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18 Nov 2021 · 1 min read · raspberry-pi · raspbian

Overcoming power supply and software issues with a Raspberry Pi4

Intro In my first post in my Raspberry Pi NAS series, I mentioned I had issues with my external hard drives and had to buy an external (powered) USB hub, but I didn’t elaborate further. What’s The Issue? …

14 Nov 2021 · 5 min read · raspberry-pi · raspbian

How to use your Raspberry Pi as a NAS/Media Centre: Part 2

Intro In my last post, I walked you through the basic setup and Operating System install of a Raspberry Pi. Now lets move onto making it a NAS/Media Centre device. I actually went down 2 different paths - initially I …

7 Nov 2021 · 7 min read · raspberry-pi · raspbian

How to use your Raspberry Pi as a NAS/Media Centre: Part 1

Intro I recently replaced my Raspberry Pi 3B+ NAS/Media Centre with a Raspberry Pi 4B+ and it occurred to me that others may want to do likewise, so here goes. Why a Raspberry Pi? In truth theres a few reasons: When I …

VS Code: Dialog PopUnder Bug and how to live with it
29 Jun 2021 · 3 min read · vscode · login

VS Code: Dialog PopUnder Bug and how to live with it

Dealing with annoying display bugs

Azure: Context is king
27 Jun 2021 · 2 min read · azure · login

Azure: Context is king

Image by mohammad takhsh on Unsplash Intro A quick post just to get me back into the routine, and to cover off an issue that I encountered recently, and how to resolve it. The problem I hadn’t done anything in …

31 Mar 2020 · 3 min read · new-blog · cloudflare

Handle website redirects with Cloudflare page rules

In my last post, I mentioned that I’d hit a little snag when I was migrating my live site over to my new architecture. When I built my test site it always used a subdomain (beta.cirriustech.co.uk) so I never had …