Blog Archive 2023 DIY NAS: EconoNAS 2023 Sep 20 2023 I spent $420 building a 20TB DIY NAS to use as an off-site backup Aug 21 2023 Announcing the Winner of the DIY NAS: 2023 Edition Jun 13 2023 My journey to a new 3D Printer: the Bambu Lab X1-Carbon Jun 07 2023 DIY NAS: 2023 Edition Mar 15 2023 2022 DIY NAS: EconoNAS 2022 … sort of? Oct 30 2022 Laser Engraving with the Ortur YRR 2.0 Rotary Roller Sep 05 2022 Getting More Serious about Lasers: Ortur Aufero Laser 2 Jul 30 2022 I like ESPresense so much… Jul 01 2022 ESPresense: Easy Room Detection for Home Assistant Mar 01 2022 A few weeks with TrueNAS SCALE Jan 28 2022 2021 DIY NAS: 2022 Edition Nov 23 2021 Building my own Drone Race Timer: RotorHazard on Delta 5 Hardware May 17 2021 Self-Hosting my own Cloud Storage: FreeNAS, Nextcloud, and Tailscale Apr 23 2021 Tailscale: A VPN that even Brian can use! Mar 03 2021 Pi-KVM: Controlling a 4-port KVM and setting up Tailscale Feb 01 2021 Pi-KVM: an inexpensive KVM over IP Jan 20 2021 2020 DIY NAS: EconoNAS 2020 Dec 08 2020 DIY NAS: 2020 Edition Nov 25 2020 Maturing my Inexpensive 10Gb network with the QNAP QSW-308S Oct 29 2020 Replacing my IFTTT Applets with Node-RED and Home Assistant Sep 29 2020 Replacing my IFTTT Applets with Automations in Home Assistant Sep 25 2020 Ditching IFTTT for Home Assistant Sep 18 2020 Building a Swiss Army Knife Quadcopter: my 3-inch Toothpick Jun 08 2020 The Saros: A Quintessential Everyday Carry Knife May 24 2020 Diatone MXC Taycan: Caveat Emptor Mar 29 2020 AOKoda CX610 LiPo Battery Charger Feb 24 2020 Exway X1 Pro Riot Electric Skateboard Review Jan 04 2020 2019 DIY NAS: EconoNAS 2019 Nov 26 2019 What the Shuck is Going on Here?! Jul 21 2019 Turning my very first Quadcopter into Frankenbomber Jul 11 2019 Printing and Assembling the MK735, a 3D-Printed DIY NAS Case Jun 12 2019 The Future of my DIY NAS Builds May 19 2019 Our Horrendous Experience with a Vivint Upgrade May 18 2019 What about a 3D-Printed Mini-ITX NAS Case? Mar 20 2019 DIY NAS: 2019 Edition Mar 03 2019 DIY NAS: 2019 Edition’s BIOS Configuration, FreeNAS Installation, and Initial FreeNAS Configuration Mar 03 2019 Integrating my 3D Printer into my Home Automation Jan 13 2019 2018 I Put My Face on a USB Drive Sep 26 2018 Backing up my FreeNAS to Backblaze B2 Aug 27 2018 Brian’s Home Theater PC: The Hardware Aug 13 2018 Quadcopter Garage Sale – July 2018 Jul 15 2018 Trade Wars 2002: My First Gaming Addiction Mar 03 2018 Sonoff S31: I Cannot Imagine a Better Smart Outlet! Feb 16 2018 Meepo Board: An Electric Skateboard Review Feb 16 2018 Mavericks: Elite Grooming Made Simple Jan 29 2018 Brian’s Pseudo Micro Quadcopter Jan 20 2018 2017 FuriBee GT 215mm Fire Dancer Dec 17 2017 DIY NAS: EconoNAS 2017 Dec 06 2017 My Thoughts after Upgrading to FreeNAS 11 Jul 01 2017 An Economical Introduction to Drones: Tianqu XS809W Jun 21 2017 Weaponizing the DIY 450mm Quadcopter with the help of my 3D Printer Jun 10 2017 KingKong 90GT: Learning to FPV Apr 20 2017 Creating a Cooling Duct for the SilverStone DS380B Apr 17 2017 My First Quadcopter Upgrade: Taranis X9D Plus Apr 07 2017 I Built a Quadcopter! Mar 26 2017 Garage Makeover: Fleximounts Overhead Garage Rack Mar 22 2017 DIY NAS: 2017 Edition Mar 15 2017 Begin Laser Ignition! A Review of the NEJE DK-8-KZ Laser Engraver Jan 16 2017 2016 How Cool is This?! Dec 16 2016 Sonoff TH and Sonoff Pow – Something Great Just Got a Bit Better Dec 13 2016 DIY NAS: EconoNAS 2016 Sep 21 2016 I Bought a 3D Printer Too! Aug 19 2016 Nextion Enhanced HMI Touch Display (NX4024K032) Review Jul 28 2016 Building a Homelab Server Jul 08 2016 Building a Cost-Conscious, Faster-Than-Gigabit Network Jun 08 2016 Nitrogenated Cold-Brew Coffee May 23 2016 My 2016 DIY NAS Upgrade May 13 2016 Mirroring the FreeNAS USB Boot Device Apr 15 2016 I (grudgingly) Realized that I Wanted a Smartwatch Apr 11 2016 Home Brew: Das DoppelGanger Apr 01 2016 DIY NAS: 2016 Edition Feb 03 2016 Nextion HMI Display: Brian’s Review Jan 18 2016 2015 Sonoff & Slampher Home Automation Review Dec 08 2015 SlingFest 2015 Nov 18 2015 Building a Keezer and Kegging my first Batch of Homebrew Nov 08 2015 Movember: 2015 Nov 01 2015 Release the Brewterus! Oct 05 2015 We Simply Don’t Have Enough Power, Brian! Sep 28 2015 Brian’s 2015 Gaming Rig Sep 21 2015 Our Foster Hillbilly, Jed Sep 18 2015 Continuous Glucose Monitoring Review: Dexcom PLATNIUM G4 with Share Sep 11 2015 Little Miss Sunshine Sep 06 2015 Figuring out the ESP8266 Jul 10 2015 Tagg: The Pet Tracker Jul 02 2015 For Sale: HRE 547 Wheels Jun 13 2015 DIY NAS: EconoNAS 2015 May 28 2015 I Finally Tinker with my Arduino May 15 2015 Organizing my Toolbox May 08 2015 DIY NAS Software Roundup Apr 17 2015 Dipping My Big Toe in the Waters of Home Automation Mar 27 2015 Pockethernet: the Network Administrator’s Swiss Army Knife Mar 20 2015 My Network Cupboard: Extending the WiFi Mar 06 2015 Marley and Us Feb 20 2015 DIY NAS Roundup Poll Feb 13 2015 Hooking up my QNIX 2710 to DisplayPort Feb 06 2015 Addressing Medtronic Paradigm Holster Clip Failures Jan 30 2015 DIY NAS: 2015 Edition Jan 04 2015 2014 Tile: Bluetooth Tags for Tracking Items Dec 22 2014 Google Nexus 6 Review Dec 19 2014 Piwik Skin for Rainmeter 1.0.0 Dec 12 2014 Cable Management: My War on the Rat’s Nest Nov 14 2014 My New Dual-Monitor Setup Nov 07 2014 Movember: 2014 Nov 01 2014 Upgrading my Keychain Oct 10 2014 Garage Makeover: Hot, Sweaty, and Dipped in Latex Oct 03 2014 Plano Balloon Festival 2014 Sep 20 2014 ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Aug 23 2014 Indisposable DFW Dog Services Aug 17 2014 Gizmo Crate Unboxing: July 2014 Aug 04 2014 Garage Makeover: Back from the Abyss Jul 18 2014 Gizmo Crate Unboxing: June 2014 Jul 12 2014 DIY NAS: EconoNAS 2014 Jun 05 2014 Gizmo Crate Unboxing: May 2014 May 30 2014 Decibullz Attempts to Cure my Earbud Allergy May 23 2014 Cremo Cream: A Review May 16 2014 Telemarketers Attempt to Get Their Revenge May 01 2014 Dog Bites Man, Common Sense goes out the Window Apr 25 2014 Gizmo Crate Unboxing: April 2014 Apr 24 2014 I Bought a Chromebook Apr 18 2014 A New Diabetic Supply Carrying Case Apr 04 2014 Why I Chose Non-ECC RAM for my FreeNAS Mar 27 2014 Gizmo Crate Unboxing: March 2014 Mar 24 2014 Top 3 Items Ever Won at Dave & Busters Mar 20 2014 Spring Training 2014 Mar 14 2014 Gizmo Crate Unboxing: February 2014 Mar 10 2014 What’s In Brian’s Laptop Bag? Mar 07 2014 DFW Cars and Coffee - March 2014 Mar 01 2014 Buy a Bigger Tablet Feb 28 2014 My Experience Paying for Stumbles Feb 14 2014 DIY NAS: 2014 Edition Jan 15 2014 Logitech Harmony Smart Control: My Review Jan 10 2014 Creating Your own Android Notification for Piwik Jan 04 2014 2013 Medtronic Continuous Glucose Monitoring & MiniMed 530G: Two Months Later Dec 20 2013 We Got a New Dog! Dec 13 2013 Great Gifts for Geeks: 2013 Nov 29 2013 Addressing the Terrible Headlights of the C5 Corvette Nov 22 2013 Movember: 2013 Nov 08 2013 Car Home Ultra for Android Nov 01 2013 Medtronic Continuous Glucose Monitoring & MiniMed 530G: My First Thoughts Oct 25 2013 DIY NAS: EconoNAS 2013 Oct 05 2013 Garage Makeover: HVAC Oct 04 2013 Plano Balloon Festival 2013 Sep 27 2013 Wireless Charging for the Galaxy S3, Again! Sep 20 2013 I Converted to Octopress Sep 09 2013 Seattle in a Day Sep 06 2013 Rebuilding My Own Arcade Cabinet: Getting Started Jul 25 2013 My First Adventure with Plasti Dip Jul 12 2013 Monarch Lake Day Hike Jun 28 2013 Let’s Reach Out and Help Support Disaster Charities May 20 2013 The Z06 goes Under the Wrench May 10 2013 April Test-and-Tune @ North Star Dragway Apr 14 2013 Wireless Charging for the Galaxy S3 Apr 05 2013 Garage Makeover: Bringing Down the Popcorn Ceiling Mar 22 2013 My life as a “Brain” Mar 08 2013 Garage Makeover Mar 01 2013 How I Fought Back Against the Unrelenting Telemarketer Feb 22 2013 Adding Share Buttons to MovableType 5 Feb 15 2013 DIY NAS: 2013 Edition Jan 18 2013 BrianMoses.net is now a Teenager! Jan 17 2013 Share your WiFi Access Point via InstaWifi Jan 16 2013 My Network Cupboard: Adding a networked Printer Jan 16 2013 Computer Upgrade 2012: The Results Jan 11 2013 Computer Upgrade 2012: The Display Jan 04 2013 2012 Computer Upgrade 2012: The PC Components Dec 28 2012 Spotted Two Lost Dogs in Plano; 3-Legged Collie and Rottweiler Dec 24 2012 Computer Upgrade 2012: Time for a new PC Dec 23 2012 Scrooge you too, Big Brother! Dec 18 2012 HTML5 Video in Movable Type 5 with Less Headache Dec 09 2012 Configuring Visual Studio 2012 to use Beyond Compare Nov 30 2012 At Long Last; a Worthy X-COM Title Nov 26 2012 November Fun ‘N Grudge @ North Star Dragway Nov 19 2012 Ultimate Car Dock for Android Phones: Gearhead Version Nov 18 2012 Movember Nov 12 2012 FreeNAS Backup for Windows Users: Conclusion Oct 28 2012 Ultimate Car Dock for Android Phones: Part Two Oct 25 2012 Ultimate Car Dock for Android Phones: Part One Oct 24 2012 NFC - It is kind of a Gimmick Oct 15 2012 Manually Installing Google’s Car Home App Oct 06 2012 Backing up Windows Machines to FreeNAS: Part Three Mar 12 2012 Backing up Windows Machines to FreeNAS: Part Two Feb 29 2012 Backing up Windows Machines to FreeNAS: Part One Feb 28 2012 Viewing all Queued Builds in TFS: Part 2 Feb 21 2012 My Network Cupboard: The Dramatic Conclusion Feb 06 2012 My Network Cupboard: Completing Construction Feb 05 2012 Adding Bluetooth to My Car Jan 31 2012 Building a NAS: Assembly & Configuration Jan 28 2012 Building a NAS: Choosing Hardware Jan 22 2012 My Network Cupboard: The Immovable Object vs. The Uncoordinated Man Jan 09 2012 MyTouch 4G: Don’t Stand So Close to Me Jan 08 2012 My Network Cupboard: Things Begin to Take Shape Jan 05 2012 2011 My Network Cupboard: Inhaling Insulation Dec 23 2011 My Network Cupboard: Into the Attic Dec 19 2011 My Network Cupboard: Planning and Demolition Dec 16 2011 My Network Cupboard Dec 16 2011 Team Fortress 2 - Free to Play Aug 03 2011 Viewing all Queued Builds in TFS Jul 07 2011 Welcome! 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DIY NAS: 2019 Edition’s BIOS Configuration, FreeNAS Installation, and Initial FreeNAS Configuration Mar 03 2019