We’ve all been there: a laptop from 2018 starts to crawl, the battery dies in twenty minutes, and the manufacturer tells you it’s “vintage” (tech-speak for “buy a new one”). But for a homeschooling family or a small cottage business,…
The “Scrounger’s Manifesto” & Wishlist “I built this system on mostly scrounged gear. There’s always gaps, and parts needed for upgrades. I believe in Data Sovereignty and the Right to Repair—keeping capable hardware out of the landfill and putting it…
So I’ve parlayed a couple of mobile laptops, NAS drives, a router and switch into a working server. The majority of it has been free at this point, i did buy new Ethernet cables, and an 8 port switch totaling…