I'm Brian, a geek, a tinkerer, and sporadic content creator.
I write blogs and create videos about my hobbies: DIY NAS servers, 3D-printing, home automation, and anything else that captures my attention.
Latest Posts
My curiosity about the impacts of the Presidential tariffs incited me to place an order for a Topton motherboard from AliExpress. I will be sharing updates as that orders progresses.
Brian reviews a pocket-sized NAS with an Intel N100 CPU, dual 2.5GbE networking, and room for four M.2 NVMe SSDs.
I share what I like and what I dislike about the SilverStone Technology CS382 case after using it for 6 months.
A diminuitive, TrueNAS SCALE machine featuring: 92TB of storage (90TB of HDD, 2TB of SSD), an Intel N100 CPU, 32GB of DDR5 RAM, and 10Gbps networking for under $2,000.
A two-for-one DIY NAS build blog! I detail the components that I would pick for 2024's DIY NAS and EconoNAS builds. Which one will be your favorite?
An inexpensive AI server using a Nvidia Tesla M40 GPU, Proxmox VE, Forge, Oobabooga, remote access via Tailscale, and some leftover spare-parts.
I outgrew the case for my DIY NAS, the MK735, and to replace it, I had to buy three products: a Silverstone Technology CS382, an Icy Dock Express Cage MB038SP, and an Icy Dock ToughArmor MB411SPO-2B. I’ll share my review of all three products and talk about the outcome of this upgrade.
I reached out to a creator of 3D-printable computer cases, makerunit, to ask if he was interested in designing a 3D-printed NAS case. And before I knew it, he designed two fantastic DIY NAS cases!