The Lifty Lab

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Tutorials, Blogging, and Fun!

Throughout my time working with tech, ive picked up some interesting stories and experiences to share,

so come along with me as I document everything from stories to tutorials.

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Did you know I run a homelab? Can you tell?

Simple Homelab

Ever since I started scanning facebook for used enterprise equipment, ive become pretty good at setting things up. I will teach you all I have learned about; networking, hardware, and most challenging of all, software.

Homelab Blog

A hobby that is simultaneously dying and flourishing.

Simple Ham Radio

I may not have a degree in antenna studies, but I do have some experience trawling the internet for info.

Learn with me as we try to make some antennas and equipment that atleast barely functions!

Ham Radio Blog

If these walls could talk, theyd speak for hours.

General Tech Blogging

Ive been experimenting with tech ever since I had working thumbs, so I have picked up a few things over the years that are sat in text files on my PC. So why not read about the insane machinations that result when I stay up working until 3AM?

General Blog

See whats happening in my boring life

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  • A Lesson In Parameters

    A Lesson In Parameters

    Its been a while since I worked on a large personal project. Ive been mostly getting by with small side projects, or working on my professional work instead. So when I was contacted to help a fellow maker model their way out of a problem, I thought it a good idea to lend my “expertise”…

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  • The LumiSon: A Lesson On Getting Things Done

    The LumiSon: A Lesson On Getting Things Done

    WARNING: THIS IS A PRELIMINARY ARTICLE. THIS PROJECT IS NOT FINISHED!!! I INTEND TO UPDATE IT SOON, BUT I WANTED TO GET SOMETHING DOWN BEFORE I INEVITABLY FORGET. Its been a long time since I felt genuinely passionate and driven to make something. As previously seen, most of my creations are born from neccesity, which…

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  • What Goes Around, Comes Around

    What Goes Around, Comes Around

    The hardest part of a project is never the project itself, but rather the documentation surrounding it. In my effort to increase my blogging efforts, I’ve decided to start off with the tale of a side project of recent. Hopefully in the coming months I will have the chance to properly document everything. The Problem…

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  • Ham Radio: Going Digital On A Budget

    Ham Radio: Going Digital On A Budget

    Recently, after a lot of back and forth, I finally applied for my Amateur Radio License here in the UK. Ive been listening to the HAM bands for a while now, but I have recently been getting the itch to actually transmit myself! The only problem is, I am incredibly bad at doing voice calls,…

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  • Cosplay As A Beginner: My First Try

    Cosplay As A Beginner: My First Try

    Ive had some free time and spare income recently, so I thought I would yet again expand my hobby repertoire. Ive seen alot of videos by Punished Props in the past, but ive always been intimidated by the lengthy and diverse processes required to get to a final product. However, with my newfound proceeds and…

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  • Site Update: We Made It 4 Days

    Site Update: We Made It 4 Days

    4 days. 4 days? 4 days! We made it 4 days before something else went wrong (I think thats got to be a new record for shortest time between major site issues). It turns out that we had two more issues with my docker setup of wordpress! Issue 1: So it turns out that when…

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