Tag: Tech

  • Reusing a Desktop as a Home Console

    Reusing a Desktop as a Home Console

    With my move away from my older budget desktop build to my more recent Macbook Pro. I installed a fresh copy of Linux to keep it alive and spun up some local servers for the house; a couple of the servers I spun up are Home Assistant, and combined with some smart outlets, I could…

  • Creating Documentation for Projects

    Creating Documentation for Projects

    With taking on more projects that involve more than just myself, I’ve been working on writing documentation to share the knowledge around a project and store information with relevant tips to the project I’m working on. While searching for a somewhat easy-to-configure, preferably free solution to documentation hosting, I came across Read the Docs. Read…

  • Learning through Self Implementation of Features

    I recently covered FreeShow, a software made for presentations in Churches. One of the features that I liked and talked about was the open-source nature of the App. In this case, open-source means having the app’s code publicly available on GitHub, with any changes made, issues, or additions to its Codebase available to read /…

  • Ditching Google for an Open Alternative

    Ditching Google for an Open Alternative

    In the event of researching software for my church to help streamline the streaming process and slideshows. Initially utilizing less ideal software for A/V, I’ve found some fascinating tools that directly target my problems with the software we were using; whether directly targeting churches or not, I’ve come across many solutions. The “it works” problem:…