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Paul Theuer

Currently working on a DIY solder fume extractor for my new @iFixit #FixHub soldering station. As a soldering novice I'm actually quite proud of what I've done so far :)

Stay tuned for another post once I've finished the project (currently still waiting on a USB-PD Trigger board tho so I can try powering everything directly from the FixHub's second USB-C port)...

[Project inspired by YouTuber "DIY Perks"]

A DIY solder fume extractor project in progress. The fume extractor is made from a box that has two holes with fans in them. Next to the upper fan is a button titled "LED" and two exposed wires (intended for an LED strip). Next to the lower fan is a flip switch titled "FAN" that is set to off. In focus in the picture are a male and a female barrel jack connector end with the female one being completely DIYed and held together with hot glue.
The barrel jack ends are now connected, the FAN-switch set to on and the fans are spinning 🥳
The inside of the DIY solder fume extractor. It shows two fans (the upper one is already connected to the side of the box), two switches from the back, and a lot of messy wiring (soldered connections are covered by heatshrinks).
#diy#DIYPerks#soldering
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horald

📢 Umfrage zum Raspberry Pi Workshop – Deine Meinung zählt!

📅 15. Mai | 📍 Datenburg Bonn

🧠💡 Du hast spannende Ideen oder Wünsche für den nächsten Raspberry Pi Workshop?

📊 Die Umfrage dauert nur 1 Minute und hilft mir, das Programm auf euch zuzuschneiden. #RaspberryPi #WorkshopBonn #MakerCommunity #Datenburg #RaspberryPiWorkshop #TechEvents
#SmartHome #RetroGaming #DIYTech #Umfrage #OpenSource #IoT #PiPower

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Dismal Manor Gang

In going through Monday’s E-mails, I found alerts about disk drives pulling errors in Sherman’s array. I have 2 16 TB drives in order and 2 coming for spares.

It’s usually a good idea to replace these when ZFS begins to detect errors rather that waiting for the to blow.

The array is RAIDZ2 so covered for 2 drives choking.

Usually, the re-silver operation will kill the second drive. So saying prayers.

#diy#diytech
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Lanie Carmelo

🌟 Self-Hosting Journey Update! 🌟

After weeks of work, I'm excited to share my self-hosted setup! 🎉 I'm running everything on a Raspberry Pi 500 with Stormux (Arch Linux ARM-based), 8 GB RAM, and a 512 GB SD card (planning to upgrade to SSD or NAS as soon as I can afford it). Here's what I’ve built so far:

🔧 Services in Action:
- Development: Forgejo, Code-Server, Woodpecker CI
- Productivity: Joplin Server, Monica CRM, Homepage dashboard
- Monitoring: Prometheus + Alertmanager, Grafana, Netdata, Uptime Kuma
- Networking: AdGuardHome + Unbound, Tailscale VPN
- Tools: MiniFlux, Linkding, TheLounge
- Management: Portainer, Cockpit, Watchtower

🔒 Security & Access:
- Caddy + Cloudflare Zero Trust/Access for reverse proxy & SSO
- FirewallD + Fail2ban for extra protection

📧 Emails Powered by Zoho ZeptoMail:
All email-capable services (e.g., Forgejo, Joplin) are configured for reliable notifications.

💾 Backups: Using IDrive's 5 TB plan for peace of mind.

This journey has been challenging yet rewarding! 🚀 I'd love to hear your thoughts—especially tips on scaling storage or optimizing performance. Let's chat! 💬

#SelfHosting #RaspberryPi #Linux #ArchLinuxARM #Stormux #Tech #OpenSource #DIYTech #HomeLab #CloudComputing #AdGuardHome #Grafana #Prometheus #CodeServer #Portainer

@selfhost @selfhosted @selfhosting

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ckohtala

this dissertation looks interesting,
Infrastructuring at the Margins: Studies in Community Networking, E Jang, 2024, U of Washington, US.
hdl.handle.net/1773/51866
#DIY #DIYtech #community

hdl.handle.netInfrastructuring at the Margins: Studies in Community NetworkingThis work provides three case studies of people claiming power over technology through DIY infrastructure building activities within diverse settings of technological marginality, both rural and urban. These studies are conducted in the context of ongoing community network (CN) projects—networks established, owned, and/or managed by local users in a “bottom-up” or collaborative manner [35]—that I worked on during my PhD. The first study presents the material hardships of achieving local technology repair in remote rural cove communities in the Philippines in terms of seams between heterogeneous urban and rural infrastructures. To patch these seams, people dynamically construct intermittent and informal repair infrastructures based on trust. Despite structural challenges, the remote communities are able to maintain a robust ecosystem for electrical line repair, from which we generalize the model of training grounds—requirements for sustaining an ecosystem of practicing local experts and shared expertise, or a community of practice [255]. The model emphasizes the importance of in-context “actual” problems as well as access to resources such as tools and expert knowledge. In the second study, I make use of the training grounds concept to establish an operational community of practice for building and maintaining a community broadband network for marginalized residents and neighborhoods in an urban North American context. Through qualitative analysis of participant interviews from the Seattle Community Network (SCN) and NYC Mesh as well as my own participant observer journals from 2020-2023, the research surfaces grassroots infrastructuring processes by which CN participants embed their values and intentions into the network’s socio-technical infrastructure, shaping deployed artifacts. We present a model for a non-profit, education-focused CN, termed a community learning network (CLN), that builds power among participants and produces a learning commons for in-context hands-on technical learning. Finally, we identify technical dilemmas and tradeoffs related to CNs’ dependence on powerful institutional partners who contribute resources and mediate participation. The third case also demonstrates situations where power is held by owners who contribute land to unhoused communities for use as Tiny House Villages (THVs); these power relationships constrain and shape the housing, utility, and technology infrastructure that residents can build and maintain. Through participatory design workshops of networked sensing applications with residents of two self-managed THVs where network access is served by SCN, the study investigates parameters for successful IoT interventions among low-resourced urban groups experiencing housing precarity. We identify how land ownership (public or private), management, and the local regulatory environment affect the ways in which residents can use and modify infrastructure, and how historical and current zoning of the land shapes the types of social problems that the community must navigate. Residents installing sensors or other utility infrastructure encounter the limitations of DIY and ad-hoc approaches, often mandated by resource constraints; the resulting infrastructure reproduces underlying precarities related to the residents’ housing status. Meanwhile, they impose additional constraints on sensor designs for their collective protection, such as a strict ban on camera-based visual or audio surveillance and a preference for local as opposed to cloud data storage. They also identify opportunities for diverse sensors and actuators to improve village accessibility and alleviate resource sharing tensions. Major Themes: All three chapters center a DIY and hands-on approach to infrastructure. Chapters 1 and 2 highlight the importance of communities of practice and pedagogy for creating long-term structural change through participation. I emphasize pedagogy as a strategy for facilitating engagement of groups who might otherwise be marginalized within technical communities of practice. In all three cases, we find that infrastructure is composed not primarily of technical artifacts but the people whose actions produce and maintain them, and whose relationships, values, and constraints shape them. Chapters 1 and 2 describe processes by which relational infrastructure influences the form and function of technology. Chapters 2 and 3 make extensive use of participant observation methodologies, where the researcher is a participant in the activity or context being studied. I argue in Chapter 2 that such reflexive methodologies can help technology developers capture and reflect on the values and ethics, collective or personal, that shape the products they design.
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Solarpunk Presents Podcast

In this episode, Christina talks with hacker and enthusiastic solarpunk Paweł Ngei about the power of solarpunk narratives to open our eyes to the ways in which we do things and invite us to critically examine them. Why is tech built this way? Who are we disenfranchising by not having more or different designs for things? Who are we handing over too much power over our lives to mindlessly letting them thrust their tech into our lives without us knowing how it works?

For more info about and thoughts from Paweł, you can check out his blog (alxd.org), be inspired by his podcast (podcast.tomasino.org @SolarpunkPrompts) read his short story about a disabled inventor at glider.ink, or read his review of Kim Stanley Robinson’s The Ministry for the Future at his blog.

Other solarpunk media Paweł recommends are the book A Half Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys and to a great solarpunk engineering wiki: www.appropedia.org

youtube.com/watch?v=ilMcperL3U

#solarpunk #SolarpunkPresentsPodcast #SolarpunkHacker #Hacker #SolarpunkTechnology #AppropriateTechnology #PawełNgei @alxd #SolarpunkNarratives #SolarpunkFiction #HopefulFutures #DIY #DIYtech #engineering #power #control

YouTubeTech and the Power of Solarpunk Narratives, with Paweł NgeiBy Solarpunk Presents
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Rotfarm

Seriously considering building a uconsole-like thing just so I can practice using a terminal. It doesn't have to e fancy, it doesn't need to have a GUI. I just want a terminal toy for learning.

Bring me your build suggestions!

Bonus Points for modified salvaged housing from other stuff.

#uterm#linux#FOSS
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Rotfarm

The primary reason I made my zine was for poor, working class , and art folks that didn't have a lot of money and just let things wear down because trying to fix something comes at the cost of possibly breaking your only large device for communication, work, and entertainment.

Getting devices that important fixed or even checked costs money that poor folks don't have.

Tech Medic exists for everyone, really. Everyone should know why their computers get worse over time, and how to prolong life , and even upgrade parts when possible.

Writing a zine on techy things filters information to be approachable and centralized in a way that fills in the gaps of people with issues without the wording to know what questions to ask.

Pre-Order Link HERE
ko-fi.com/s/a118087ef4

Out of stock: Will have more ready for February 14th on Release day!

#zines #diytech #diy #howto ##sustainability #accessibility #approachability #solarpunk #TechForNormalPeople

Ko-fiTech Medic Zine PRE-ORDER - Shaughn Martel's Ko-fi ShopA pre-order for the Tech Medic Zine that includes a download code to the digital pdf and free extra stickers when arriving as an extra thank you for w...
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TorGuard

Learn how to build your own privacy-centric, self-hosted AI NVR camera system. We cover everything from Raspberry Pi setup with PrivateRouter OpenWRT, TorGuard WireGuard integration, to Frigate and Google Coral for top-notch AI detection. Say goodbye to cloud dependencies and hello to local control.

Read more and empower your home security today! 🔒💻📹

#DIYTech #HomeSecurity #RaspberryPi
blog.torguard.net/building-a-s

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