Technology
Apps, services, networking, Canadian alternatives and the everyday technology I use, test and occasionally spend far too much time messing with.
Latest Technology Posts
Everything I've written about Technology in one place. Pick a post and disappear down another rabbit hole.
Setup Immich on unRaid. Self-hosting a Google Photos alternative
How did you get here? If you have been following along to my blog posts and have an unRaid server sitting in your basement, office, or wherever you've managed to hide the growing collection of hard drives that started as "just one little server," you might
Maple Maps, a Canadian alternative to the others
Maple Maps is a new Canadian navigation app built specifically for Canada, with Canadian business identification, bilingual support, live traffic and Canadian hosted data.
Pi-hole on a Raspberry Pi, and why you should have two
Pi-hole is one of those wonderfully boring pieces of technology that you install once and then mostly forget about, until you look at how much advertising, tracking and other nonsense it has quietly blocked. In this post, I explain how I run Pi-hole on a Raspberry Pi, why I keep it off unRaid.
Setting up unRaid from a pile of hardware to a Canadian cloud
Thinking about building an unRaid server to begin your Canadian cloud journey? This beginner-friendly guide walks through everything from choosing your hardware and creating the unRaid USB to configuring storage, Docker, Community Applications, and backups.
Why EBOX is the Smart Choice for Home Internet
Tired of the endless price hikes, expiring promos, and confusing contracts from the big Canadian internet providers? EBOX, a prominent player in the independent ISP landscape, is offering a refreshing alternative, especially with their Fibre to the Home (FTTH) internet. If you live in Quebec or Ontario where their fibre
Internet Scams, AI & Fake News
Update: Five months after I made this post, CBC Marketplace done a report on this exact scam. Watch the full CBC Marketplace episode below. We've just came from an election cycle that was overrun by fake news and I use that term in the true form and not
Upgrading My Home Network: Why I Chose TP-Link Omada
As someone who's always tinkering with tech and looking for ways to improve my home setup, I recently decided it was time to upgrade my home network. After some research and consideration, I landed on TP-Link's Omada system. Here's why I made the
Chat GPT, impressive or dangerous?
I have recently hear a lot about ChatGPT and used it recently to write a blog post for me about mouse traps. It was about 97% written by the chat bot. After I asked it to write a blog post about ChatGPT. Here was the interaction: Me: Write a long
Pomodoro's and me!
You may be thinking what the hell is Pomodoro. You should be, I guess that is why you are here, the attention grabbing name caught your squirrel mind and you had to know. I'll get into Pomodoro's shortly, but before I do, you, most likely are
Cleantalk: Anti-Spam for Websites
I don't always tout the quality of a service and further more it is much less likely I will pay for a service if I can get it for FREE or cheaper. But I am doing both of that with this service. CleanTalk: Anti-Spam for Websites is