Tech Shinobi

In my previous post, I mentioned that have a remote portal machine in my friend’s house where I use RustDesk to access into. However, in some use case, like access LAN resources and managing online services across multiple devices, the best practice is not using a remote desktop tool but having a VPN tunnel. Old Stories In the very early days, I used to use Hamachi to play LAN games like Counter Strike, Warcraft 3 and Minecraft with my internet friends. After I started doing homelab, I have used ZeroTier for quite a while before Tailscale came out. ...

On the Hardware This post is originally wrote earlier this year, back then I bought an used HP EliteDesk 705 G4 Mini as a cheap NUC alternative. For its price and availability, I choose this model over Intel NUC but it turned out NUC may be the better option. It comes with a 4 core 8 thread CPU, Ryzen 5 2400GE with 35W TDP. If set it up as a Proxmox server with enough RAM, it can run about 2-3 VMs to run some light services. But now, my plan is to configure it as a remote portal with RustDesk client. ...

After months of disappearing, I’m able to come back blogging, with A LOTS of drafts. I’ll be updating more details about my current situation in a more dedicated post. But for now, let’s talk something technological interesting. Dell Optiplex 3050 Micro has been my ideal open source desktop PC for quite a while, probably since the first time when Libreboot added its support. Recently, I got the chance to have one of these as an upgrade from my older mini PC build. ...

Welcome to the Shinobi Hackerspace. I am the host, Shinobi. You are seeing this probably because you have visited the Hackerspace in person. As the host, I am supposed to give you an on-site orientation for the first time, but unfortunately this article is all I can do for you right now. This hackerspace (or so called hacklab if you will) also functions as a tool library for the local community. It advocates the idea of mutial aid and Free & Open-source movement, so using the on-site equipment or borrowing tools is free of charge. ...

Two month after flashing the Flint 2 GL-MT6000, I got its little brother GL-MT3000 in my hands as a powerful mini travel router runs stable build of OpenWrt. There are a few comparable routers in the same market, such as its older model GL-MT1300 v1 which is not very appealing price-wise; Cudy TR3000 v1 which is a direct competitor by its naming but has confusing variations that is not well supported by OpenWrt; and yet another older model Cudy TR1200 which is not available in the US. ...