Lately, I’ve been on a bit of a privacy rampage. Call it paranoia if you want, but the feeling of being exposed just doesn’t sit right with me. It’s easy to brush off privacy concerns until you realize just how much of your personal information is out there for anyone to find. A not-so-recent conversation…
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Migrating Hyper-V VMs to Proxmox: A Practical Guide That Actually Works
Tired of dealing with a power-hungry server in your basement? Want to switch to Proxmox but keep your existing Hyper-V virtual machines? You’re not alone. Plenty of people have tried to make the transition, but let’s be honest – most guides out there leave you piecing together information from multiple sources. This guide lays out…
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Setting Up Proxmox Virtual Environment for Your Home Lab in Under 15 Minutes!
Proxmox is an amazing open-source, Type 1 hypervisor that lets you turn basically any old PC into a full-fledged virtualization powerhouse. Whether you’re setting up the best home lab, testing software, or diving into self-hosted virtualization, Proxmox has you covered while letting you flex on your friends with your personal cloud. Getting Started First, grab…
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Setting Up a Pwnagotchi: A Fun and Ethical Guide to Wi-Fi Security
It’s been a while since my last post… life has been busy with renovations, and I’ve been knee-deep in drywall dust and paint instead of tech projects. But I finally decided to take a break from home improvement and sit down to tinker with something I’ve been meaning to explore for a while: the Pwnagotchi.…
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Exporting Email Users from cPanel for Microsoft 365 Migration: A Step-by-Step Guide
So, you’re ready to make the leap from cPanel’s email service to Microsoft 365. Excellent choice! With Microsoft 365, you’ll get better collaboration tools, improved security, and the ability to access your emails from pretty much anywhere. But before you dive into the migration process, there’s one critical task to tackle: exporting your email accounts…
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Getting Klipper Running on an Anycubic Kobra 1
If there’s one thing I’ve learned about Anycubic printers, it’s that they love to upgrade faster than I can keep up. I bought the Anycubic Kobra 1 about a year ago, and now they’re already on the Kobra 3. And here I am, still trying to squeeze more life out of my Kobra 1. Before…
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Complete Guide to Wiping Microsoft Surface Pro and Creating Recovery Drive
Recently, I had an old Microsoft Surface Pro 4 come across my desk that simply wouldn’t boot and was stuck in a BSOD loop. Since the contents on the device weren’t important, I decided it would be best just to wipe it with a factory image. Reinstalling Windows on a Surface device differs slightly from…
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How to Repair a USB Drive That Won’t Cooperate
Ever had a USB drive that just wouldn’t cooperate? I’ve experienced this quite often, usually as a result of doing a DD image write, which often screws up the drive’s partitions. Here’s a step-by-step guide on how I get these USB drives back in working order. Symptoms of a Corrupted USB Drive Using Diskpart to…
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Configuring the BCM on a Ram 1500 for Alpharex Headlights (2009-2018)
Recently I installed a new set of headlights on my Ram 1500, the Alpharex Luxx. I noticed some oddities in the lights functionality though. I’ll walk you through configuring the Body Control Module (BCM) on a Ram 1500 to make Alpharex headlights function as expected. This guide is especially useful if you had the factory…
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Bypassing Installer Lockout on the DSC PC5010: A Step-by-Step Guide
In this post, I’ll share a method for bypassing the installer lockout on the DSC PC5010 security panel. This technique can be particularly useful if you find yourself locked out of the system and unable to access the installer programming mode. This is an old semi-well known method that I used when I was still…