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Building a LACK Rack Plex NAS From a Refurbished Rackmount Server, Part 1

Software Home Lab DIY

Last year, I invested in a Plex Premium lifetime subscription, and I really like it. Previously, I had been relying on my Roku player’s built-in Media Player app to play video files stored on a network share on my PC, which it was a pain to navigate.

An IKEA LACK side table in a living room with a rackmount Dell server and an APC UPS bolted into its legs underneath, and wireless routers sitting on top.
  • 01 Feb 2020

Things I Wish I Had Known Before Painting My House

Personal DIY

Over the course of the five years I lived in it, I painted every room of my first house. I moved a couple years ago to a new place, but have only just recently started painting again.

A small bathroom prepped for painting, with green painter's tape lining the tub surround and trim, a stepladder standing on a drop cloth, and rollers and tools piled in the bathtub.
  • 22 Jul 2019

In Praise of Small Market Teams

Personal

One of my clearest memories of going to games there as a kid. The Brewers were really not very good for most of my childhood, and games were sparsely attended. My folks would always get the cheapest tickets possible, so our ticketed seats were always in basically the last row of the highest nosebleed section.

A low-angle view of the exterior facade of Milwaukee County Stadium, its name spelled out in tall metal letters above a row of visiting-team logo banners.
  • 05 Feb 2019
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Wisconsinite, Software architect, Brewers baseball fan, he/him

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