Author: Russell Kelly

  • How to Update PLex

    How to Update PLex

    One day ill remember how to do this, bit today ill write it down here as i do it. Find the correct download location for how you are running here Sudo up and run these commands Once it has downloaded Run: Then Finally, clean up FIN

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  • The Docker Adventure

    The Docker Adventure

    Late to the container party Ive been in virtualisation for 10 years, but only just started with containerisation in the last 12 months. Its crazy that i didn’t jump on the band wagon earlier to be honest, but boy am i glad i jumped in now. Containerisation is AWESOME. Period. Especially when you have limited…

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  • Core Network and Servers

    Core Network and Servers

    As most people who are home labbers, i’ve been running machines dedicated for hosting my own services for a while. Ive moved from using a standard desktop gaming PC that was on 24/7 to buying a small N40l 4 bay HP Server wIth Windows on it then buying Synology and Qnap NAS devices. My Main…

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  • Home Lab

    Home Lab

    Working in IT facilitates some good benefits such as cheap equipment and free software. With this in mind, I’ve decided to go on a journey of trying to self host everything instead of paying for cloud based hosting of applications and storage. Whilst i already have a storage server (TrueNas) and two small Lenovo servers…

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  • IS DIRT, IS Good

    IS DIRT, IS Good

    The long awaited 40th birthday for Heather’s sister Amanda finally occurred, it was supposed to be on a House boat but with the flooding that happened of the Murray River, that ended up being canceled.The new idea was to head to the Grampians with the hole family and spend a week on a farm in…

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  • Darwin 2022

    Darwin 2022

    With Louis arriving 10 months ago, it was time to head up to the Northern Territory to meet the extended family!Here is in the intro to the up-coming home video of the 3 week adventure. 

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  • Nundle 2020

    Nundle 2020

    My friend Jordan, parents own a lovely property out near Nundle and its on a beautiful patch of land with two federation buildings on it.Once a year towards the end of winter, Jordan puts on a bonfire weekend to burn all the excess wood around the property which serves as a perfect excuse to dance…

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  • Fallen Tree

    Fallen Tree

    This was a little weekend getaway from the city with Heather, Ewen, Ruben and myself. We tend to do these little weekend getaways. We  leave Friday night straight after work, meetup at a camping spot we have found previously then explore all Saturday in the 4WDs and try to find a new Camp site by around 3pm.Its a…

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  • Birthday Weekend

    Birthday Weekend

    Back in COVID times, we were locked down and not really able to leave our own suburbs, but just after my birthday we came out of lockdown and I needed to go for a camp. Ewen, Ruban, Romain, Heather and Myself packed into the Pathfinder and Pajero and disappeared for a long weekend. It was a fantastic weekend of Snow, 4WDing, Flat tires, warped wheels…

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  • Pub to Camp

    Pub to Camp

    At this point in time I didn’t really have any other bike to do a long camping trip on. So I just decided to use the Speed Triple. I bought some SHAD saddle bags and borrowed some hiking gear from Heather and hit the road.It was a full group of about 10 people and a random mixture of bikes as well but.…

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