Why multiple Pi-holes and keeping them in sync

For redundancy, I run two Pi-hole instances on two different hardware devices.

Out of the box, making a change on one Pi-hole means logging into the other Pi-hole and making the same change, so the Pi-Hole instances return the same results.

Not an ideal situation, in case …

Listening to audio books

Usually when I listen to an audiobook, I listen through the Audible mobile app if the books is something I've purchased through Audbile.

I have a decent size collection of DRM-free audiobooks, and for those I use the Smart AudioBook Player Android app.

However, allowing my family to access my …

Pi-hole admin page redirect failure

I run two Pi-hole instances for redundancy, on two different hardware devices.

I ran into a small, but annoying, issue when trying to access the web admin page.

When accessing the admin web page, Pi-hole should redirect / to /admin, but it wasn't on just one of my Pi-hole instances. …

Accessing Docker-hosted apps from the Docker host

Docker containers attached to a MACVLAN network (only) can not be accessed by the Docker host.

I use a MACVLAN network for a few of my Docker containers so they appear as a separate network device to other devices on the network.

docker network ls | egrep '^NETWORK …

New nag screen for iCloud after upgrade

After upgrading my iMac to macOS Ventura (13.1), I kept getting a new popup nag warning about updated iCloud terms and conditions. …

Viewing/testing Hugo posts locally

I usually write posts and run a local instance of Hugo on a Docker container, so I can check spelling and post flow.

Most of the time, I notice something that needs to be changed prior to actually going live with a post on this site.

This is a basic walkthrough for myself on how to …