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Author Archives: matthannan
Take Note
I am on my end of summer vacation and working through some psychic backlog items. Don’t get me started on Wireguard VPN. Grumble, grumble. But I am kind of relieved to have spent the morning screwing around with note applications again.… Read the rest
Outbound VPN on the pfSense Router
Privacy is increasingly a priority in my design decisions when it comes to what I what I am implementing in my home network. I am loathe to describe it as a “homelab“, as this is about as front-line production as it gets.… Read the rest
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Further Adventures with Music on Raspberry Pi
I have a Raspberry Pi 3B (not the Plus version) with a HiFiBerry Digi+ DAC HAT attached. This is connected to my old school Sony receiver via TOSLINK fiber. I also have a 10.1″ touchscreen attached. The goal of all of this was to build a digital jukebox to play my music collection through.… Read the rest
Summer Vacation 2023
Legoland in Upstate New York. Definitely a good time.


























The park was much larger than expected, and it is built on the side of a mountain, so it was easy getting to the lower level early in the day, but oh so rough coming back up at the end!… Read the rest
One Note To Rule Them All (not the one you think)
Looking back at my web search history, I have been on a quest for several months now to find a note-taking application that checks a couple of very specific boxes and that I can use for documenting my home network (aka home lab) setup.… Read the rest
Finally upgrading my Raspberry Pi 3B+ from SD-Card to SSD
I have one last Pi still running on SD-Card and know it is only a matter of time before it the card gives up the ghost. This is my basement Pi, which has done service as an IR camera with Open CV, and still does duty as a Python development kick-around, and, more importantly, is my current air quality sensor for the basement.… Read the rest
pfSense: Guide to Fix Nintendo Switch 2618-0516 Unable to Connect to others console / NAT traversal
Had to set this up in order to get online, multi-player working.
Source: pfSense: Guide to Fix Nintendo Switch 2618-0516 Unable to Connect to others console / NAT traversal… Read the rest
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The Bench is Complete




Santa is set to receive a new LED tomorrow.… Read the rest
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