The Idiot's Guide
A homelab tinkerer's notes on tech, hardware, and security. Learning in public — mistakes and all.
Guides
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The Idiot repurposed an old Army Radio
Stuffing a Raspberry Pi and Google Voice Hat into a vintage Army radio chassis to make a music player.
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The Idiot tries GPU Mining
What started as a mild curiosity with spare hardware turned into a deeper look at Ethereum mining.
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The Idiot made a Smart Mirror
Building a MagicMirror² display with a Raspberry Pi, a two-way mirror, and a salvaged monitor.
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About DEF CON 26
Notes from an 'off year' at DEF CON — badge hacking, RFID implants, and why showing up still matters.
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The Idiot uses Grafana and InfluxDB to monitor Proxmox
Setting up Grafana and InfluxDB inside a Proxmox container to build custom dashboards for your homelab.
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The Idiot installs the QEMU Guest Agent on a Windows 10 VM
How to install the QEMU Guest Agent on a Windows 10 VM running in Proxmox, and why you'd want to.
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The Idiot adds Two-Factor Authentication to Proxmox
A quick walkthrough for getting OATH-based 2FA running on a single Proxmox instance.
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The Idiot gets a VPN Account Pseudonymously
How to sign up for a VPN service without handing over your credit card or real email address.
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The Idiot installs Windows 10 on Proxmox
A fool-proof guide on how to install a Windows 10 VM on Proxmox VE the right way, using VirtIO drivers.
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The Idiot became a Cyborg
I got an NFC chip implanted in my hand at DEF CON 25. Here's why, and what I think about it.
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On Attending DefCon
Quick and digestible tips for first-timers and veterans heading to DEF CON.
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The Idiot clumsily migrates VMware VMs into ProxmoxVE
A quick and dirty guide on how to migrate VMware VMs to Proxmox Virtual Environment. Tested in the 5.0 Beta.