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  Google has abandoned the Coral TPU The Coral TPU driver has basically been abandoned by Google so if you are running a Linux kernel newer than 6.2 it will not function. github.com/google/gasket-driver is the original driver which was archived on April 18, 2026 You can try the driver github.com/feranick/gasket-driver or github.com/dude84/gasket-driver-coral or search through the forks of the original gasket-dkms driver github.com/google/gasket-driver/forks So in the future your options are...

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  For people using OpnSense who want some automatic snapshots. So here is the deal. OpnSense is based on FreeBSD (as the users know but others may not understand) and utilizes ZFS Snapshots which are an amazing way to go back to a previous state when something breaks after an update. However for some reason the cron section has been changed so you can not add any random cron job and can only select from predefined options. This means we have to work from the CLI to add jobs, but even worse aft...

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  Turning an old Pixel 3a XL into a fully offline, battery-powered web server with postmarketOS & Lighttpd I had an old Google Pixel 3a XL sitting around and decided to see if it could handle running as a fully offline, self-contained web server. I flashed postmarketOS 26.06 (headless Alpine Linux base) to it and set up a portable media node that broadcasts its own Wi-Fi AP, serves static pages, and streams video over a captive portal - no cell data or upstream internet needed. Quick Hard...

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  I was working for a guy setting to 2.4Ghz WiFi links up to 10 miles from a tower. I was mainly running the office and doing network tech support with the odd pc repair job. He was working for a conglomerate about 5 hours away. He had an installer who would come through every couple weeks so I would have the equipment configured and ready to go for him, he would also grab stuff that was no longer in service and bring it back to the office. Anyway the installer quit and I had to drive 2 hours ea...

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  I'm using the HomeAssistant Blue. Amazing device you can no longer get but can build something similar. I'm slowly working on integrating HomeAssistant into an old house I'm fixing up while I live in it. I build many of my own sensors and controllers using ESP32'S and ESP8266's. They run on wifi and use a bit more power but I can build a single box that costs me about 30 bucks and will cover multiple zigbee devices so don't discount the use of wifi. The ESPHome Bluetooth...

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  My father would have to admit he didn't really care and make up for all the bs that happened because of it. My mother can rot in hell.