Since I am still in the process of moving projects over from Pi, one of the big issues at hand is keeping tabs on the scripts I wrote. As much as I’d like to believe all my databases live on SSD, they don’t. HDDs are frustratingly slow, and the modern databases are designed around it.…
The Mad Tea Party
Inspiring yet Mad Spiels
How to Mount Network Drive on Headless Pi
Though Raspberry Pi has added many handholding tools since, there are few quirks users from traditional operating system could not get accustomed to. Heck, I hail from different flavors of Linux, even I find headless Pi to be too barebones at time. I felt that the hardest when the earlier version of headless Pi would…
App to Backup Raspberry Pi over Network
I’m still in the process of retiring old projects. While I’m at it, I wanted a backup solution that will work over network. Putting a USB stick to a working Pi is a solution, only when that Pi is not headless (i.e. stuck away in a network closet). As far as I know, and this…
How to Backup Raspberry Pi SD Card on macOS
I’m in the process of retiring my old Pi setups. It’s worth its own op-ed piece, but primarily, I built these DIY projects when Raspbian was still a thing on Buster. The latest Raspberry Pi OS (now renamed) is Trixie. I don’t know how I should take it, perhaps someone from professional background would have…
How to Troubleshoot DualSense Stick Drift via Resetting
There is no permanent fix for stick drifts on official controllers, as far as I know. All controllers suffer from stick drifts to some degrees. And from what I can gather, aside from third party controllers (which may not support haptic feedback and/or adaptive trigger), the only option is to look out for premium models…
1Password is Raising Price
Just last year I covered the very issue of leaving 1Password. Long story short, Apple Passwords, a free alternative for iOS and MacOS, has come a long way. With iOS 26, some argue it is now a suitable free alternative among many others. Not that I am suggesting everyone should jump ship, but I believe…
Umigari Spiel
I had played Umigari demo, and I liked the fishing and the usual Chilla’s Art special sauce that gave it some tangy flavor. I suppose it is the inherent problem in most fishing sims that fishing in video games often devolve into mini games. There are few games that escaped the usual fishing mini game…