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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This is just a variation of my homemade bread recipe, and it absolutely great for french toast.

Make the bread as in these instructions: https://www.nodinrogers.com/post/2023-06-06-high-altitude-homemade-bread

1. For each loaf:

• 1 egg white, beaten
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 tsp ground cinnamon

2. When rolling out the bread …

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Brown sugar is pretty simple: sugar and molasses are mixed together.

That's it.

However, there isn't a set amount of molasses used, so there is a wide range of sugar to molasses ratio, depending on the brand of brown sugar you buy.

Next time you are in the grocery store, look at the brown sugar, and you will see …

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Microsoft finally got around to allowing SSH access into Windows 10.

In a typical Microsoft way, they provide a way to do so using the GUI, and tried to hid the way to do so via the command line.

I wanted a command line way of doing it, so I could easily script it for any Windows 10 device I had to deploy, especially …

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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 …

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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 …

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