Blog Posts

Astrophotography

  • Mounting my miniPC and Powerbox
    I recently got a Pegasus Pocket PowerBox Advanced for my astro setup, and while I was at it I moved my miniPC up to attach on the telescope instead of onto my mount. I did this using the accessories from BuckEye Stargazer. Unfortunately, there are not a ton of guides or instructions available for how… Read more: Mounting my miniPC and Powerbox
  • Achieving better telescope balance
    On the astrophotography Discord server I hang out on I’ve seen lots and lots of folks struggle with balancing their telescope. I think a big part of the reason why this is so difficult is that a lot of the descriptions of what good balance is are vague or non-existent. So I went ahead and… Read more: Achieving better telescope balance

Home Lab

  • Warewulf Home Lab Setup
    This cluster is something I setup to learn more about HPC. My initial project is using the cluster to do astrophotography image pre-processing/calibrating/integrating.
  • Obligatory HomeLab Writeup
    Don’t judge my local fire-hazard. I’ll get this out of the way first: You do not want rack servers in your home. They’re *really* loud. I am just a crazy person. Ok, now that that’s out of the way, let’s talk about what we’ve got. Starting with the items actually installed in the rack from… Read more: Obligatory HomeLab Writeup
  • Network Setup
    WiFi: NetGear Orbi RBRE960 (AP mode, 3AP Mesh)Router: Custom MiniPC pfSense Router (10GBit LAN, 2.5GBit WAN)