Derek Martin

A comically long time later...

So much has changed since 2023. I'm back to journaling, and have returned to social media, but slowly. My tech babble has dwindled into other areas but am still up to things. I wanted to start the 2024 year with a few nuggets - particularly, a thought about

ourselves.space

Welcome to https://www.ourselves.space - a place to be our authentic selves. The Doodle Project (https://www.thedoodleproject.com) is pleased to announce the availability of a free activitypub instance for yourname@ourselves.space, available now for up to 100 users in our preview. In addition, we are

HOME LAB RENEWAL - PT 6

Having a big family means making sacrifices. I had my own closet in the house to run my noisy server. It paired nicely with the wiring drop for all the wires in the house (network/phone/audio visual/etc). But, alas, that room needed to no longer be the guest

HOME LAB RENEWAL - PT 5

Now that my two servers are built, it's time to build the ultimate VM - my daily non-work driver. There's something special about this VM though: This will not do. In fact, it won't do at all. Other than Civilizations, which I've

HOME LAB RENEWAL - PT 4

So, Linux VMs imported fine - this is good. There was some wonkiness with the network adapters as HyperV names them different, so I had to adjust the netplans to match the new adapters. Next, I needed to install the guest agent which was easy enough, although not strictly required.

HOME LAB RENEWAL - PT 3

A long time ago, I came upon some 8TB WD USB3 drives. They serve a decent purpose in my ghetto fabulous compute server - they were the data drives for all the joy hanging out on my M.2 drives. Now it was time to bid adieu to my HyperV

HOME LAB RENEWAL - PT 2

In our last encounter, I had teased you with my need for more. Specifically, more storage since I had ditched all those spinning disks. I've been a YouTube Premium subscriber for like ten years and had somehow NEVER been introduced to "TechTube." Boy did I go

Home Lab Renewal - Pt 1

About two years ago, I purchased myself a pretty sweet deal on Ebay: Dell RX730xd 2 x 2.5Ghz Xeon Gold 128 GB ECC RAM 28 TB RAW 2 x 1oGB Ethernet and 2x 1GB Ethernet At the time, it was to be may main multi-purpose server for the home:

Reverse Proxy & Home Internet

I really love my network at home and the small network I've built over the past few years up in the cloud. It's gone through a number of machinations to suit my needs, but I've decided to finally start writing things down in case

Minio and Azure

When one simple thing breaks, the fix is definitely gonna be more complex. But, at least I learned a few new Azure tricks!

Fascination with Dropped Packets

For the longest time, my network has been rock solid. Recently, however, a single device (my work one of course) has started misbehaving. Here's the drill: 1. A complete Ubiquiti setup - we're talking USG Pro, CloudKey, PoE Switch, Access Points everywhere - the full deal.

It's hard being a dad...

There are times when I'm happy, but sad at the same time. This has always been the case, but it comes into sharp relief when I'm not sad at anyone, but rather, the mixed situation I find myself in. I'm happy because yesterday I

My Favorite Way to Host

When in doubt - host it yourself. Unless you don't know how, then let Cloudron help you.

Nerding on Crypto - Part 2

Bitcoin, Ethereum, and now...Blockstack? Oh yes - and it is so good.

Teams Devices are Amazing!

I attend a LOT of meetings. It's actually the only thing I do as a Principal Program Manager. Well, okay, sometimes I have to make TPS reports. TPS ReportsIn truth, my meetings are almost always pretty fun and efficient. I also run on a decent screen setup: Sorry

Nerding on Crypto

Part one of my nerd fun with crypto tech - storj.io

Personal Commentary - Beginning A New Year

We all know that 2020 was shit. We also know that I suffer from acute anxiety, triggered primarily by scarcity and hypocrisy. So, last year was ROUGH from just about every angle. I do have a shining light though: My Precious FamilyThey keep me grounded, and on my toes. I&

I was lost...

A while ago, I stopped blogging, mostly because I had little to say and even less time to say it. Then, a tragedy happened - well, at least for me. My blog server crashed and I didn't have an adequate backup. Well, there was a backup, but they