Since I experienced so many issues with the configuration of my new media system, this chapter of the Homelab Chronicles will be entirely focused on Jellyin. Like most tech related issues, they were entirely self-inflicted. Now that I have the metadata and plugins working as intended, there have been zero issues and I absolutely love it.

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Have you ever wanted to experience the Sega Saturn CD player UI with your music library? You can with saturn.fm!

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The Homelab Chronicles continue¹! Last time I discovered the magic of the Docker Compose file. In this chapter, using the Docker Compose files accelerated the process of adding new things into my portfolio of homelab applications. In this chapter, I’ll go through adding Paperless-ngx, handling backups of my homelab files, and enhancing the reverse proxy endpoint security.

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Last time on the Homelab Chronicles, I started documenting my ever evolving homelab situation. Things were still early in the journey but I was proud of the progress that had been made: my new network was installed with improved ethernet cabling, added the brand new Mac mini M4 to the mix, hosted Pihole on said Mac mini through Docker, and configured a reverse proxy with Caddy to three of my services. In this chapter, expect to learn more about securing the reverse proxy, reversing course on the Pihole, and getting new application hosted. I learn the magic of Docker Compose and I don’t turn back.

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A Homelab is a server or collection of servers that reside locally in your control where applications can be hosted for personal use. I started with a basic setup about two years ago but have stepped up my game over the last three weeks. The Homelab Chronicles is a series of posts where I’ll write about the evolutions my setup has gone through. In this first post, I’ll write about: my original setup, my network upgrade, the introduction of the Mac mini M4 to my setup, self-hosting an application with Docker, and the setup of a reverse proxy so I can access my services in a more sane fashion. This project has been the most fun I’ve had on computers since the 1990s when we got online for the first time and I spent all day making random websites.

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No game has ever sunk its talons into every facet of my being more than Lunar the Silver Star for the Sega CD. At the time of its release in the United States in December 1993, the few adopters of the ill-fated CD peripheral for the Sega Genesis were clamoring for a good role-playing game. It is safe to say that I think they received that.

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Twenty-four races is a lot. It’s been an exhausting season as a fan, I can only imagine what it must feel like for the drivers, the engineers, and the entire teams to fight the travel and stress to put together a hell of a show. It seems to have come to a head this week as everything leading up to the last race of 2024 was the George Russell and Max Verstappen fighting. From an outside perspective, I don’t think there are any saints amongst the two but I have to chalk a lot of that up to the long season. On one hand I’m relieved it’s done, but I know in January I’m going to start getting that itch again.

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With the Driver’s Championship locked up last weekend in Las Vegas and the Constructor’s Championship seemingly set to McLaren, the realization that we’re at the end of the season is starting to dawn on me. Next week is it and then we’ll be off until mid-March when the 2025 season kicks off in Melbourne. Let’s not lament on that much because the penultimate weekend had a lot of excitement.

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My first full month of the website is behind me now. For how often I would start blogs and let them peter out, this first full month has demonstrated that there is something here. I’m having fun collecting my thoughts and adding some content to the internet. Here’s everything that has changed in October.

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Over the last decade my pace of doing sanctioned running races has dwindled. Before yesterday, my last race was in 2019. My wife recently started running and decided to sign us up for a local 5k in the Milwaukee area. Though, I’m running every day and have logged over 13k miles life time I don’t do a lot of speedwork. I built up an abbreviated training program to work some intervals and uptempo workouts and decided I’d give my all with the 5k. I’m happy to report that I set a Personal Record in the distance!

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