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Hoarder/Karakeep in Casa OS
I’ve been trying to get Hoarder, now called Karakeep, up and running on my Raspberry Pi for months. Every
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How to Sign up for Free Trials and not Get Screwed
I was under the impression this was common knowledge but apparently not. So here is how I no longer set
Windows
Voice-to-Text on Windows with local Processing
I’ve been going down a rabbit hole trying to find a good way to do transcription on Windows so
Tech ramblings of the (HR, Day,Week,Month)
The Impending W10 EOL Apocalypse
Windows 10 going out of support is gonna be a shitshow. I don’t even know how to communicate with
WordPress Frustations
More and more WordPress shit seems to hit the fan, from constant founder drama, to everything being broken after updates,
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April 14 2025
It’s been a while since I last posted. I’m not sure why. I have a lot of things
Culture
Tech Literacy is at an All Time Low
I was reading an article this morning from The New Oil about how scams are evolving and how to avoid
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Remember its Steam Next Fest so you can try out a crapton of games for free
This is day 8 of #100DaysToOffload
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Framework Announcement
I don’t usually spam out blog posts when the news hits about things, but I am making an exception
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Tools that just work: an Ode to my 13 year old kindle
A few different things all came together to write this post today.
My Kindle’s battery died. The Kindle hubbub
Photography
WeekNotes Feb 2-14
Been a wild couple of weeks. Was having stability issues with my PC. Spent hours going in circles for a
selfhosting
A Spotify Alternative - Though you will no longer be part of the Navy.
Please support the artists you like by donating to them directly
Following up on my wildly successful post about Netflix/
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Incompetent It Technicians
I don’t claim to be the worlds greatest technician. I claim to be competent. Unfortunately the average technician I
Site Update
I fucked up: Cleaning up your corner of the world
For years, I have been recommending Honey. I was under the impression they were tracking your web and purchasing behavior
Site Update
2025 Moving Forward
Yes another 2025 post to spam your feed with .
I split this and the previous post up as it was
Site Update
2024 Year In Review
It’s been a pretty good year for the blog, and I’ve implemented some stepping stones for a better
Site Update
Site Optimiziations
Tweaked some stuff yesterday and loading speeds seem to be improved significantly .
Removed these plugins
Gwolle Guestbook – No usage so
Android
Why is visual voicemail not the standard on Android in 2024?
Is there some technical reason that this isn’t built in a feature to android? Why is it either a