Configuring a Dynamic Domain Name Service (DDNS) on Ubiquiti's UniFi network manager is easy, if you use on of the configured providers that show up in the drop-down service.

I had recently upgraded to UnifiOS version 4.3.6, and finally Cloudflare exists as a selectable entry.

If you are running UDM version under …

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SSH into a UDM Pro

After enabling SSH access into a UDM Pro, and adding a public SSH key via the web GUI, enabling password-less SSH is as easy as using copying the public key into the ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file.

Problems after reboot and/or upgrade

Everything works great, until you reboot or upgrade, in which case, …

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My waist needs less cheesecake

I try out a lot of cheesecake recipes.

I'd say 99.9% of them come out delicious, but a 9" cheesecake is still a big cheesecake.

Cheesecake is also very calorie dense, so to avoid putting on a lot of weight, I figured I had 2 choices:

1. Stop making cheesecakes
2. Figure out a way to stop …

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While there are a lot of annoying things on Facebook, including Facebook itself, Facebook Reels have to be about the most annoying.

If I wanted "reels", I'd go to Instagram, or TikTok, or one of the many other applications that show short videos.

I keep clicking on Facebook Reels, and selecting "Not …

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I had an instance where I needed to expand a virtual Windows 10 install on my Proxmox server.

I've documented it before, in both Proxmox and in Windows, but it requires deleting the existing recovery partition in Windows 10, as it would otherwise sit between the old hard drive size and the newly added additional space. …

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I have a Windows 10 template that I use in Proxmox when I have the need to actually use Windows 10.

It has a 50Gb hard drive configured, which most of the time, is more than enough drive space.

However, I did run into an instance where I needed to expand the hard drive from 50Gb --> 100Gb for a test I was running. …

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