Not long ago, my home server I set up in 2020 died. It was time to rebuild it, but (much) better. Here’s what I did:

It’s pretty easy to add 2FA authentication to Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS. This guide will use libpam-google-authenticator to require 2FA when logging in. Make sure you save your backup codes when setting it up.

In July of ‘21, I decided I would get into racing.

I host a handful of web sites for free using Amazon S3, CloudFront, and Cloudflare. This whole setup takes only a couple minutes. Here’s how:

I’ve toyed around with moving away from Google Drive for a few years now, honestly from less of a die-hard-privacy-proponent-point-of-view but more because I thought it would be interesting to try to replace it with something self-managed.

A coworker at a previous job built an arcade emulator. He used a CNC machine to cut the cabinet, then dropped in an old monitor for display, a Raspberry Pi for emulation, and a set of joysticks and buttons he’d found on Amazon. It was a pretty neat setup that inspired me to put mine together.

I enjoy racing games. I wanted to build the most fun racing rig I could for the least amount of money in a reasonably quick amount of time.

This is old and I wouldn’t do it this way again. Try my new post on building a home server.

Back in April of last year, the speedometer failed in my ‘94 Explorer.