Matter, Energy, and Life of Michaela A. Castello.

Category: Energy

Hobbies and creative pursuits that re-energize me.

  • Review: LEGO Technic 42083 Bugatti Chiron

    Review: LEGO Technic 42083 Bugatti Chiron

    In this review for BZPower, my brother and I build LEGO’s second take on a supercar.

  • Burnout

    There is a tiredness that seeps into the soul. Not a lack of sleep or some physical exhaustion; No, this weariness originates in the mind, From which it stretches forth, Penetrating the deepest recesses of the body. Once established it refuses to dissipate. A dense fog coloring experiences in grayscale; It adds burdensome weight to…

  • Airsonic on FreeNAS

    With the popularity of streaming services, I have had a big interest in trying to mobilize my own curated music collection in a similar way. There are a lot of different platforms out there, but very few that are truly open source or work on the systems I need. Although I’m still less than convinced…

  • Sidewalks

    When I am on the sidewalk I sometimes wish That a truck would hit me In a tragic accident. Saving me the trouble The guilt The responsibility Of doing it myself. I will do it myself The responsibility The guilt Is too much trouble. What a tragic accident This truck has hit me I sometimes…

  • WordPress: Redirect All Traffic Except Admin Page

    As much as it breaks my heart, it is time to fully migrate everything from mistypedURL.com over to Castello.me. Pointing all the old links from Google searches to their new location can be accomplished with some changes to the .htaccess file. Found via Stack Overflow, an extra line can exempt the WordPress admin panel from…

  • FreeNAS: Reverse Proxy, NextCloud, and Joplin

    This is a mega-project that has existed as various schemes scrawled in my notebook for quite some time, likely approaching the order of years. I have long wanted to put my storage to use replacing Dropbox as my source of between-device file syncing, and I’ve been cautious of note-taking apps ever since being forsaken first…

  • Pi-Hole Setup

    My original Raspberry Pi has languished in my computer toolbox for years, waiting to be assigned a purpose. That purpose was found when it became a Pi-hole.

  • HTPC Build 2020

    I have been building home theater computer setups for quite some time. In the era of streaming services having an HTPC it is not as useful as it once was, and equivalent devices can be purchased “assembly not required” such as the Apple TV 4K or Vero 4K+. For me, building computers is something I…