Pi Hole

👴 Old post I don’t use Pi Hole anymore but this post should still be relevant. I’ve switched to AdGuard. There is an easy to install Home Assistant addon available and it allows me to easily configure local-only DNS entries. As I was telling you before, I own a Raspberry Pi on which I set up a Pi Hole. As they advertise it, Pi Hole is “a black hole for internet advertisement”. It’s basically an ad blocker for your whole network. ...

2020-05-28 · 2 min · 372 words

Raspberry Pi

👴 Old post This post has grown old and I now don’t use my Raspberry Pi like this anymore. I bought a Raspberry Pi 3 model B+ about a year ago. I had to check the order date because I was pretty sure I had it for longer but I only got it at the end of March 2019. Now feels a good time to talk about my experience with the little guy. This will be my #100DaysToOffload fifth post. ...

2020-05-16 · 5 min · 1061 words

Synology NAS: Stream & Backup

This is the third issue of my #100DaysToOffload My Synology NAS (DS 216play) has two 2 TB hard drives and serves two main purposes in my setup: Store media files (mainly movies and TV shows) & stream them Hold some backups ...

2020-05-14 · 5 min · 964 words