Tech Shinobi

I received a regular android phone recently. It has modern hardware which I would never buy for myself due to it’s incompatible to open bootloader/firmware. The only phone I would like to buy are Pixels either to use GrapheneOS for privacy/security or LineageOS for root privilege. However, even such a phone with stock ROM can has its use case in my hand. It works well as an iPhone alternative for low key life activities, or gray man strategy if you prefer that terminology. ...

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. ...