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Dom Corriveau

blog.ctms.me

Hi, I'm Dom and this is my web feed. Thoughts, opinions, wild speculation, and haphazard technical advice. I’m a hearing disabled irrigation contractor, B-movie aficionado, self-hoster, and hopeless Linux desktop romantic.

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2026 23

  1. What's a computer?
  2. The time I nearly blew my nuts off
  3. Not dead yet
  4. Leaving Mastodon and all social media for good
  5. A canceled homelab project
  6. Daily - March 22, 2026
  7. Daily - March 20, 2026
  8. Daily - March 19, 2026
  9. Daily - March 17, 2026
  10. Daily - March 16, 2026
  11. Rant about blogs and the IndieWeb
  12. Guide - Installing PostmarketOS on the Asus Chromebook Flip C100P
  13. Mini post - Fix it yourself
  14. Letting go of old hobbies
  15. New series - Good offline apps
  16. Vibe coding a Gemini Capsule and learning a life lesson in the process
  17. Using podman, distrobox, chezmoi, and forgejo to create a portable and reproducible terminal environment
  18. New RSS feeds and other small blog updates
  19. I finally put Linux on this Chromebook Duet 3
  20. Why are you insulting people this way?
  21. Migrating a persistent USB MX Linux install to a virtual machine
  22. Upgrading my LAN VPS testing server
  23. On Ko-fi links and goals for YouTube

2025 45

  1. Help me choose an EDC laptop
  2. You gotta do what you love
  3. Running Ubuntu or Debian server in Docker
  4. Downloading a site from Archive.org and then serving locally using Kiwix
  5. Adding a local network to my portable homelab/desktop
  6. TIL about Linux multi-seat
  7. Building a portable homelab - Wrong answers only
  8. You misunderstand what it means to be poor
  9. I wanted a fun laptop so I switch my EDC to a Dell Latitude E5440
  10. Our Xmas movie watch list
  11. Planning a primarily TUI laptop with an old Microsoft Surface
  12. Encrypting an existing home directory with gocryptfs
  13. Jellyfin comes to homeprod
  14. Upgrade to terminal notes system
  15. I effing love Dex Mode
  16. EDC Pocket Dump - Updated for 2025
  17. Shame and failure - Moving on from the Moto Stylus 5G 2024
  18. The dream device
  19. Little gifts for my future self
  20. Some stuff I've learned recently
  21. EDC Backpack Dump - Tech Kit
  22. Little Bits - Aug. 2025
  23. My personal bookmark archive system with SingleFile and a static file server
  24. You're sleeping on ChromeOS
  25. Building a low-powered offline & offgrid bug-out media server
  26. My new desktop from an awesome friend
  27. Creating a LAN-only VPS
  28. Turning off my instance and going on a social media hiatus
  29. Offgrid internet-in-a-box project - Part five
  30. Retro tech confession
  31. Being the helper
  32. A month of upgrades to the homelab
  33. Blog Question Challenge - Technology Edition
  34. Offgrid internet-in-a-box project - Part four
  35. Why you want a persistent MX Linux install on a USB drive
  36. Offgrid internet-in-a-box project - Part three
  37. Offgrid internet-in-a-box project - Part two
  38. Offgrid internet-in-a-box project - Part one
  39. Not accepting pull requests
  40. Learning my tools - Winter 2025
  41. Blog Question Challenge 2025
  42. Doing dumb stuff with docker and saving containers for offline installs
  43. Having a beer
  44. My primary objective for 2025
  45. Your resolution is to have discipline and put in the work

2024 54

  1. On burnout and vacation season
  2. My current default apps for 2024
  3. Thoughts on following others default apps
  4. Bookmark Hoard No. 2
  5. Sideloading Android apps on chromeoS with fdroidcl
  6. Bookmark Hoard No. 1
  7. Little Bits - November 2024
  8. EDC Internet-in-a-Box project
  9. Early thoughts on the Duet 3 as my EDC laptop
  10. Fave Annual Holiday Movies
  11. Why a Chromebook? Why not a Windows PC?
  12. So... I got a Chromebook
  13. My EDC ultra-portable laptop
  14. EDC Pocket Dump
  15. Using gtrash with Termux and proot desktops on Android
  16. Managing homelab virtual machines from my phone
  17. I am bored with all my hobbies
  18. I'm insulted by the Minecraft movie trailer
  19. This blog is running on a recycled Google Pixel 5
  20. Do more projects just for the hell of it
  21. Reading and writing notes with yazi and helix
  22. Little bits - August 2024
  23. I want to be left alone
  24. Managing my homelab from my phone with a Linux desktop, termscp, and Helix editor.
  25. Running a full Debian XFCE desktop on my phone
  26. Little bits update - July 2024
  27. Work from anywhere - Remote desktops and terminals
  28. New homelab project - Working from anywhere on any machine
  29. Father's Day is complicated
  30. My Devices - Handheld gaming and music jukebox
  31. Blobdrop for fun and profit
  32. Making the command line fun - terminaltexteffects
  33. My Devices - Galaxy Tab 4 for nighttime viewing
  34. Tech and a personal code of ethics
  35. Repairing my busted ass S10e
  36. First 5 installs on fresh desktop install
  37. My favorite action movies - So far
  38. Another VM desktop win
  39. Using Samsung Dex as my everyday carry laptop
  40. Little bits update
  41. Clonezilla clone to VM magic
  42. We are long past due for heavy regulation in tech
  43. The feeling of deleting my LinkedIn account
  44. Using a minimal phone to fight phone addiction
  45. Microsoft is destroying my kids laptops for no reason
  46. Displaying my bookmarks RSS feed on a static page in Hugo
  47. Pinebook Pro + Distrobox + QEMU is fantastic
  48. Frugal computing and packaging
  49. Moving away from my self-hosted Nextcloud setup - Part 1
  50. New favorite file manager
  51. Following more blogs and an update to my blogroll
  52. Using a 2013 Surface RT as a thin client
  53. December 2023 Retrospective
  54. The day my homelab kerploded

2023 33

  1. Tis the season for homelab shaming
  2. Download Options for YouTube archiving
  3. A check-in on self-hosting SearXNG metasearch engine
  4. Getting On with GoToSocial
  5. Tech faves of 2023
  6. Using VMs and learning your tools
  7. November 2023 Retrospective
  8. The Droidian Flop
  9. Thoughts on the powerful essay Against Access essay by John Lee Clark
  10. Privacy update for this blog
  11. On subscriptions - 2023 edition
  12. October 2023 Retrospective
  13. 2023-2024 winter project planning
  14. Migrating back to the original Raspberry Pi B+
  15. September 2023 Retrospective
  16. I used a 20 year old laptop to write this post
  17. Using StirlingPDF for homeschooling and owning a business
  18. Automating YouTube downloads using RSS and Newsboat
  19. A mind-blown moment with Audiobookshelf and RSS
  20. Tailscale subnet routing with Pihole is homelab perfection
  21. What is on my phone 2023 Edition
  22. Notes on energy, dryers, and hang drying clothes
  23. August 2023 Retrospective
  24. Intentionally Slow
  25. July 2023 Retrospective
  26. On being a low-income prepper and why I prep
  27. Podcast Recommendation about Search Engine Privacy
  28. New RSS tools on a new micro PC
  29. Tumblr and chasing new users
  30. Attention social media services - We don't need more distros
  31. Initial Thoughts on the Fairphone 4 US Release
  32. June 2023 Retrospective - The Month of Reacher
  33. Portable Internet in a Box

2022 8

  1. Suddenly need a budget Android phone? Start here.
  2. Archiving Podcasts & Serving Local RSS Feeds
  3. My new favorite messaing app: Delta Chat
  4. Building the ultimate Android gaming console with a Nexus 5x & Razer Kishi
  5. A (mostly) free Android phone
  6. Todoist CLI on the Pinebook Pro with Docker
  7. Why I jumped from Pop_OS to Zorin OS 16
  8. My favorite tech finds of 2021

2021 11

  1. Full walkthrough: Installing LineageOS on the Walmart onn. UHD streaming box
  2. Privacy, hardware, and unfair comparisons
  3. Trying (and failing) to find something happy
  4. Firefox is just the better browser. That’s the blog.
  5. I'm thoroughly impressed with CloudReady on a nearly 8 year old Dell
  6. Gnome theming and tweaks on Pop_OS
  7. Configuring wireless adb and Android screen mirroring with scrcpy on Pop_OS
  8. Building the perfect CLI-only laptop with the Pinebook Pro
  9. Playing in my our Lovelier World | LAN Minecraft server setup guide
  10. Streaming at home with NDI and virtual cams for family fun
  11. Embracing my disability & addressing accessibility

2020 4

  1. Giving Anbox Android emulator a shot
  2. The Best Tech of 2020 – A New Mindset on Ownership
  3. Replacing Smartphone Batteries – My Honor 7x Experience
  4. Wanted: Indie content curators, RSS a plus

2019 4

  1. The Bliss of /e/ OS – The UnGoogled Android
  2. Living the Keyboard Dream
  3. Lite Apps on Android for the Masses
  4. Going Pro with a Mid-Range Android Tablet