Category Archives: Computers and Internet

Upgrading from Jessie to Stretch

Posted on August 19, 2017 by

On Wednesday, Aug 16th 2017, a new major Raspbian OS version was released. The “Stretch” release replaced the previous “Jessie” version, and makes a number of changes that may or may not affect you. I’m editing this post as I … Continue reading →

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Raspbian Stretch Released

Posted on August 17, 2017 by

The next major version of the Raspbian OS was released today, and I wanted to take a moment to let you know that I’ll be walking my way through the entire series again on a fresh install, as well as … Continue reading →

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CrashPlan Experiment

Posted on June 10, 2017 by

Important: This is an experiment, and should still be considered preliminary. I’m putting this out there “live” because I know a lot of people are interested in this topic. I’ll be updating this post as the experiment progresses, but just … Continue reading →

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Adding an “Emergency Stop” button to the Raspberry Pi

Posted on March 5, 2017 by

One constant problem I’ve had with my CrashPi in particular is that, since it has no screen or keyboard, when it stops responding, I have no way to tell it to shut down. I watch the activity light, and wait … Continue reading →

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Raspberry Pi Home Server v2: Creating a Home Page

Posted on December 11, 2016 by

Note: This post is part of a series. Each post builds on the previous ones. If you are just trying to add one thing to an existing system that was not built following this series, then I cannot promise that … Continue reading →

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Raspberry Pi Home Server v2: Syncthing

Posted on December 11, 2016 by

Note: This post is part of a series. Each post builds on the previous ones. If you are just trying to add one thing to an existing system that was not built following this series, then I cannot promise that … Continue reading →

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Raspberry Pi Home Server v2: Web Administration

Posted on December 11, 2016 by

Note: This post is part of a series. Each post builds on the previous ones. If you are just trying to add one thing to an existing system that was not built following this series, then I cannot promise that … Continue reading →

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