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How to Install RustDesk on Your Synology NAS

RustDesk is a remote desktop software, the open source TeamViewer / AnyDesk alternative. You have full control of your data, with no concerns about security since it only sends data to a server that you setup. You can use a public rendezvous/relay server or self-host one. In this step by step guide I will show you how to install RustDesk on your Synology NAS using Docker and DSM 7.2 I've based a significant amount of this guide on https://drfrankenstein.co.uk guides. First, Follow the following 4 guides: Step 0: Docker, Memory Recommendations and Limitations Step 1: Directory Setup Guide Step 2: Setting up a restricted Docker user Step 3: Setting up a Docker Bridge Network Following these guides will give you a nice Docker folder structure, a restricted user to run your containers on (this is more secure) and a dedicated network for your containers. Lets Begin First we need to set up some folders for RustDesk to save its configuration files and also where the Project will save th
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Making Google Calendar a responsive embed with Mobile support

Google Calendar is amazing, but the embed code is pretty old.  They haven't updated it in many years. Since everything is Mobile First today, I needed a way to display better on cell phones. The following code does the following: Define a Responsive Cal types so that it uses 100% of the frame Define a DeskContent and a PhoneContent sizes (with a width of 768 being the switch point)  Wrap all of it in the Responsive Call Div so it all resizes automatically Display the Month view of the calendar if it's a desktop resolution Display the Agenda view of the calendar if it's a mobile resolution I've formatted this so that it can be placed inline in your HTML file. The first Embed should be your calendar code set to the Month view. The second Embed should be your calendar code set to the Agenda view.

Connecting a Dual Fuel Champion Generator to an RV QC Port.

Having invested in a Dual Fuel Champion Generator, I wanted to connect it to the QC (Quick Connect) port on my camper. The RV.net forum member put this nice graphic together. Parts for the Mod Anderson Metals - 56123-0402 Brass Pipe Fitting, Reducing Hex Nipple, 1/4" Male Pipe x 1/8" Male Pipe DOZYANT 1/4" RV Propane Quick Connect Adapter for Propane Hose, Propane or Natural Gas 1/4" Quick Connect or Disconnect Kit - Shutoff Valve & Full Flow Plug - 100% Solid Brass EDGE INDUSTRIAL Brass REDUCING Coupling 1/4" X 1/8" Female NPT FNPT Fuel/AIR/Water/Oil/Gas WOG (Qty 01) MENSI Propane/Natural LP Gas Quick Disconnect Connect 1/4” dust Cap Diameter 12.5mm (1/4") 3sets/lot ONLY for 1/4" Propane Quick Disconnect (Only one is needed, but sold in a 3 pack) The DozyAnt has both the Quick connect and the Plug.  Optional Accessories This splits your existing QC plug into two QC plugs so you can have your stove and generator connected at the same time. 1

Easy Vegetable Garden Trellis

We've grown a garden for several years, and have experimented with new techniques when we find them. Last year a friend of our showed us his garden, and how he had implemented Vertical Gardening.  He sunk some 4x4 posts so they were about 5 feet tall, and used Trellis Netting between the posts. I wanted to try out vertical gardening, but didn't want to spend a Saturday sinking 4 or 6 posts into the ground. Here's how we accomplished it in our garden.

Oxidized Quickstart

Oxidized is a "RANCID replacement" that has taken on a life of it's own.  Designed to automatically store, compare, and log configuration files from network based equipment. I've never used RANCID, or rConfig, or Sweet, but I wanted to more than a fileshare of all the latest configs of our devices, which is what we were doing. Oxidized the seemed the easiest to setup. Here is how I setup one up from scratch.