Sydney Butler

Stop putting desktop HDDs in your NAS: How error recovery timeouts will break your RAID

• Maintenance & Optimization
• NAS
• Technology
• Wi-Fi Routers

Stop putting desktop HDDs in your NAS: How error recovery timeouts will break your RAID

Sydney Butler March 13, 2026

The hardware truth about using cheap HDDs in a NAS

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PDFs must die, but what can replace them?

• PDF
• Productivity
• Technology

PDFs must die, but what can replace them?

Sydney Butler March 13, 2026

How do you kill that which has no life?

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Before the USB flash drive: 5 ‘floppy killers’ that lost the retro storage war

• History
• physical media
• Retro Computing
• Storage
• Technology

Before the USB flash drive: 5 ‘floppy killers’ that lost the retro storage war

Sydney Butler March 12, 2026

Why Zip disks and LS-120s couldn't defeat the 1.44MB disk

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Stop drilling giant holes in your walls: Why every homelabber still needs to learn how to crimp RJ45

• Networking
• PC Optimization
• Technology

Stop drilling giant holes in your walls: Why every homelabber still needs to learn how to crimp RJ45

Sydney Butler March 12, 2026

Is it still worth it to make your own Ethernet cables?

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7 reasons your NAS will never replace the cloud

• NAS
• OneDrive
• Storage
• Technology

7 reasons your NAS will never replace the cloud

Sydney Butler March 12, 2026

There's always at least one cloud in the sky.

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7 reasons your NAS will never replace the cloud

• NAS
• OneDrive
• Storage
• Technology

7 reasons your NAS will never replace the cloud

Sydney Butler March 12, 2026

There's always at least one cloud in the sky.

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Stop chasing Gigabit Wi-Fi: Here are the networking upgrades that actually matter

• Maintenance & Optimization
• Networking
• Technology
• Wi-Fi Routers

Stop chasing Gigabit Wi-Fi: Here are the networking upgrades that actually matter

Sydney Butler March 12, 2026

Why a wired mesh backhaul beats raw wireless speed

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6 genius ways to use your LAN that have nothing to do with the internet

• Jellyfin
• Networking
• Plex
• Technology
• Wi-Fi Routers

6 genius ways to use your LAN that have nothing to do with the internet

Sydney Butler March 11, 2026

Stop treating your router like it's just a Wi-Fi box

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Reality check: These 4 pain points are still holding Linux back

• Linux
• Open Source
• PC Gaming
• Steam Deck
• Technology

Reality check: These 4 pain points are still holding Linux back

Sydney Butler March 11, 2026

Getting warmer, but warm enough for the penguin?

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Blu-ray is dying, but how did it last so long in the first place?

• physical media
• Technology
• Video Streaming

Blu-ray is dying, but how did it last so long in the first place?

Sydney Butler March 11, 2026

But I hope it's a very slow death indeed.

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