Goodbye 2023
It is already 2024. I would like to look back and see what I did in the past year. How many posts have I published in 2023? Yinfor.com 80 blog posts journal.yinfor.com 11 blog posts seo.g2soft.net 21 blog posts So,...
Author: David Yin
Replace Backblaze B2 with Cloudflare R2
Yes, a few days ago, I started to use Cloudflare R2 for my Mastodon media storage. There are three steps. 1) Download all the media files from Backblaze B2 2) Upload the files of step 1 to Cloudflare R2 3)...
Upgrade my Matomo instance to v5.0
Today, when I checked the old emails of my second Gmail account, I saw an email with an update notice. I started to use Matomo on this blog in May 2023. Matomo Analytics 5.0 is here What’s new? * Strengthened...
Happy New Year 2024
It is almost 2024. We have the Jiaozi (Dumplin) for dinner. Everyone in my family does it together. I prepared the stuffing. Mainly are ground pork 500g, Napa cabbage 1500g. Chopped napa, and pressed them to get off the water....
What about the Backblaze B2 storage now
I have been using Backblaze B2 Storage for fifteen days. In the beginning, the data was not stable. I changed the settings multiple times. The Backblaze backend reporting is kind of delayed or 48 hours round. Today, I will recheck...
It is time to upgrade Tp-Link devices again
Almost every three months, I will try to upgrade the device firmware. Here are the simple records for today’s updates. Upgrade the TP-Link Switch. The latest one is v1.0.13. After the upgrade, it will reboot automatically. It is a...
Use these parking lot safety tips this holiday season
I received an email from ICBC. It is a great reminder for the drivers in BC. It also provides some important facts here. 32% of crashes happend in parking lots. Holiday shopping season is here! While it’s always important to...
Setup tootctl tool environment and the usage of media files
When I post the Mastodon Self-hosting – Clean Media Storage with tootctl command, I forget to record how I prepare the environment. Before I run the tootctl command, I did the following. I checked the version of tootctl.
Figured out why Gitlab CE eats Disk Space so fast
In the last post, I mentioned that my Gitlab CE space was used very fast. In 4 months, I have to expand the disk space again. The folder /var/opt/gitlab/prometheus/data/wal is more than 85GB. There are so many files in the...
Expand VM disk again in Proxmox VE
It is the second time I have expanded the disk on Proxmox VE. I have a post about how to expand the VM disk in Proxmox VE. The host is Proxmox VE v8.1.3. The guest is a Gitlab on Ubuntu...
How to use Backblaze B2 Storage with Mastodon
Set up Backblaze B2 storage with existing Mastodon. Here is for my record, not as a guide or reference. If you follow it on your Mastodon instance, take a risk. I use the Backblaze B2 storage after a few days...
Check the Total size of B2 Bucket storage
The title tells the main purpose of this post. I want to know exactly how much space I took on Backblaze B2 storage. I have one bucket named x-media on it. Sign in to the Backblaze and see the dashboard....
Mastodon Self-hosting – Clean Media Storage with tootctl command
Check the current situation. There are 1.5GB of header images. none of which are from local accounts except 85.5KB which is my account header on the server. For Avatars, it is 768.8 MB, only 18.8KB is from my instance. ...
Upgrade the M.2 SSD
Here is the simple way to upgrade the old 250GB NVMe M.2 SSD to a new 1TB NVMe M.2 SSD on my desktop PC. The problem is that only one M.2 slot on the Motherboard, ASUS Prime B450M-A II. Before...
Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB
Recently, I bought a new NVMe M.2 SSD, Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB on Newegg.ca. I ordered it on Nov. 16. The price is good at $69.97. They put a small label, “black friday price protection”. So, I believe it...