Paragon Backup & Recovery 14 Compact (with download links)
Recently, I came across an old backup on one of my NAS that I made with Paragon Software. Unfortunately, the new version is incompatible with version 14.
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The Holy Grail of Heating Thermostats: A Plot Twist (TRV801Z vs TRV801_1)
I bought 8 MOES TRV valves and discovered that firmware lottery can ruin your heating automation. Here's what I learned at -14°C outside.
The Lazy Sysadmin's Guide to UPS Battery Calibration: When You Refuse to Leave Your Desk
Replaced UPS batteries but runtime dropped? The APC remembers old capacity. Instead of shutting down my homelab and fumbling with cables, I calibrated the UPS remotely via Home Assistant's NUT addon using raw netcat commands. Runtime nearly doubled. Zero cables touched.
How I Spent Two Weeks Fighting Microsoft's Support System to Recover My Own Account: A Kafka-esque Journey Through Corporate Bureaucracy
Locked out of your Microsoft account as the sole admin? Join me on a 2-week odyssey through Microsoft's Kafkaesque support system. Learn the secret backdoors, magic words, and creative workarounds I discovered to finally recover my account. A survival guide born from corporate bureaucracy hell.
The $20 Bitcoin Lottery: When Your ESP32 Becomes a Slot Machine (With Better Odds Than You Think)
I compare the odds of winning the Polish Lotto, the Eurojackpot, and solo-mining a Bitcoin block with a $20 ESP32. The results are shocking — in the world of “lottery mining,” your tiny device becomes a perpetual lottery ticket that also tells time and costs under $3 a year to run.
