Category Archives: Geek

“We’ve arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology.” –Carl Sagan

The Tale of the Two NAS Boxes

Posted on 2 April 2021 by matthannan

Wow, what a run this was! I got tired of waiting for the WD MyBook or whatever it was called to be back in stock, so I started looking for better solutions. OpenMediaVault was not really getting things done for me.… Read the rest

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OneDrive on Linux, Revisited

Posted on 6 January 2021 by matthannan

You may recall that I managed to get OneDrive running on my main Pi with the goal of uninstalling the OneDrive client from the Windows machines and just running everything via a mapped drive to a SAMBA share.

This has been…mostly working.… Read the rest

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Pi4 NAS

Posted on 4 December 2020 by matthannan

I just bought a 4GB Pi4B kit!
I went with a Labists kit this time, rather than the standard CanaKit. I recently discovered that I had “earned” a $50 Amazon gift card on one of the HR sites at work, so that came in wicked handy.… Read the rest

Posted in Geek | Tagged AtomicPi, Geeking, intervalometer, NAS, OMV, OpenMediaVault, plex, RaspberryPi, weewx | Leave a comment

Running Plex on an Atomic Pi: a follow-up

Posted on 16 November 2020 by matthannan

I was thinking about a post to tell you about how the new Atomic Pi Plex server was working out. Splendidly, thanks for asking. But we did have an issue this evening that I was afraid would eventually pop up.

The Atomic Pi has been entirely stable.… Read the rest

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Revisiting Plex and NFS

Posted on 22 October 2020 by matthannan

The Raspberry Pi 3B is just a bit too weak to provide quick transcoding of HD files. But it has been working great for photos, podcasts, and music. I have long wanted to get the Atomic Pi back in the mix.… Read the rest

Posted in Geek | Tagged AtomicPi, Linux, NFS, plex | 1 Comment

How to Setup Raspberry Pi NFS Server

Posted on 25 August 2020 by matthannan

Setup your own network attached storage.

Source: How to Setup Raspberry Pi NFS Server

Everything old is new again! But smaller.

Getting Kodi/DLNA to work with the Roku was a non-starter, and, amazingly, the following morning Jenny asked me how to get podcasts on the Roku.… Read the rest

Posted in Geek | Tagged 500# gorilla, DLNA, Jenny, Kodi, NFS, plex, raspberry pi, Roku, SMB | Leave a comment

How to Connect to SMB Shares from iPhone & iPad with Files App

Posted on 22 August 2020 by matthannan

Have you ever wished you could connect to an SMB share from an iPhone or iPad? If you work with file servers, be it for work or pleasure, you’ll be excited to learn that connecting to SMB sha…