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w33k in g33k: May 30, 2025

· Sean P. McAdam

ClockworkPi PicoCalc

Flipper

  • GitHub: ADolbyB / flipper-zero-files: “A Collection Of Files From Various Sources Specifically For The Flipper Zero Device (In Progress)”
  • GitHub: Zarcolio / flipperzero: “This repo contains my own Ducky/BadUSB scripts, related PowerShell scripts and other Flipper Zero related stuff.”

Games

Hardware

  • OMG Ubuntu: Flexbar (USB Apple Touch Bar Clone) Now Supports Linux: “If you missed it at the time: Flexbar is a USB-powered peripheral inspired by Apple’s now-discontinued touchscreen strip, but designed as a standalone plug-and-play device that works with any laptop, PC, tablet, or smartphone.”
    • Maybe a fun piece of hardware to look into or purchase.
    • ENIAC Electronic: Flexbar

Miscellaneous

Security & Privacy

selfh.st: Self-Host Weekly (30 May 2025)

  • selfh.st: Optimal Plex Settings for Privacy-Conscious Users
    • I think I have saved this multiple times but keep forgetting to actually read through it & make any of the recommended changes (if I haven’t already done so).
  • GitHub: adityachandelgit/ BookLore: “BookLore is a web app for hosting, managing, and exploring books, with support for PDFs, eBooks, reading progress, metadata, and stats.”
    • Looking for something a little simpler than calibre for my books.
  • GitHub: allaboutduncan / comic-utis: “Stand alone utility to manage, edit, and update digital comic libraries of any size.”
    • If I’m looking for something new \ simpler for my books, figured it couldn’t hurt to look at comics too.
  • GitHub: papra-hq / papra: “The minimalistic document archiving platform.”
    • I will eventually get around to trying to set this up again…
  • Codeberg: readeck / readeck: “Readeck is a simple web application that lets you save the precious readable content of web pages you like and want to keep forever. https://readeck.org/"
    • I am pretty happy with Karakeep (formerly Hoarder), but wanted to look at Readeck again. I know I used or tried to use it in the past, but don’t remember many details.
  • GitHub: wizarrrr / wizarr: “Wizarr is an advanced user invitation and management system for Jellyfin, Plex, Emby etc.”
    • Been meaning to look at some of these for my self-hosted library.
  • GitHub: maranguapo / BudgetBoss: “A stupid simple budget app!”
    • Probably better than spreadsheets =]
  • GitHub: cfstcyr / docker-switchboard: “Quickly control your Docker containers from a simple web UI”
    • Maybe something simpler \ easier than Portainer.
  • GitHub: patricksthannon / Dockscribe: “CLI tool to pull short descriptions of all currently running docker containers”
    • Use with some other utilities to replace Portainer?
  • GitHub: giacomo-folli / reflectiv: “reflectiv is a web application that allows users to generate personalized monthly reflection diaries in PDF format.”
    • I use DailyTxT, but wanted to look at this too.
  • GitHub: slackspace-io / shoebox: “A digital shoebox for organizing and preserving your videos over a lifetime.”
    • Currently using Immich for photo (& video) backups, but wanetd to see how this was.
  • GitHub: raydak-labs / configarr: “Sync TRaSH Guides + custom configs with Sonarr/Radarr”
    • Self hosted library.
  • GitHub: log-forge / logforge: “Real-time logs, Interactive terminals, Crash alerts/notifications, File system access. All in one UI, for Docker.”
    • Help to replace Portainer \ find out when something goes down before I try to use it & see it’s broken.

Command Line Corner

  • Use find /directory -mtime -1 to quickly locate files modified in the last 24 hours (or any time period of your liking):
$ find /user/test -mtime -1
  selfhost-weekly.txt
  docker-compose.yml
  • selfh.st: Command Line Corner: “An archive of useful Linux commands shared in Self-Host Weekly”
    • I didn’t realize there was a dedicated page for the commands that Ethan Sholly has posted in his weekly updates.