Cheapest Webcam Web Server
Here’s a cool project. Set up a webcam for under $50! Attach a raspberry pi camera to a raspberry pi zero. Do a little bit of cutting and pasting and you’ve got a web server that streams video! Here’s what you need: Raspberry Pi Zero SD card Power Supply Raspberry Pi Camera (cheap) Raspberry Pi […]
Read MoreHow to Make Your Own Raspberry Pi .img Files
If you’re like me, you spend a lot of time reinstalling Raspberry Pi OS on your Raspberries. I rebuild them when I no longer need the services that I was running, or if an installation if something goes south. Sure, I can write an SD card and then run saltstack to get back to my […]
Read MoreUPS NUT notes:
How to Monitor TWO UPSes with nut on a Raspberry Pi So, how do you differentiate between two of the same model UPSs on the same Raspberry PI running NUT? On a real computer, you could assign names to the ports. Maybe you have two different models and you could use model= or vendor= in […]
Read MoreHow to Overclock a Raspberry Pi 4
Back in the day, you could use raspi-config to play with the clock speeds to overclock your Pi. Those were also the days of dire warnings of mysterious settings being written to OTP memory, marking your RPi as having been overclocked and therefore voiding its warranty. I’m yet to burn out a Raspberry or make […]
Read MoreHow to 3D print from a Raspberry Pi
Got a 3D printer? Tired of running to the printer to swap SD cards with your model files? Do you hate tying up your laptop for hours on end to print on your 3D printer? Wouldn’t it be nice if there were a print server on your home network that up could just upload files […]
Read MoreHow to Monitor Your Network with Raspberry Pi
When you have a lot of devices on your network and you need to make sure that they’re performing to their best ability. Assume that everything is running but put some monitoring in place to ensure it! Cacti does a fabulous job of watching everything that you throw at it AND graphs out all of […]
Read MoreHow to run Minecraft on a Raspberry Pi
Got an extra raspberry laying around? Who doesn’t? Looking for a Minecraft server that has no subscription charges? This is a great way to play Minecraft with your friends without having to pay recurring charges! Set up a Raspberry Pi Minecraft server on your own LAN to play Minecraft with your friends! Here’s how: Install […]
Read MoreThe Best Adblocker for 2022 is PiHole
What’s the best ad blocker for 2020? pi-hole, of course! Wait, what’s pi-hole? Why is this the first time that I’m hearing of this? pihole is an adblocker that sits on your local network. It doesn’t install on your PC, so it’s not usually detected by websites that complain about such things. It also tracks […]
Read MoreHow to Install SaltStack on a Raspberry Pi
Once you have the OS installed and (in the case of a Raspberry,) ntp working, you can install stuff. The first thing I want to install is SaltStack. With SaltStack, I can get the bulk of my system administrator tasks completed without having to remember everything to install. This will also be a little test, […]
Read MoreDIN-r plate Raspberry Pi Rack System
How do you rack and stack your raspberries? If you like experimenting on Raspberry PIs, you probably can’t get enough of them–or you keep buying the latest and greatest models and the old ones just never really go out of service! You will need a way to keep your Raspberry PIs organized and neatly displayed […]
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