I love this community, I used to rant about efficiency all the the time on reddits self hosting community and everyone thought I was insane. If the damn thing is going to run 24/7 for 5+ years then put a little thought into its power usage!

I personally love old Dell optiplex micros on eBay. Cheap, plentiful laptop hardware in a cute little box which allows modest upgrades. My primary server in a full sized case is just a laptop CPU, Ryzen 5600g. It brings me joy that my network has four servers and still is under 75w idle for everything including networking gear.

There are lots of vendors that just make simple, cheap project enclosures. Bud Industries is my favorite. I have one of these bolted to the back of my trailer with a USB camera in it that I use as a back up camera. Just use some RTV to seal the hole the wire comes in through. https://www.budind.com/product/nema-ip-rated-boxes/ptk-series-fiberglass-box/ptk-18240-2-2-2-2-2/#group=series-products&external_dimensions_group=0&internal_dimensions=0&cover_style_group=0

They will again starting in 2027 thanks to the EU.

https://repair.eu/news/making-batteries-removable-and-replaceable-a-closer-look-at-the-new-eu-guidelines/

Put the sdcard in a Linux box with a GUI

Step one: shrink the image size use gparted, re-size the main partition to as small as possible

Step two: run fdisk to find out the last used sector. Command: sudo fdisk -l /dev/mmcblk0

Step three: get the ‘end’ sector from the last partition and enter it into the dd command below as ‘count’. Run the dd command with a stop at the last used sector and correct bytes per sector set: sudo dd bs=512 count=12281855 if=/dev/mmcblk0 of=/home/pi/Azle.iso status=progress

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Needing something is one thing, tax payer subsidies is another topic entirely. State tax payers have now all chipped in for these Data centers and the question is was it worth it for them.

Foldersync pro has worked flawlessly for me for over a decade. At first I just used samba on my LAN and it would sync at night but then I spun up new and more services and it supports most all of them. I highly recommend.

This is so amazing on so many levels. Their faces are perfect. Well done.

Took a 6 day vacation with the wife and our only child, a five year old. Long story short, we learned vacationing with an only child is a lot of work and next time to bring her a friend or cousins to occupy her attention so that responsibility isn’t on a parent. Still learning how to vacation!

Every link should open a separate pop up window. Add an under construction gif of a dude digging.

Perhaps not the same but I own a 150 year old home in America and I had foam insulation blown in. The insulation it provided was minor but what it helped tremendously with was drafts and air exchange. On older homes air leaks and sealing any cracks and drafts can potentially save you more money than adding actual insulation depending on how leaky it is. Food for thought though it might not help you.

Dall-e through Bing

For what it’s worth I recently moved from Wordpress to Grav and I’m not looking back. It’s a web server and the editor is built in but it’s all markdown and fast as hell. The file system is flat and easy to understand. I’m smitten.