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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 few months, I would go in and try to get ChatGPT or Gemini to code the correct YAML file for Docker. I couldn’t get it to work, and no one else seemed to be able to get it to work either. Finally, after much effort, I got it working two days ago, and it’s been running...

WordPress Frustations

More and more WordPress shit seems to hit the fan, from constant founder drama, to everything being broken after updates, to everything needing to a be a plugin. Well here comes my icing on the cake that pushed me to doing a test version on Ghost. Yesterday I logged to my WordPress dashboard for this site, and I saw that Jetpack had downgraded me to a free tier, which disables both social sharing...

April 14 2025

It’s been a while since I last posted. I’m not sure why. I have a lot of things to do. I’m working on an advertisement for my editing services, and I might update my editing website. I need to improve my Obsidian workflow and daily task management; my current system isn’t working well. I have a half-baked solution, but I lack note rollover and good organization. I’m...

5 New Tools I have used in the past week to speed up my Workflow

Workspace in Power Toys PowerToys Workspaces utility for Windows | Microsoft LearnWinaero Tweaker to remove drive letters Winaero Tweaker Listary Listary – Free File Search Tool & App LauncherText Blaze Text Blaze: Snippets and Templates for ChromeAI summary on Android Sum Up AI Notification Summary – Apps on Google Play

This is day 27 of #100DaysToOffload

Why I had to start Charging for “Quick Help” tech advice

Last week I did close to 18 hrs of free work for multiple people. Two weeks ago I did 20 hrs of free web design , it was for a good friend . I wasn’t upset about it until I realized based on trying to be in touch with them that I was putting significantly more effort into there project then they were. This week I got asked a question to help someone save $300 four times in a row and even my...

Fixing Dell 16 Inch laptop Trackpads

Apparently Dell 16 inch laptops have a problem that the trackpad jumps all over the place even when new. After doing some research its a hardware issue, its due to the trackpad not being correctly grounded.The fix as shown in this Youtube video works perfectly.My friend did it for me in a matter of minutes and its all fixed.

This is day 8 of #100DaysToOffload

Chromebooks- I recommend them more then ever after I bought one.

As an IT professional, I have been recommending Chromebooks and iPads to practically everyone for years. In my experience, they are the perfect choice for most people. Recently, I purchased the Lenovo Chromebook Duet as a lighter weight replacement for my Thinkpad X230 (Don’t worry I still have a spare:). I will have a continuous guide posted soon, but I just wanted to write a short article...

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