Your motherboard's tiny fan header can do way more than cool your CPU
…07 / 8 Modding What creative use case lets a fan header power a small blower to push air through a custom 3D-printed duct aimed directly at VRM heatsinks? A VRM active…
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I connected my local LLM to Home Assistant through MCP, and now my smart home manages itself
…powered by it. So, I went with the unofficial HA-MCP Server repository instead. Now, I’m always cautious about connecting something as vital as my smart home platform with a community…
6 unsaid rules all PC gamers must obey (but don't)
…You might get decent free alternatives on the internet, but Wallpaper Engine is unbeatable when it comes to variety, customization, and community features. If you're into it, you can create your…
Linux desktops have been stuck in old habits, and Hyprland breaks that pattern
…Hyprland proves that customization can still feel modern Linux users love customization, but a lot of desktop customization still feels fragmented. You change a theme in one place, tweak shortcuts elsewhere, install…
Everytime I set up a new Jellyfin server, these are the plugins I install first
…Jellyfin remains open-source and free, with an entire community building plugins for it so that users can truly customize the media server and self-host it exactly the way they want…
Android Auto won't give me an equalizer, so I use this free app instead
…I just tell Poweramp to apply a custom car preset whenever it connects to the vehicle's Bluetooth or DAP. I would rather spend 10 minutes optimizing my car audio with a…
Claude is good, but connecting it to the right tools is what makes it worth paying for
…Simply click the Customize button on the sidebar, then click Connectors . From there, hit the plus (+) icon, and you'll see two options: Browse connectors and Add custom connector . If you want…
My entire smart home runs on a single Docker container now, and I'm never going back
…If a manufacturer decided to sunset a product or put a previously free feature behind a paywall, I was powerless to stop them. That’s when I decided to reclaim my home…
Home Assistant users are building smarter homes than Google and Amazon ever will
…Related I built a Home Assistant automation that saves power daily, and nobody in my family even knows it exists Saving power without family complaints. Home Assistant makes good on the promise…
Proxmox running Xpenology gave me the best of both worlds for my home NAS
…It rocked ZFS, is powered by Linux and not FreeBSD, has built-in apps, and a passionate community. TrueNAS Scale can run on pretty much anything with a CPU, RAM, and internal…