Here’s my beautiful unemployed-for-too-long-have-no-money-dont-care-about-looks lab :)

picture of a raspberrypi, switch, HP elite desk, KVM and mess of cables on a desk

Hey it’s more than good enough to run all this ¯_(ツ)_/¯

screenshot showing list of hosted apps and resources usage of servers

  • mesa@piefed.socialEnglish
    241·
    9 hours ago

    Projects that im running:

    General Web server out of junk

    Old system 76 machine from a while back. Its what is running a majority of my services for self hosting. Only one screw keeps the case together, since I get into the insides quite often.
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    Solar powered web server on a phone

    Solar powered web server. Its going to be repurposed into a meshtastic node soon.
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    Ebook reader on a heltek v3

    Somewhat jank setup of a heltek which is also an ebook reader. It runs a webserver to upload the book in txt format, then I can take it on the go. I still have to do some work on the text. J6SwY2qZLUHcGkY.jpg

    • litchralee@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      5·
      8 hours ago

      That ebook reader is wild! Does the text stay in place while you read, or does it scroll past like a stock ticker?

      If the latter doesn’t exist, I guess I should go push a PR to make that happen on meshcore firmware haha

      • mesa@piefed.socialEnglish
        5·
        8 hours ago

        Stays in place. It was a weekend project so I still need to do some work on the text in particular. Im not sure if ill go any farther, but the code is here if you want to take a look.

    • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
      2·
      8 hours ago

      Old system 76 machine from a while back. Its what is running a majority of my services for self hosting. Only one screw keeps the case together, since I get into the insides quite often.

      If you get bored and adventurous:

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_case_screws

      Computer case screws are the hardware used to secure parts of a PC to the case. Although there are numerous manufacturers of computer cases, they have generally used three thread sizes.

      The #6-32 UNC screws are often found on 3.5" hard disk drives and the case’s body to secure the covers. The M3 threaded holes are often found on 5.25" optical disc drives, 3.5" floppy drives, and 2.5" drives. Motherboards and other circuit boards often use a #6-32 UNC standoff. #4-40 UNC thumb screws are often found on the ends of DVI, VGA, serial and parallel connectors.

      You might be able to get a box of thumbscrews in the appropriate diameter and go toolless. I’ve had a number of computer cases that ship with those (my current desktop case just uses magnets, doesn’t even have the thumbscrews). I have had a lot of less-than-ideal toolless things in the past, including poorly-designed toolless hard drive mounting stuff that wound up being a lot more work than the traditional tool-requiring stuff, but for the screws that keep the case closed, going toolless has always been a big win for me.

      • mesa@piefed.socialEnglish
        3·
        8 hours ago

        Thats good to know! Although if I am honest, ill probably just repurpose my current desktop that I am using for this conversation and get a new one if I end up re-doing my homeservers again.

        Last thing I want to do is more work at home. So these are just “for fun” projects. If im not having fun, I start removing things from the setup.