I needed a quick SFTP server, and did a short post about it previously.

However, I wanted the ability to run a Docker container that wasn't on my NAS, so I had to mount the NFS share from within Docker.

Using this Docker composer file did the trick:

version: "3.2"

services:
  sftp:
    image: atmoz/sftp …

Each Kindle has it's own email address, which exists to allow you to email ebooks to your Kindle.

The easiest way to get ebooks from Calibre-Web to your Kindle is to add your Kindle's email address to your profile in Calibre-Web.

It's easy to do, but there are a few steps involved.

Find your Kindle's email address

Log …

I had a couple of files I needed to provide to a friend on a regular basis.

• The files were too big to email.
• The files would change every week.
• They were created/stored on my NAS.
• Neither of us wanted to go through the hassle of using Dropbox/Google Drive/etc.

Simple solution was for me to create a simple Docker …

I needed to run a quick test on a virgin Linux system.

Rather than spinning up a virtual machine, I just ran a single Docker command, and was up and running.

docker run -it --entrypoint "/bin/bash" ubuntu:latest

That's it. Really, it's that simple.

From the Docker docs:

An ENTRYPOINT allows you to configure a …

I was on my mobile, looking up a few recipes, I was amazed at the number of intrusive ads I was getting, which made reading the web pages almost impossible.

Decided it was time to investigate Pi-hole, as I'd heard good things about it.

The Pi-hole is a DNS sinkhole that protects your devices from unwanted content, …

When MACOS changed the default shell from bash to zsh, I waited a bit, as I'd used bash for years and years, and was really familiar with it.

Post-clean install of Big Sur, I left my default shell as zsh.

Doing some reading, installed Oh My Zsh

Oh My Zsh is a delightful, open source, community-driven framework for …