https://www.chrismurton.uk/categories/musings/ Recent content in Musings on Chris Murton Hugo -- gohugo.io Sat, 18 Feb 2017 13:40:00 +0000 https://www.chrismurton.uk/2017/02/18/who-needs-a-homelab-anyway/ Sat, 18 Feb 2017 13:40:00 +0000 https://www.chrismurton.uk/2017/02/18/who-needs-a-homelab-anyway/ I’ll start this post by setting out my stall - I’m a self confessed geek. I tinker, tweak and enjoy experimenting with new technologies. The arrival of my daughter a couple of years ago did reduce my tinkering time drastically but I digress. There was a time a few years ago that the keen IT hobbyist would have to invest serious time and money to feed their habit, namely in: https://www.chrismurton.uk/2016/07/27/plexpy-for-the-curious/ Wed, 27 Jul 2016 13:25:00 +0100 https://www.chrismurton.uk/2016/07/27/plexpy-for-the-curious/ Well before Netflix, Amazon Prime Video et al. were a thing, I’ve been running Plex Media Server at home to ship media of all types (photos, music, TV shows and movies) to various devices around the house. I got so fed up with physical DVDs chewing up space in the lounge I went through and ripped every DVD we own to digital and subsequently cleared out two drawers worth of plastic and shiny discs - so I’m fairly invested.