We rely on Google Docs/Sheets for many reasons: its centralized storage, powerful search capabilities, simple interface, and seamless multi-user collaboration make it an invaluable tool. However, the desire for a truly private, locally hosted solution—one that eliminates dependency on the cloud—has …

I’ve Home Assistant with remote HTTPS access, but it’s not possible to reach Home Assistant on the local network without getting “Your connection is not private” error. This is because your local IP or URL is not listed in the SSL certificate. And it’s not possible to …

Like 50% of the time when my Fedora Linux machine is waking up, my Logitech MX Master mouse scroll wheel is very slow. To solve the problem, I was pulling out the USB receiver and putted it back. But today I took the time to solve the problem and it works! I …

OwnTracks is a free and open source application for iOS and Android that allow you to track your location and send it via MQTT to your home automation system. But the location data needs to be send secured. How to do this, is written in this post.

Prepare the generate-CA script

Important is that …

I’m happy to announce the release of my full text search tool for the Gnome desktop, named Search Tracker. Written in Python and PySide2 (Qt). Search Tracker is using the Gnome Tracker, which is the default local file system indexer in Gnome. The reason I wrote this tool is that I …

There several ways to port forward to expose your local port to the internet. These instructions are working for normal NAT routers and also for Carrier Grade NAT (CGNAT). CGNAT is often used by LTE/4G internet connections. Described port forward methods are:

• Via SSH on your own webserver/VPS
• Via …

Avahi and Bonjour are open source implementations of the Zeroconf specification. With these tools it is possible to reach a host on your network without having its IP address, you need only need the hostname. Avahi runs on Linux and Bonjour on Windows and MacOS. It’s needed an both ends! …

Hugo is a static website and has no dynamic services like comments. Comments can be done by using Disqus, an external service. Also all known “old” Wordpress URL’s needs to be serviced by the new Hugo website and not working URL’s needs to be forwarded. It’s not good …

Converting the Wordpress content to Hugo, could be a simple task, if there were good Wordpress to Hugo converting tools available. I tested 3 tools, only the first and the forth one is made for Hugo:

1. Wordpress Plugin->Wordpress To Hugo Exporter
2. WP2md
3. ExitWP for Jekyll
4. ExitWP for Hugo My own …