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DIY Stratum 1 NTP Server: Secure Time Sync with Raspberry Pi Under $200

Posted on August 30, 2024 by Justin Paul | 9 Comments

In today’s digital world, precise timekeeping is more important than ever. From securing financial transactions to managing networks, accurate time synchronization ensures that all devices are on the same page.…

How to Install Docker on a Raspberry Pi 5

Posted on July 27, 2024 by Justin Paul | 2 Comments

In this How to install and use Docker on Raspberry Pi 5 guide I will walk you through the process I use to get a fresh Raspberry Pi OS image…

The Ultimate Nerd Raspberry Pi Cluster case version 2.0!

Posted on August 23, 2020 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

How do you make the Ultimate Nerd Raspberry Pi cluster case better!?! I wrote this article sometime in late 2019 or early 2020… apparently I forgot to click publish. Woops!…

How to Build a JunkYard Kubernetes Cluster on the Cheap!

Posted on August 17, 2020 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

This post is about recycling old hardware that you might never consider using for a lab. It won’t be a super technical post, but since Kubernetes requirements are not the…

Geek stuff worth grabbing on #PrimeDay

Posted on July 6, 2019 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

Or grab them any other day… I didn’t wait till PrimeDay. It’s been a while since I blogged about my addiction to geek toys from Amazon, so here is an…

The Ultimate Nerd #RaspberryPi Cluster Case

Posted on July 5, 2019 by Justin Paul | 5 Comments

Warning: This may persuade you to buy a 3D Printer… just saying you’ve been warned LOL. Let me start by saying all of the STL files to make this bad…

Why the HPE C3000 BladeSystem is the best lab setup ever

Posted on April 4, 2019 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

I can’t remember if I bought my C3000 chassis in 2016 or 2015, but it’s still running great (knock on wood) and has been the best “home lab” investment I’ve…

Nutanix Acropolis adding Cloud Native stack

Posted on December 10, 2018 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

Initial Press Release: KubeCon 2018 – Seattle, Wa — Nutanix Cloud Native delivers reliable, automated, secure, and efficient services for developers on the private cloud and is powered by leading hyper-converged…

My Ubiquiti UniFi Appliance 3.0 – now even more super!

Posted on July 5, 2018 by Justin Paul | 129 Comments

Update March 2021 The share hosting the appliance OVA files was removed. Since the OVA’s were over a year old I have not uploaded them to a new share. There…