05 Sept 2026 · homelab
Turning a Spare Proxmox Screen into a Homelab Command Display
I turned the monitor attached to one Proxmox host into a full-screen fleet wallboard, while keeping the normal console one key away.
Log entries
Projects, builds, reviews, system failures and technology rabbit holes, documented so the useful parts are easier to find again.
27 Aug 2026 · projects
Building Kitchen Companion: From Recipe Box to Production App
I built Kitchen Companion to turn saved recipes into a practical cooking workflow, then had to solve the decidedly less glamorous problems of imports, privacy, background work and safe releases.
27 Aug 2026 · projects
Rebuilding the Pinnacle Hill Observatory Website
I replaced the old Pinnacle Hill Observatory WordPress site with a faster, self-contained field journal that gives the images and the observatory build room to breathe.
11 Feb 2026 · AI, Projects
Building an iPad Cat Game in a Day (and Submitting it to the App Store)
I built an iPad app today. From zero to App Store submission in about 12 hours. Not a side project that’ll sit in a repo somewhere – an actual submission… Read more »
07 Feb 2026 · AI, Homelab
Running WordPress in Docker and Connecting it to Claude via MCP
I’ve been running The Captains Log on WordPress for a while now, but recently decided to give it a proper home on my homelab server rather than relying on shared… Read more »
12 Sept 2023 · Projects
Audi Car Audio Upgrade
The Car… Audi A7 Quattro TFSI 3L Supercharged This is my car. I took the picture above on a tour of the South Island not long after it was purchased… Read more »
09 Aug 2021 · Random, Home Network, Homelab
UnRaid Server
I recently decided to give Unraid a try. What’s unRaid I hear you asking yourself? It’s a Linux based OS designed to make running file servers, Docker containers and VM’s… Read more »
21 Jan 2021 · Home Network, Gadgets and IOT
Perfect Wifi Coverage – not mesh…
Wifi coverage around the home is an important consideration today with all the smart home devices, mobiles, iPads, Chromecast devices etc that now dominate most homes. I did a network… Read more »
17 Aug 2020 · Gadgets and IOT
RC Quadcopter Drone review
This is a review of the LAUMOX SG907 GPS Drone with 4K HD Adjustment Camera Wide Angle 5G WIFI FPV RC Quadcopter Professional Foldable Drones E520S E58 sold by Aliexpress…. Read more »
13 Aug 2020 · Gadgets and IOT, Learning
Raspberry Pi based digital wall calendar
Do you have an old monitor that’s looking for something to do? Create a wall calendar / to do list with it! So between my work, and Tech Futures Lab,… Read more »
11 Aug 2020 · Learning
Cloud Training
Everything is about the cloud these days. It’s everywhere, and so it should be. The cloud as an enabler of modern digital business, the ease of setting up environments and… Read more »
22 May 2020 · Learning
Scribd and other online resources
Scribd is an ebook service I’ve been subscribing to for quite a while. It’s available in the Apple App Store and it costs NZ$14.50 a month. It has a wide… Read more »
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