Drive Upgrades on my Synology DS1621+

What does it take to upgrade existing drives in a Synology NAS using SHR? Tune in and find out as we attempt to up our storage game.

Self Hosting - Ghost CMS

In this video we create a VM under Proxmox running Ubuntu 24.04 and then install Ghost CMS and fiddle with our NGINX Proxy server to host it all locally with a single shared IP.

Proxmox Lab 1-Setting up an Archival NAS w/TrueNAS

Using the power of Proxmox and it's ability to passthru components to different virtual machines, we are able to give up to 36 drives access to one single VM. Load TruNAS and set it up as an archival location for our data.

Studio Tour - 2026

Big changes, tour of the studio, rack and solar equipment, aquariums and new studio desk.

Retro Station-EP1

In this episode of the Retro Station, we put this older i5-4460 CPU based machine back to work, and instead of Multibooting, we run Multiple Retro OS's at one time. Can it be done?

Livestream Jan 3rd 2026 10am

Join us on Youtube for our weekly livestream.

Hyper-V Homelab with Server 2022/2025: Dell R730 + Lenovo SR650v2 Build & AI GPU Setup

In episode 1, we create some windows vm's from scratch, sysprep them and figure out the best way to backup and restore those images between the 2 servers running different versions of Windows Server and HyperV

A Day in the life of an IT Guy-End of Business

Livestream Dec 27th 2025

We catch up with what's going on at Unkyjoes Playhouse.

Triple Boot Challenge-Vista-7 & 8 on a 4th Gen Haswell Rig

Triple Boot Challenge - Windows Vista, 7 & 8 on a 4th Gen Haswell Rig Using a free program from the internet called Medicat, some spare parts from the ebay's, and some hard work and a new Unifi switch on the desk, we create a Triple Boot computer

Dining Room Remodel & Thanksgiving

We celebrate Thanksgiving in our freshly remodeled Dining Room, new paint and flooring along with some new artwork on the walls.

Mac Pro 2009 - Resurrection from the dead.

We bring new life to a machine that normally sits around collecting dust, and you know I have having equipment around that is not being used or that does not work, so we install a 2nd O/S and a place at the rear workspace I have created.

Proxmox 9 Upgrade From Hell – What Went Wrong & How I Finally Fixed It

Proxmox 9 Upgrade From Hell – What Went Wrong & How I Finally Fixed It

New Panels

Just picked up a 1000 watts of these, each panel is 200w, they produce well, only weigh about 20lbs each, and are a size I can handle, the best part, they ship right to my door, no pallets and no freight to deal with.

DGX Spark? Nope! HAL-9000 for the win.

Right Tool for the Right Job - Windows is that tool!

Proxmox 9 Unleashed: Install & Config ProxMenuX

Let's be honest!

I’m so tired of hearing “Our grandparents could buy a house on one salary, but now we can’t even afford rent on two!” Yeah, because Grandma wasn’t blowin’ half her paycheck on $12 iced coffee and avocado toast, that’s why! Back then, if they wanted coffee,

Livestream-Oct 25th 2025

Join us Oct 25th at 10am central for the livestream on Youtube, Hope to see you there.

Windows 10 Forever! - or until 2032

Tank Talk - Episode 7

We take a look at all the tanks.

"Windows 11’s MS Account Drama? LTSC Says ‘Hold My Beer’"