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Holocron: The Backup of Last Resort

Posted on October 3, 2026 by hukl

In my previous blog post I talked about how I bought a Blu-ray drive and a couple of M-Discs to use it for long-term archival backups. Shortly after that I had the idea to use these as a last-resort, decentralized backup. The Concept Many people give copies of their house or apartment keys to good […]

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Posted in: digital, diy, english, howto, projects, security | Tagged: backup, bluray, digital, howto

CAD for Woodworking: Learning Both

Posted on July 18, 2026 by hukl

Over the years, I’ve done the odd woodworking project, like building a guitar speaker cabinet or putting some shelves on the wall. I’ve used wood glue before, and I have (had) an ever-growing collection of all kinds of wood screws in my toolbox, mostly leftovers from previous small wood-related tasks. Up until a few months […]

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Posted in: analog, diy, english, projects, wood | Tagged: cad, diy, woodworking

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