My January Challenge
It is January 2024. This month, I have a challenge of Blogging. It is to publish one post per day. It’s very hard for me. I have never tried it before. I will focus on blogging only. I will not...
Category: Web & Network
Domain Name Price and How to Transfer a Domain
This week, I am doing domain names winter clean. I have a lot of domain names that need to be maintained. How many domain registrars do I use? About twenty years ago, I registered my first Domain name at 1and1....
Replace Backblaze B2 with Cloudflare R2
Yes, a few days ago, I started to use Cloudflare R2 for my Mastodon media storage. There are three steps. 1) Download all the media files from Backblaze B2 2) Upload the files of step 1 to Cloudflare R2 3)...
What about the Backblaze B2 storage now
I have been using Backblaze B2 Storage for fifteen days. In the beginning, the data was not stable. I changed the settings multiple times. The Backblaze backend reporting is kind of delayed or 48 hours round. Today, I will recheck...
How to use Backblaze B2 Storage with Mastodon
Set up Backblaze B2 storage with existing Mastodon. Here is for my record, not as a guide or reference. If you follow it on your Mastodon instance, take a risk. I use the Backblaze B2 storage after a few days...
Fix the problem of unstable router
I have a Awow AK34 mini PC. It is used as a router for a few years. It has a problem. It may lost respons after a few month, or every month. All the devices no matter wired or wireless...
MediaWiki upgrade to 1.40.0
I have a MediaWiki installation in my Home Lab. It is for my own internal purpose. There are many sensitive information. So there is no way to access it from the Internet. The MediaWiki installation was 1.39.2. To upgrade the...
How much power does a NAS use?
It is a question. And I have the answer. I used an Ammeter to measure the power consumption of the 4-bay NAS system. The NAS is built based on the U-NAS hardware. HARDWARE INFORMATION CPU Model: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU J3160 @...
Speed Test – Cloudflare
Recently I saw a tweet talking about the speed test tools powered by Cloudflare. It is so cool. The speed test checks the Internet Speed and every small segment. For example, my Internet is 100MB download /10MB upload with CIK...
Upgrade Proxmox from 7.4.15 to 8.0.3
I saw the news of the release of Proxmox VE 8. It is a big version upgrade and a lot of changes to the system. I have the PVE running in my HomeLab. Today is a great day, Sunday, a...
Recent trial of VPS
Recently, I did some trial use on the following VPS. Hetzner Google Cloud Contabo Vultr Oracle Cloud Oracle Cloud https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQLu9_T0iljC3jhWmRIgOFA7rdiLM3s-FcKl-EMXgL_7Fh6htcqZRqcClwFBsBKmBQThYmhmU6zshjP/pubhtml?gid=0&single=true
Add SPF and DMARC record to DNS
I FOUND THIS POST when I go through the Draft post in the backend of my blog. It was drafted last year when I moved some emails to the IONOS Email system. It is still helpful for the “Email Basic”...
Upgrade to PHP8.2 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
Early last December, php8.2.0 was released. I did not install it at the first available. I like to wait for the first wave of bugs to be fixed. Now it is time to upgrade my Web Server’s php engine. Before...
Swith to Matomo and Traffic Reports May 2023
I have been using Google Analytics for many years. It was a fantastic website analytics tool for all kinds of users. The recent change, or upgrade, from Universal Analytics / UA to GA4, makes everything different. A lot of people...
2.5G Network Adapter, Ubit 2.5GBase-T RJ45 2500/1000/100Mbps
I bought a 2.5Gbe PCIe adapter on amazon.com last month. It cost me $19.98 plus tax. But now it is $25.89. It is a small box with the brand name on the front, ubit. I have no idea what kind...