ownmydata Owning my Data: BitTorrent Pi Who remembers Limewire from the early Aughts? Limewire (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LimeWire) was one of the early Peer-to-Peer (P2P) networks out there. It was used mostly to share music files across the Internet. I remember a version of it installed on my high school’s network in a
ownmydata Owning My Data: The Equipment This will be a quick post. Here is a list of equipment I have purchased to build out my network. This post includes a description of the equipment and why I purchased it. Ethernet Crimper & Cable Tester: What: A tool to create my own Ethernet cables Why: It can
diy Creating a LAMP Server for Wordpress I want to host a web server at home. Why do you ask? I say, Why not? This will be a fun project. Ultimately, I want a website for my family. A single location on the Internet where you can come and learn about the Helmers family. To do this,
computer Upgrade that old wired printer This is for my father, who has an old wired Brother Printer/copier. Do you have a printer at home that works well, but you have to plug into it with a USB cable to print? Me too. My wife, Kristin, has a fantastic Brother printer from college. It’
networking Mapping a Domain Name I want to map my Domain name to my apartment’s IP address. There are a couple reasons for this. First, I think it would be fun, and it is the first step to hosting a website 100% at home, so I only rely on my ISP to provide
raspberry pi ownCloud Down!!! The other day I was updating the Raspberry Pi, and some updates got pushed out to the Pi running ownCloud. And it broke… Apparently, ownCloud itself was updated, but the update pushed the application into Maintenance Mode. I had to fix it. Went to /var/www/owncloud/config/
motion What does my dog do all day? My wife Kristin and I were talking about our dog, Wendy. We were wondering, what does she do all day while we’re at work? Wendy likes to stand on her hind legs. This inspired the WendyCam. Our little pup is insanely curious, and always trying to get people
diy I made my ownCloud! Have you heard the saying, “There Is No Cloud It’s Just Someone Else’s Computer”? And have you ever thought about what would happen if that person’s computer disappeared overnight? While the chances of Google or Dropbox disappearing are slim, these things do
ads Ads? What Ads? For the last month or so there has been a noticeable decrease in the number of ads that appear on our network. Why? I installed a Pi-hole. Using a Raspberry Pi Zero, the same one from my OpenVPN project, I installed a program call “Pi-hole”. This nifty little
networking I Made a VPN While learning about networking it became clear how easy it was to snoop on someone’s internet activity when out in the public. If you’re connected to a wifi network that isn’t yours, all of your traffic can be captured and read. Now, does the
