Pi-hole is a popular DNS resolver, advertised as a black hole for Internet advertisements. I …
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Running NxFilter on a Synology DS115j NAS
To free up my other Raspberry Pi from being a DNS server and to use an already existing NAS on my local LAN, I decided to try to install NxFilter (my favourite DNS filtering solution) …
Continue readingThe web, with (your) Style
While the web (besides time machines) is styled much nicer than ever, this does not always mean, it’s your style, nor that user experience is much better for you. Two powerful tools, UserStyles and Greasemonkey (Tampermonkey …
Continue readingInstalling the Samsung C480W printer on Ubuntu Linux
tl;dr; As Linux user, do yourself a favor and consider the Samsung C480W printer. Update: When scanning after Ubuntu upgrade does not work I wanted to get rid of my old HP PSC 1215 All-in-One …
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Controlling a Playmobil® crane over ssh
One of my sons recently received this fine, Infrared (IR) remote controlled crane model as a gift. Would it be possible to rebuild the IR remote control with a Raspberry Pi? Catching the signal To …
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Running NxFilter on a headless Raspberry Pi
NxFilter is the best free solution for a self-hosted DNS server/filter I have found so far. Today I got my Raspberry Pi, so how about running NxFilter on a headless Raspberry Pi in a family’s home …
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