Take ownership of your data and your security I’ve been running a home server for several years, and wanted to document my experiences. This will hopefully help others who want to take better control of their own data. You don’t need a big fancy server to run a homelab, your start can be as humble as a Raspberry Pi! Aside from making a 3D printed Buster Sword, I’ve had a hobby of setting up services on my homelab.

Building my own Retropie Mini Snes When I saw the Adafruit Pigrrl 2, I knew I had to build one with my 3D printer! It took a few days, but it was pretty sweet to build a portable Raspberry Pi gaming system with their kit. While it worked great with NES, SNES, GB and GBA games, it did struggle a bit with N64 games. So, I decided to look into building a more powerful set-top box to plug into the TV!

Perfect for Social Distancing After Shelter-In-Place started, I wanted to keep busy with a huge project. For a few years, I’ve always wanted to 3D print a life-sized Buster sword, Yet never had the time to dedicate to it. What time could be better than now! This blog is supported through Amazon Affiliate links. When you buy through product links, I may earn commissions to help fund future projects. Printing I got the printer-ready 3D model from MyMiniFactory.

Designing a 3D printed Raspberry Pi 3 A+ Portable history A couple years ago I bought my first 3D printer kit, a Makerfarm Prusa i3. This last year, I upgraded it into a massive Makerfarm Pegasus 12". Ever since I first got a 3D printer, I’ve been on the lookout for cool things to 3D print. I grew up playing the Super Nintendo, so the Adafruit Pigrrl 2 looked like an awesome project!

It looks so good it hertz Last week I got a CanaKit Raspberry Pi 4 Model B 4gb, and wanted to try Steam Remote Play at 4k60hz. Previously, the Raspberry Pi 3 b+ was limited to 1080p. Other SBCs (Single Board Computers) like the Asus Tinkerboard could output 4k over HDMI, however it was limited to 30hz. 4k60hz is not enabled out of the box, and may need some extra debugging.

It’s been a while since I last got to work with a Linux cluster, so I decided to build an affordable cluster of raspberry Pi computers. It took an entire afternoon to build! The cluster had 16 cores, 4gb of ram, 128gb of storage, a whopping 16 usb ports and only cost about $200. How many clusters do you know with 16 usb ports? This blog is supported through Amazon Affiliate links.