đđ» Adulting How-To Geek: This Excel tool can predict future trendsâbut you probably never knew it existed: âWhen you track data over time, patterns often repeat themselves. Ice cream sales naturally rise during hot summer months and dip during the winter, garden harvests follow similar seasonal cycles, and retail store revenue predictably spikes during the holiday shopping rush. This repeating pattern is called âseasonality,â and Excelâs Forecast Sheet tool is designed to detect it automatically without you needing to build complex formulas.â đ€ Android How-To Geek: I figured out how to run my favorite Linux TUI music player on Android, and itâs better than any app on the Play Store cmus: âcmus is a small, fast and powerful console music player for Unix-like operating systems.â Liliputing: Hack your Amazon Fire tablet with Fire Toolbox (Install Google Play, change default apps & behavior, and more) XDA Developers: [WINDOWS/LINUX][TOOL] Fire Toolbox V45.0 How-To Geek: 3 more open-source Android apps Iâd (happily) pay for even if they werenât free Unexpected Keyboard (F-Droid): âLightweight and privacy-conscious virtual keyboard for Android.â Canta (F-Droid): âCanta Debloater lets you uninstall any(*) app without root (updated version).â GitHub: AhmetCanArslan / ShizuWall: âLightweight, no vpn firewall solution for Android 11+â đ„ïžđ Apple Apple Insider: How to exorcise your HomePod and HomePod mini of âghost touchesâ I have some of my Homepod miniâs unplugged because of this problem⊠âStarting off simply, clean the display. If itâs a HomePod thatâs sat on a shelf for a long time, it can get a layer of dust on the top, which can trigger a false touch.â âToggle off Touch and Hold for Siriâ or change the hold duration through Accessibility settings. âIt is possible to disconnect the touch panel from the display entirelyâ Lifehacker: This Tool Can Block Ads in Almost Any iPhone App App Store for iPhone: Wipr 2 What Is Filtr?: âFiltr is brand new feature that extends Wiprâs blocking to all apps on the device. It acts at the network level, but it can access none of your data.â đ€ Artificial Intelligence \ Large Language Models How-To Geek: Donât pay for another AI app until you try these free alternatives âPay for AI only after the free tools hit their limitsâ âUse Claude for editing, structure, and long-form work. Itâs useful when the words are already there but need a second passâ âUse Perplexity when you need research with sources. It works best when you want answers you can actually checkâ âUse Gemini or Copilot if you live in Google or Microsoft apps. Sometimes the best AI tool is the one already inside your workflowâ âUse ChatGPT when you need help with code. Coding help is often better when the tool can explain the problem, not just fix itâ Make Use Of: I stopped using OpenClaw â this is the better agent that the mainstream hasnât caught up to yet Hermes Agent: âNot a coding copilot tethered to an IDE or a chatbot wrapper around a single API. An autonomous agent that lives on your server, remembers what it learns, and gets more capable the longer it runs.â Make Use Of: I built a private LLM on my home PC using a USB drive â it only knows what I put on it GPT4All: âYour Private and Local AI Chatbotâ GitHub: pewdiepie-archdaemon / odysseus: âSelf-hosted AI workspace.â đ Current Events đ„đș Entertainment Make Use Of: Goodbye Goodreads â I found the reading app thatâs better in every way fable: âThe modern app for every reader. Join a community of good people to discuss great stories on Fable.â Lifehacker: 10 Shows and Movies Like âBackroomsâ You Should Watch Next Exit 8 (2025): âA man becomes increasingly desperate when he realizes he is trapped in a subway station, needing to complete a mission to get out.â Skinamarink (2022) In Fear (2013): âTwo children wake up in the middle of the night to find their father is missing, and all the windows and doors in their home have vanished.â The Blair Witch Project (1999): âThree film students vanish after traveling into a Maryland forest to film a documentary on the local Blair Witch legend, leaving only their footage behind.â As Above, So Below (2014): âWhen a team of explorers venture into the catacombs that lie beneath the streets of Paris, they uncover the dark secret that lies within this city of the dead.â Vivarium (2019): âA young couple looking for the perfect home find themselves trapped in a mysterious labyrinth-like neighborhood of identical houses.â Channel Zero: No-End House (2017): Season 02 (Wikipedia) Timecrimes (2007): âA man accidentally gets into a time machine and travels back in time nearly an hour. Finding himself will be the first of a series of disasters of unforeseeable consequences.â Severance (2022): âMark leads a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives. When a mysterious colleague appears outside of work, it begins a journey to discover the truth about their jobs.â The Deep House (2021): âWhile diving in a remote French lake, a couple who specialize in urban exploration videos discover a house submerged in deep waters. Their dive turns into a nightmare when they discover the house was the scene of atrocious crimes.â đź Games Windows Central: Halo: Fireteam Raven is now playable on PC â but itâs not quite as simple as it sounds So this post is really just saying it exists. It doesnât really give any details on where itâs available, unless TeknoParrot does have it. âWhile I canât share it for obvious legal reasons, itâs still nice to know the game is out there for those willing to go looking for it.â âWhile sharing the ROM isnât something I can do, itâs also not something Iâd recommend you do either, just for the record. That said, there is actually a fairly active community dedicated to preserving and playing older arcade games, with TeknoParrot being one of the most popular emulators used for that purpose.â Chrisâ Blog: Snowboard Kids 2 is 100% Decompiled: Iâm looking forward to mods \ remakes of this one. I forgot playing it until i saw the article, so definitely looking forward to it. This definitely reminded me to look at other games that were decompiled \ ported to other locations from N64. Android Authority: The best PS4 emulator just got its biggest update, including local multiplayer GitHub: shadps4-emu / shadPS4: âPlayStation 4 emulator for Windows, Linux, macOS and FreeBSD written in C++â Web Site: shadPS4: âshadPS4 is an early PlayStation 4 emulator for Windows, Linux and macOS written in C++â OMG Ubuntu: Play Catan in your terminal with El Poblador, a TUI clone sourcehut: ~vicho/el_poblador: âA terminal-based implementation of Settlers of Catan in Go.â Gizmodo: New âBackroomsâ Game Merges Quantum Mechanics With an Old-School Dungeon Crawler Quantum Backrooms đĄ Home (Homelab \ Self-Hosted) Rad Web Hosting: How to Install and Run Mail-in-a-Box on Ubuntu VPS I know running a mail server is pretty much never recommended, but Iâve always been curious when i see email settings on self-hosted things, since Iâve tried Gmail SMTP in the past with mixed results. So i wanted to see how this would be. Mail-in-a-Box: âMail-in-a-Box lets you become your own mail service provider in a few easy steps. Itâs sort of like making your own gmail, but one you control from top to bottom.â How-To Geek: 3 Home Assistant projects that work outside of your home to try this weekend (May 29 - Jun 1) Make Home Assistant ring your phone for urgent alerts Get Home Assistant to remember where you parked Build a live dashboard for your family Make Use Of: 4 smart home projects you should never DIY (even if the subreddit says you can) Upgrading an electrical panel: There is no way in hell i would attempt that myself đ An extensive router rack can be difficult: I donât agree with this one⊠pretty much mentioning that replacing a router &\or modem is complicated? A smart water monitor shouldnât be attempted alone: Definitely agree to have a plumnber do this.. Installing an entire security system on your own: I have\had a security system that Iâm replacing, so i was able to use the existing wires through the walls to put my own cameras. Make Use Of: I stopped SSHing into my server just to run scripts â this free tool put them all behind one button OliveTin: âGive safe and simple access to predefined shell commands from a web interface.â This tool sounds familiar. I might have come across it before, but never set it up. Make Use Of: I built a $4 temperature sensor that works with every smart home app AliExpress: ESP32 AliExpress: DHT22 How-To Geek: Stop dreading the Plex-to-Jellyfin switch, this plugin does the heavy lifting GitHub: cleverdevil / plexyfin: âA Jellyfin plug-in to integrate with a Plex Media Serverâ âA plugin for Jellyfin that syncs collections and artwork from your Plex Media Server to Jellyfin.â How-To Geek: My Plex server became something else entirelyâhereâs what it actually does now Immich: âSelf-hosted photo & video management solution. Easily back up, organize, and manage your photos on your own server. Immich helps you browse, search and organize your photos and videos with ease, without sacrificing your privacy.â AdGuard Home: GitHub: AdguardTeam / AdGuardHome: âNetwork-wide ads & trackers blocking DNS serverâ Home Assistant: âOpen source home automation that puts local control and privacy first. Powered by a worldwide community of tinkerers and DIY enthusiasts.â Private Fitness Tracking (vs. Strava) How-To Geek: Strava was logging my home address without askingâhereâs the open-source app I switched to Play Store: FitoTrack: âFitoTrack is a mobile app for logging and viewing your workouts. Whether youâre running, cycling or hiking, FitoTrack will show you the most important information, with detailed charts and statistics. It is open-source and completely ad-free.â Codeberg: endurain-project / Endurain: âEndurain is a self-hosted fitness tracking service designed to give users full control over their data and hosting environment https://docs.endurain.comâ Nextcloud: âNextcloud Hub combines the key Nextcloud products Files, Talk, Groupware, Office, Assistant and Flow, into a single platform, optimizing the flow of collaboration.â How-To Geek: 3 weekend Raspberry Pi projects that actually solve real problems at home (Jun 5 - 7) Build an offline Wikipedia: Kiwix Server: âActing as a dedicated HTTP server, sharing ZIM files, Kiwix Server compresses archives of websites like Wikipedia over a local network, making the content easily accessible on any device with a web browser, whether itâs a phone, laptop, or desktopâŠâ Monitor your battery backups with Network UPS Tools: Network UPS Tools (NUT): âThe primary goal of the Network UPS Tools (NUT) project is to provide support for Power Devices, such as Uninterruptible Power Supplies, Power Distribution Units, Automatic Transfer Switches, Power Supply Units and Solar Controllers. NUT provides a common protocol and set of tools to monitor and manage such devices, and to consistently name equivalent features and data points, across a vast range of vendor-specific protocols and connection media types.â Create a network troubleshooting toolkit: NetTool: âA comprehensive toolkit that transforms your Raspberry Pi into a powerful network diagnostic and monitoring station.â How-To Geek: Every homelab needs these 3 free utilities Pi-hole: âNetwork-wide Ad Blockingâ Proxmox VE: âSimplify your data center. Secure, flexible, and reliable open-source enterprise solutions. For the highest demands and tight budgets in professional IT environments.â TrueNAS Core: âFrom the edge to your data center â transform your data estate. Deliver data sovereignty with TrueNAS Enterprise storage solutions.â How-To Geek: 3 Docker upgrades that will change how you run your homelab this weekend (Jun 5 - 7) Beszel: âSimple, lightweight server monitoring. With Docker stats, historical data, and alerts.â Dozzle: âReal-time Docker logs, stats, and debugging â in your browser.â Dockge: âSelf-hosted - Docker compose.yaml - Stack-oriented Managerâ đ„ïžđ IT Security GitHub: glytchtech / Pager-Mod-Docs: Mesh/payload.sh I was looking into this to see if i could get Meshtastic installed on my PinePager, then see about connected a Heltec v3 or v4 & seeing if that works vs. the âofficialâ glytchtech piece. ars Technica: Dashlane explains how attackers managed to download encrypted password vaults: âIn a campaign that started Sunday, the unknown threat actor abused the mechanism that allows Dashlane users to add new devices, such as computers or phones, to their accounts. By abusing Dashlaneâs programming interfaces for device enrollment, the attackers sent requests to large numbers of existing usersâ registered email addresses.â Dashlane Support: Security advisory: Brute force attack on Dashlane user accounts Ammar Askar: 1-Click GitHub Token Stealing via a VSCode Bug: âJust by clicking a link, itâs possible for an attacker to steal a GitHub token that can read and write to your repos, including private ones.â đ§ Linux Hack a Day: Itâs Another Pi Handheld. But Itâs A Really Good One: I really want to build this⊠OSHW Lab: piBrick Pocket-CM5: âpiBrick Pocket-CM5 is a smartphone-sized handheld PC powered by the Raspberry Pi CM5, featuring a 3.92â AMOLED touch display and a QWERTY keyboard+trackpad from BBQ20." GitHub: amarullz / piBrick: âpiBrick Pocket-CM5 is a smartphone-sized handheld PC powered by the Raspberry Pi CM5, featuring a 3.91â AMOLED touch display and a QWERTY keyboard+trackpad from BBQ20." ITâs FOSS: This Credit Card-Sized Linux Box Has a Keyboard, Camera, and AI Capability Something else i should have held off on, but caved & put money towards anyway⊠Kickstarter: m5stack / cardputerzero: âPowered by CM0 | All-in-One Design | Standard Linux I/O | Grove & Advanced I/O Ports | 100+ Extra M5 Modules | Credit Card Sizeâ ITâS FOSS: I Tried This Open Source ChatGPT Alternative on Linux, But Went Back to Ollama GitHub: janhq / jan: âJan is an open source alternative to ChatGPT that runs 100% offline on your computer.â Web Site: Jan How-To Geek: These free, open source Linux apps made expensive creative software harder to justify Kdenlive: âFree and Open Source Video Editor. Kdenlive is the acronym for KDE Non-Linear Video Editor. It works on Linux, Windows, macOS, and BSD.â darktable: âdarktable is an open source photography workflow application and raw developer. A virtual lighttable and darkroom for photographers. It manages your digital negatives in a database, lets you view them through a zoomable lighttable and enables you to develop raw images and enhance them.â Blender: âBlender is the free and open source 3D creation suite. It supports the entirety of the 3D pipelineâmodeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing and motion tracking, even video editing and game asset creation. Advanced users employ Blenderâs API for Python scripting to customize the application and write specialized tools; often these are included in Blenderâs future releases. Blender is well suited to individuals and small studios who benefit from its unified pipeline and responsive development process. Examples from many Blender-based projects are available in the showcase.â How-To Geek: 7 Linux commands and shortcuts I wish I learned on day one Clear: clear: Clkears the screen. Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+L Copying & pasting text: âPlace the cursor where you want to cut the text and then press Ctrl+K. This will cut the text to the end of the line in the terminal. You can also go the other way and cut to the beginning of the line with Ctrl+U. To paste text copied from within the terminal, press Ctrl+Y to paste it.â Moving around and reading files or folders: pwd, cd, ls Read the manual: man <command>, tldr Kill any running program: xkill <application> History: history, *Ctrl+R Install apps and update your computer: apt, dnf GitHub: jeek / Meshtastic-Exploiteers-Hacker-Pager: sshclient đ„đș Media Talk Android: Discover 10 amazing forgotten sci-fi shows you can stream for free right now Haven: A genuine hit on SYFY in the 2010s, Haven is loosely based on Stephen Kingâs story The Colorado Kid. The show offers small-town mystery vibes with a supernatural twist, exploring psychic powers and unresolved questions over five seasons. The castâEmily Rose, Lucas Bryant, and Eric Balfourâhad undeniable chemistry. The Outer Limits (1995 revival): Much like a darker, more mature version of The Twilight Zone, this series revived the 1960s anthology for seven seasons and over 150 episodes through the late 1990s and early 2000s, originally airing on Showtime and later SciFi Channel. Known for its impressive guest roster, you could spot Mark Hamill, Amanda Tapping, Ryan Reynolds, Kirsten Dunst, and Robert Patrick over the years. Continuum: This lesser-known Canadian time travel show ran as a SYFY original and followed a cop from the future who goes back in time to prevent criminals from changing history. Rachel Nichols stars, and the show explores the chaos and consequences of time travel. The Triangle: Back when SciFi Channel still took big creative swings with ambitious miniseries, The Triangle focused on the Bermuda Triangle. Written by Rockne S. OâBannon and Dean Devlin, and starring Sam Neill, Eric Stoltz, Catherine Bell, and Lou Diamond Phillips, it offered high-concept sci-fi adventure. Relic Hunter: If you ever wondered what a budget 1990s-style live-action Tomb Raider knockoff starring Tia Carrere might look like, this short-lived syndicated show is it. Carrere plays a professor globe-trotting in search of mysterious treasures. The formula is familiar, but the adventure is fun. Lexx: Even sci-fi diehards sometimes forget Lexx. It ran for four seasons on SciFi Channel around the turn of the millennium, during a period when the network was experimenting with its direction. The show is dark, comedic, sexy, and unapologetically bizarre. Sanctuary: This SYFY original debuted in 2007 as an experimental web series before getting picked up for TV. Amanda Tapping, post-Stargate SG-1, stars as a scientist who studies unusual and wild creatures. The series was one of the first shot almost entirely using green screen, giving it a distinct, if now somewhat dated, visual style. Tin Man: Not to be confused with Wicked, this quirky revisiting of the Wizard of Oz concept premiered as a SYFY miniseries in 2007. The cast included Zooey Deschanel, Alan Cumming, Neal McDonough, Kathleen Robertson, and Richard Dreyfuss. It drew large ratings and reportedly cost $20 million to produce. Farscape: Perhaps not âforgottenâ but definitely underwatched lately, Farscape remains a standout sci-fi series. It was the benchmark that put SciFi Channel on the map for original content, featuring a bold mix of puppetry and practical effects that still feel unique, alongside imaginative stories that rival Star Trek and Star Wars. The Dresden Files: Adapted from Jim Butcherâs urban fantasy book series, this 2007 SYFY show was well-received by critics and genre fans but didnât draw enough viewers to last beyond a single season. Paul Blackthorne starred as wizard/private eye Harry Dresden. The series ran for just twelve episodes. As one viewer put it: âIf the Dresden Files series had been called anything else⊠It was a good series if youâd never read the Dresden Files. It even got me to read the books ⊠after which I found out why so many people didnât like it. It was horrible as an adaptation. Not actorsâ fault, they did the best you could expect.â Even with its flaws, itâs still an interesting watch, especially if youâre curious about Chicagoâs magical underbelly. Lifehacker: 10 Shows and Movies Like âBackroomsâ You Should Watch Next Exit 8 (2025): âA man becomes increasingly desperate when he realizes he is trapped in a subway station, needing to complete a mission to get out.â Skinamarink (2022): âTwo children wake up in the middle of the night to find their father is missing, and all the windows and doors in their home have vanished.â In Fear (2013): âDriving to a music festival in Ireland, a new couple become lost and are then set upon by a tormentor with an unknown motive.â The Blair Witch Project (1999): âThree film students vanish after traveling into a Maryland forest to film a documentary on the local Blair Witch legend, leaving only their footage behind.â As Above, So Below (2014): âWhen a team of explorers venture into the catacombs that lie beneath the streets of Paris, they uncover the dark secret that lies within this city of the dead.â Vivarium (2019): âA young couple looking for the perfect home find themselves trapped in a mysterious labyrinth-like neighborhood of identical houses.â Channel Zero: No-End House (2017): Channel Zero, Season 02 Timecrimes (2007): âA man accidentally gets into a time machine and travels back in time nearly an hour. Finding himself will be the first of a series of disasters of unforeseeable consequences.â Severance (2022): âMark leads a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives. When a mysterious colleague appears outside of work, it begins a journey to discover the truth about their jobs.â The Deep House (2021): âWhile diving in a remote French lake, a couple who specialize in urban exploration videos discover a house submerged in deep waters. Their dive turns into a nightmare when they discover the house was the scene of atrocious crimes.â đŁïž Social Networking đ„ïžđȘ Windows Make Use Of: 5 Windows settings you can only change in the Registry Bring back the classic right-click menu âHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\CLSIDâ > New Key: {86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2} > New Key: InprocServer32 Stop web results in Start menu search âHKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Searchâ > BingSearchEnabled: Set value to 0. Skip the lock screen entirely âHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windowsâ > New Key: Personalization > New Key: NoLockScreen. Set value to 1. Fine-tune menu and hover delay âHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktopâ: MenuShowDelay: Default is 400, so decrease to preferred value Get rid of shortcut arrows on desktop icons âHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Iconsâ: New String Value: Set 29 & enter path to a blank ICO file. â Miscellaneous Make Use Of: 5 open-source apps that are so good youâll never need to pay for them I donât really understand the subject âso good youâll never need to pay for themâ? ShareX: âShareX is a free and open-source screenshot and screencast software for Windows. It is published under the GNU General Public License. The projectâs source code is hosted on GitHub. It is also available on the Microsoft Store and Steam.â (Wikipedia) Duplicati: âSecure backup solution for hybrid cloud and on-prem. Unified Data Protection for Hybrid Infrastructure. Secure, monitor, and orchestrate backups across on-premises hardware and cloud workloads from a single, zero-trust console.â Super Productivity: âDeep work made simple. A productivity system that adapts to how you actually work. Tasks, time tracking, and focus tools in one open-source app â offline, private, and yours to shape.â OBS Studio: âFree and open source software for video recording and live streaming. Download and start streaming quickly and easily on Windows, Mac or Linux.â LibreOffice: âLibreOffice is an open source office suite created by you, for you.â How-To Geek: Why I ditched VLOOKUP for XLOOKUPâand made Excel predictable again Iâve never used VLOOKUP, so i saved this as a note to look into that & the âXLOOKUPâ mentioned here. How-To Geek: I turned my modded Fire Tablet into a working terminal â hereâs how and what I did with it Used F-Droid to get Termux installed. How-To Geek: 3 criminally underrated free, open-source apps to try this weekend (May 29â31) Super Productivity: âA productivity system that adapts to how you actually work. Tasks, time tracking, and focus tools in one open-source app â offline, private, and yours to shape.â Portmaster: âPortmaster is a free and open-source application firewall. Monitor every network connection on your computer and set per-application rules for what to block.â Mailspring: âThe fast, beautiful email client for people who take email seriously. A native desktop app for Mac, Windows, and Linux â with multi-account support, read receipts, link tracking, send later, and more. Free for everything you need. Pro features at $8/month.â How-To Geek: 5 ESP32-powered E-Ink display projects to make this weekend (May 29 - Jun 1) ESPHome and Home Assistant E-Ink boards GitHub: trip5 / ESPHome-eInk-Boards: âWeather & Tasks Boards for ESPHome and Home Assistantâ Open-Meteo: âFree weather API. Free weather forecast and historical weather API â 30+ models, historical weather from 1940, no API key required.â Color E-Ink picture frame How-To Geek: I built an E-Ink photo frame using an Arduino, E-Paper display and Google Antigravity GitHub: shi-314 / esp32-spectra-e6: âESP32 Firmware for Spectra E6 Displaysâ blog.shvn.dev: Building an E Ink Picture Frame GitHub: Duocervisia / e-paper-esp32-frame: âThis project provides a comprehensive installation guide for an e-paper picture frame that updates daily. The frame features a Waveshare E6 full color e-paper display, which, combined with the implemented Floyd-Steinberg Dithering algorithm, creates the illusion of a greater color depth. Users have the ability to convert their own images using the included BMP-Converter. Additionally, the frame can be connected to the internet to display specific images on designated days. The 1000mAh battery is expected to last for approximately 700 days and can be recharged through the ESP32âs type-C port.â eFortune cookie: Instructables: EFortune Cookie â a Tiny ESP32 Fortune Teller TrailNAV GPS navigator: Instructables: TrailNAV: a Low-power Off-grid Assistive Navigation Device WeatherPaper minimalist weather display: Instructables: WeatherPaper - Start Your Day With Clarity, Not Clutter GitHub: EIrno / Cracked-Oura: âOura ring paywalls the data behind a subscription, but luckily you can export your data from Oura and import it to Cracked Oura. Cracked Oura is an open-source desktop application that provides full access to your health metrics, stored locally on your machine.â How-To Geek: I tried these 4 obscure Docker containers, and now I run them 24/7 Papermerge: âA document management system for PDF, JPEG, PNG, and TIFF â with custom metadata, full-text search, and a tamper-proof audit trail that satisfies GoBD requirements out of the box.â GitHub: ciur / papermerge: âOpen Source Document Management System for Digital Archives (Scanned Documents)â Actual Budget: âActual Budget is a super fast and privacy-focused app for managing your finances. At its heart is the well proven and much loved Envelope Budgeting methodology. You own your data and can do whatever you want with it. Featuring multi-device sync, optional end-to-end encryption and so much more.â GitHub: actualbudget / actual: âA local-first personal finance appâ Wallabag: âSave and classify articles. Read them later. Freely.â I did try Wallabag for a short time, but ended up staying with Karakeep. Excalidraw: âExcalidraw is a virtual collaborative whiteboard tool that lets you easily sketch diagrams that have a hand-drawn feel to them.â Make Use Of: NotebookLM finally has an open-source rival, and Iâm hooked Open Notebook: âOpen Notebook. Take Control of Your Learning. Privately. A powerful open-source, AI-powered note-taking/research platform that respects your privacyâ GitHub: lfnovo / open-notebook: âAn Open Source implementation of Notebook LM with more flexibility and featuresâ Android Police: You might soon use WHOOP without paying for it, but the project is still in its early stages GitHub: b-nnett / goose: âGoose Swift proof-of-concept READMEâ How-To Geek: This 34-year-old open source tool is still the fastest way to write on your computer Vim Vim Cheat Sheet selh.st: Self-Host Weekly (5 June 2026), by Ethan Sholly. GitHub: streamyfin / streamyfin: âA modern Jellyfin client built with Expoâ Web Site: Streamyfin While trying to get my Home Video library working between Plex & Jellyfin earlier this week, i downloaded a number of Apple TV Jellyfin apps, but Iâm not sure if Streamyfin was one. I also have a number of the clients on my phone, so i should probably take a look at all of them & see if i can narrow down what i have. GitHub: yakushstanislav / UltraViolet: âSelf-hosted network discovery & search â your own Shodan, on your hardware.â I thought this was going to be for more local discovery, but i could see use-cases for the public side too. GitHub: perber / leafwiki: âLeafWiki - Self-hosted wiki. Single Go binary, SQLite, Markdown on disk. No external database required.â Web Site: LeafWiki: âA self-hosted wiki. Single binary, no external database, Markdown on disk.â I just wanted to save this one because itâs similar to some of the other note-taking apps i use (which is too manyâŠ), but using Markdown files, making backup (& migration if needed) extremely easy. GitHub: afaneca / myfin: âMyFin Budget - Web frontend for the personal finances platform thatâll help you budget, keep track of your income/spending and forecast your financial future.â Web Site: Myfin Budget: âTake Control of Your Finances with MyFin Budgetâ Iâve been trying to get better \ more on top of budget, bills, finances, etc & just started trying to use Actual Budget after not really loving the Budget part of Oikos, so i wanted to give this service a look too. GitHub: nezhahq / nezha: âSelf-hosted, lightweight server and website monitoring and O&M toolâ Web Site: Nesha Server Monitoring: âOpen-source, lightweight, and easy-to-use server monitoring and operation toolâ I havenât found a home lab dashboard that I really love yet, so any time i see a new one mentioned i like to take a look at it. GitHub: raceApps / nutritrace: âSelf-hosted personal nutrition tracker â single Docker container, AGPL-3.0, no telemetry, no cloud sync.â Along with trying to get a better view & handle on finances, trying to be healthier has been on the list too. After meaning to look into Cracked Oura, i thought this service might be worth a try too. GitHub: pewdiepie-archdaemon / odysseus: âSelf-hosted AI workspace.â Web Site: Odysseus A coworker mentioned this one to me earlier this week, so i think i have it listed above in my post, but Iâm still adding it since Ethan is also including it this week. fitpub.social/ GitHub: endurain-project / endurain: âEndurain is a self-hosted fitness tracking service designed to give users full control over their data and hosting environmentâ Codeberg: endurain-project / endurain (Primary host vs. GitHub): âEndurain is a self-hosted fitness tracking service designed to give users full control over their data and hosting environment https://docs.endurain.comâ Microsoft | Windows Blogs: Build 2026: Furthering Windows as the trusted platform for development This is the part Iâm excited for: âCoreutils for Windows â a set of Linux-like command line utilities that run natively on Windows, now generally available.â Plex: Plex Introduces a Social Platform for Entertainment Discovery Across Streaming Services Yeah⊠i agree with everyone else⊠why did they think this is what people wanted added to Plex? GitHub: caronc / apprise: âApprise - Push Notifications that work with just about every platformâ Release v1.11.0: Doesnât look like thereâs any new servers added that i would use, but was worth a look. GitHub: home-assistant / core: âđĄ Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first.â Web Site: Home Assistant: âOpen source home automation that puts local control and privacy first. Powered by a worldwide community of tinkerers and DIY enthusiasts.â 2026.6.0: Home Assistant: 2026.6: Pick a card, any card I do have to sit down with my Home Assistant install & really build out the dashboards in a way thatâs actually helpful, so I will probably be digging into that new card picker that was added: âSo you can imagine my excitement for my personal favorite of this release: the new card picker. Instead of asking âwhich card type do I want?â, it now asks âwhich thing in your home do you want to show?â, and then suggests cards that actually make sense for it, with live previews using your own data. For someone like me, thatâs not just easier; itâs genuinely inspiring. It nudges me towards combinations I would not have thought of on my own. đĄâ GitHub: timothepoznanski / poznote: âPoznote is a personal note-taking and documentation platform.â Web Site: Poznote: âPoznote is a personal note-taking and documentation platform.â Release 6.17.0: Happy to see these two additions: Added a new setting to display attachment preview thumbnails directly at the top of notes. Added support for links to other notes, dates, and emojis within tasks. GitHub: RackulaLives / Rackula: ârack layout designerâ Web Site: Rackula: âDrag and drop rack visualizerâ v26.6.0 I canât remember if i did look at this in the past or not, but hopefully iâll remember going forward that this is a bit more than i need for my home lab. Definitely looks useful if i did have full racks though. solidtime-io / solidtime: âModern open-source time-tracking appâ Web Site: solidtime: âThe modern Open-Source Time Trackerâ jR4dh3y / BoxBox: âA modern, self-hosted file manager for your homelab. Built in SvelteKit & Goâ Web Site: BoxBox: " The file manager your homelab deserves. Manage Linux servers like local folders. Zero latency, instant sync, chunked transfers, and native code editing right in your browser." SikamikanikoBG / homelab-monitor: âPlug-and-play homelab dashboard in one container â GPU, local-AI model VRAM, Docker, systemd and host health. One page, no Prometheus/Grafana.â Web Site: HomeLab Monitor: âOne small container for your home lab â GPU, AI VRAM, Docker, systemd and host health, all on one page. Multi-machine since 0.8 â register your other boxes over SSH and see every hostâs vitals side-by-side in one cockpit.â doomedramen / labitat: âHomelab dashboardâ Web Site: Labitat: âA modern, self-hosted homelab dashboard. Live service widgets, drag-and-drop layout, and full PWA support.â slqdk / NoteControl: âWindows File explorer based notecontrol server with HTML5 as frontendâ âA self-hosted, multi-user notes app for Windows. Notes are plain markdown files on disk, one folder per vault â open them in any editor, sync them with any tool, back them up by copying a folder. The app is just a friendly UI on top.â pewdiepie-archdaemon / odysseus: âSelf-hosted AI workspace.â Web Site: Odysseus: âYour own AI workspace, running on your hardware. Odysseus is a self-hosted interface for talking to language models â chat, autonomous agents, tools, model serving, email, research, and more. Local-first, privacy-first, and no telemetry. Just you and your models.â Zoeille / picsou-finance: âSelf-hosted personal finance dashboard Track bank accounts, brokerage, crypto, and net worth â all in one place.â