BurgeonLab
BurgeonLab
Naty S
Naty's personal site, built with IndieWeb principles, is where she writes about tinkering with technology and hobbies. She likes to write how-to guides on things she's learnt and is passionate about open source, Hugo, online privacy, and self-hosting.
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Starting Over With the PiSince Oct of last year, I haven’t had time to reinstate my self-hosted apps like Calibre, Miniflux, Navidrome, etc on my little Pi homelab. During this time, I missed using Navidrome the most (I resorted to...
HWC Asia Pacific: Round 3The second HWC: AP had only minor “AI disruptions” and was nowhere near as bad as the first. The AI agent(s) that were causing the disruption actually apologised on the IndieWeb chat and promised they will stop...
This blog post is prompted by Robert Birming’s AuguStory blogging activity.1 Blaugust 2026 is still ongoing, but I’ve fallen behind my originally planned schedule due to family commitments. Nonetheless, I will continue to try to be...
Mac Mini 2018 i7 Hand-me-downI’m really excited because a mutual friend said they’re willing to give me their retired 2018 Mac Mini (which was originally used for music production). What’s extremely exciting is the fact it’s a maxed out...
About the RevampIf you’ve been to my site before—you may have noticed a bit of a change since yesterday. Last night, I pushed a lot of features and stylistic changes to my site (over 100 commits?!) It was long overdue and I’m feeling...
PrefaceI haven’t had the chance to share my thoughts on the first virtual Homebrew Website Club (HWC) event I hosted two weeks ago! Here’s a post about my experience being a first-time organizer of such an event. BackgroundHaving...
HWC Asia Pacific: Round 2Can’t believe it is already nearly two weeks since the inaugural HWC: Asia Pacific event—this means meetup #2 is happening next Wednesday! (At the moment, HWC: AP runs on a bi-monthly basis on a Wednesday.) Who...
Came across Trevor’s post about link rot last week. The topic of fixing broken links on our websites is pops up occasionally at Homebrew Website Club meetings. I never really investigated how I could check every link efficiently on my...
Hot Weather EffectsThe temperatures are stifling, with an ongoing record-breaking heatwave due to the effect of nearby typhoons with temperatures reaching 38°C in some areas of HK. Indoor temperature when the AC is off reached 39°C in my...
One of my favourite HTML Day 2026 pages created! I’m always on the lookout to reduce my JS reliance. [For up-to-date content, visit BurgeonLab directly (XML feeds don't fetch updates in real-time). For topic-specific feeds, visit...
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This will be the first time (so many firsts this month!) I’m attending HTML Day, which is in its 4th year. This is worldwide in-person event, where participants hand code HTML (CSS optional) websites/pages. I’ve written raw HTML in high...
What This Is AboutHand write, raw Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and make a webpage during the worldwide event, held in early August each year. Read HTML Energy’s Goals page to learn more. How to ParticipateVisit HTML Energy and go to...
PrefaceAfter reading a few posts from fellow bloggers about how much it costs them to run their site, I am intrigued as to how much I am actually paying for this passion project of mine! Check out the last section for more examples. Note...
This week’s weeknote will be shorter than usual—because I’m trying to write a lot more this month! Completed Passed my driving exam on my first go last week! 🎉 Really chuffed since the pass rate for first-timers is only around 30%. See...