my nfs storage to nfsv4, about 19 years late, but better late than never

linkding

Monday, March 2, 2026 my choice for web bookmarks, I dig it because it takes snapshots of the content

joplin

Tuesday, February 24, 2026 thought about messing with joplin. it encouraged me to get the webdav back up and going.. that was a whole thing, but I haven't gotten back to it, since I think learning how to use orgmode more flexibly is probably a better choice overall. it's just that the orgmode mobile experience, (at least for me) hasn't been incredibly smooth, either on ios or android, but I think I have it going well enough to continue. I do with that orgzly revived would allow you to add your notes in trees. Or maybe they do and I just haven't figured out how to do it.

patchmon

Tuesday, February 24, 2026 it's good to keep an eye on the patches and stuff that every OS needs. There is a bonus project going on that will combine #patchmon and #checkmk, so I'm going to dive into that.

nginx proxy manager

it's been up and going for a few days and it's aight. abstracts a lot of what's going on from you. I know the nginx config can be esoteric at best, but I don't want to be blind. I have a problem now where every site except #jellyseerr works and I have little to no insight as to why. docker is cool and everything but... #nginxproxymanager

jellyseerr

2026-02-22 19:33:24 so jellyseer doesn't exist anymore, but seerr does and I'm not mad at it. #seeerr

checkmk

2026-02-22 19:32:45 decided I didn't want the hassle of zabbix, so thought I would take something new for a spin

jellyfin

2026-02-22 19:32:21 it “caked it's pants” last night and wouldn't play or scan #jellyfin

activepieces

web automation is a good thing, but not damned easy #activepieces

docker swarm

I have set up a 9 node cluster of virtual machines, now to get some actual stacks running. #swarm

second wireguard tunnels

I ran into an issue where one of my vps went down and it that was drapes. ended up splitting the tunnels into different functions instead #wireguard

shopping lists with grocy app going

for automated shopping lists and an excuse to buy a barcode scanner. <Tuesday, February 24, 2026

home assistant up and going

I got some light bulbs that I want to schedule.

jitsi

private video conferencing for whenever someone wants to see my face.

vlans

a flat network is probably a less than amazing idea