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Technical blog to share ideas about Home Automation and other things.

Sunday, July 27, 2025

DreamQuest Pro+ N150 - a review

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Once in  while the main PC I use need to be upgraded or fixed. Normally I'm going on eBay looking for old server to rebuild the main PC,...
Sunday, July 13, 2025

Cooling the server area - Peltier way - the idea

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Time ago I did buy a Peltier unit cooling contraption. There are many different types on the market, I think mine is a 50W unit already asse...
Sunday, June 1, 2025

Phoronix Test Suite

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Sometime there is the need to determine if a computer is "fast" and thus capable to run specific operations. Is not easy to set up...
Sunday, May 11, 2025

Install Joomla on Docker - APKH

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I used Joomla for many websites, this is a procedure to install Joomla on a Docker container rather than the traditional set up on a server....
Sunday, April 27, 2025

Playing old piano rolls - ideas

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Cleaning up some stuff from my father, I discovered to have many old piano paper roll. My father had a piano capable to play those rolls, bu...
Sunday, September 15, 2024

AirThings - gather data remotely

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 During one of my excursions on flea markets, I did find a AirThings Wave Plus . For 10$ I decided to buy it and try it out (the normal cost...
Sunday, July 21, 2024

Repair - UV insect trap (UPDATED)

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Funny story of a trivial repair attempt over an electronic ballast used to drive a fluorescent UV bulb for an insect trap. DISCLAIMER !!! Th...
Sunday, April 21, 2024

Ubuntu Core - run it on Virtualbox

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Ubuntu Core is an OS designed for embedded machines, operates in different way than a standard Linux distribution. This article explains how...
Sunday, March 17, 2024

Restoration - Talking doll mechanism

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This is not a usual "repair". At an antique mall we found a Italian doll made around the seventies, a "talking" doll !
Sunday, February 18, 2024

Flipper Zero - setting up a development environment

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Flipper Zero is defined as "hacking" tool, i.e. is a collection of HW and SW that allows to explore and interact with technology a...
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