# maa (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 5 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover maa. Page: Feed: --- ## [A Court of Forgotten Melody (A Court of Thorns and Roses) by Sarah J. Maas](https://theromantasy.substack.com/p/a-court-of-forgotten-melody-a-court) _2026-08-17 · The Romantasy · The Romantasy_ We have an official book description ## [A Court of Splintered Harmony (A Court of Thorns and Roses) by Sarah J. Maas](https://theromantasy.substack.com/p/a-court-of-splintered-harmony-a-court) _2026-08-17 · The Romantasy · The Romantasy_ We have an official book description ## [Did Sarah J. Maas’s website just reveal ACOTAR 6 & 7?](https://theromantasy.substack.com/p/breaking-news-did-sarah-j-maas-just) _2026-08-17 · The Romantasy · The Romantasy_ Two mysterious ACOTAR covers have surfaced. The titles are surprising, but the details on the covers may be even more interesting. ## [The Romantasy weekly recap: ACOTAR clues, Autumn Court theories & big Romantasy money](https://theromantasy.substack.com/p/the-romantasy-weekly-recap-acotar) _2026-08-14 · The Romantasy · The Romantasy_ August 14, 2026 — A new ACOTAR game, mysterious hints from Bloomsbury, major publishing deals, and more news from the world of romantasy. ## [Japanese Tea Garden Bench](https://reachablegames.com/article/26/) _2026-08-13 · Inane Ramblings of a Cat Juggler_ I'm building my own AI benchmark to test spatial awareness, color, web programming, and UI design, and keep a running record of model quality over time. ## [MAA 12: Skyla Grayce Hart- writer and mother](https://giannanoelle.substack.com/p/maa-12-skyla-grayce-hart-writer-and) _2026-08-04 · Gianna Noelle · Mothers Are Artists ™_ "Motherhood has become my art form" ## [Blue Notes: what makes cinema so immersive?](https://giannanoelle.substack.com/p/blue-notes-what-makes-cinema-so-immersive) _2026-07-30 · Gianna Noelle · Mothers Are Artists ™_ using our five senses to create compelling stories. ## [The Mini Rack Accessories You Didn’t Know You Needed](https://technotim.com/posts/minirack-accessories/) _2026-07-28 · Techno Tim · Techno Tim_ The easy part of building a mini rack is deciding what goes inside it. You probably already know which switch, mini PC, or storage device you want. Everything after this is the hard part. How do you power everything without filling the rack with adapters? Where does the UPS go? How do you handle cooling, cables, patching, remote access, and a local display without using up every rack unit? T... ## [Everyone’s looking at the colors. I’m looking at the dragons.](https://theromantasy.substack.com/p/everyones-looking-at-the-colors-im) _2026-07-20 · The Romantasy · The Romantasy_ The biggest mystery on this cover isn’t the color palette. ## [Immersion Series: Queen of Shadows—The Return to Rifthold (Part 1)](https://theromantasy.substack.com/p/immersion-series-queen-of-shadows) _2026-07-18 · The Romantasy · The Romantasy_ After choosing her future in Heir of Fire, Celaena returns to Rifthold and discovers that home is no longer the place she left behind. ## [Stop CI/CD & Supply-Chain Attacks (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ufXkZgfOu8yN) _2026-07-18 · **Sponsored**_ Per-PR: 17 CI/CD checks and package malware scans with inline Check Run findings. ## [Surprise! Rebecca Yarros announces Threshing Day](https://theromantasy.substack.com/p/surprise-rebecca-yarros-announces) _2026-07-15 · The Romantasy · The Romantasy_ Thirteen new stories, dragons, familiar faces, Xaden’s story, and gorgeous full-color artwork are coming this September. ## [MAA 11: María Trujillo- mother, designer, creative director](https://giannanoelle.substack.com/p/maa-11-maria-trujillo-mother-designer) _2026-07-13 · Gianna Noelle · Mothers Are Artists ™_ "This season has made me constantly relook at every part of my life with a new lens" ## [Announcing the Immersion Series (Audio)](https://theromantasy.substack.com/p/announcing-the-audio-immersion-series) _2026-07-12 · The Romantasy · The Romantasy_ A brand-new paid-subscriber feature begins this Friday with the GraphicAudio edition of House of Earth and Blood. ## [Shhhhh… This One’s Just Between Us](https://theromantasy.substack.com/p/shhhhh-this-ones-just-between-us-f1d) _2026-07-10 · The Romantasy · The Romantasy_ Hurry: For the first 50 subscribers only! ## [MAA 11: Erin Phillips- mother, therapist, writer](https://giannanoelle.substack.com/p/maa-11-erin-phillips-mother-therapist) _2026-07-06 · Gianna Noelle · Mothers Are Artists ™_ "Matrescence was the rebirth for my soul and creativity I didn’t know I needed." ## [Romantasy or just Fantasy with Romance? Let’s sort another stack.](https://theromantasy.substack.com/p/romantasy-or-just-fantasy-with-romance) _2026-07-06 · The Romantasy · The Romantasy_ I’m putting 15 books through The Romantasy Classification Standard to see which are true romantasy, romantasy-coded, or simply too early to call. ## [Blue Notes: let me pitch my film to you](https://giannanoelle.substack.com/p/blue-notes-let-me-pitch-my-film-to) _2026-07-04 · Gianna Noelle · Mothers Are Artists ™_ This film is inspired by my mother’s story. ## [Holding a Hundred Beautiful Things](https://giannanoelle.substack.com/p/holding-a-hundred-beautiful-things) _2026-07-01 · Gianna Noelle · Mothers Are Artists ™_ The Artist and The Mother ## [MAA 10: Leah Hamill- mom of two, gardener, writer](https://giannanoelle.substack.com/p/maa-10-leah-hamill-mom-of-two-gardener) _2026-06-29 · Gianna Noelle · Mothers Are Artists ™_ "What do I love to do? What can I create with a little on my back and one at my feet? A garden." ## [MAA 09: Emma Davidson- mother, sewer, writer](https://giannanoelle.substack.com/p/maa-09-emma-davidson-mother-sewer) _2026-06-23 · Gianna Noelle · Mothers Are Artists ™_ "raising a whole human — is the most important and creative work I’ve ever done." ## [Crypto Payments, No Custody (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/kh3AZxAAuRFf) _2026-06-23 · **Sponsored**_ Send crypto to merchant wallets via API with real-time updates and automatic fees. ## [Ubuntu Server on the NVIDIA DGX Spark (Without the Desktop)](https://technotim.com/posts/ubuntu-gb10/) _2026-06-22 · Techno Tim · Techno Tim_ When you buy an NVIDIA DGX Spark or an ASUS Ascent GX10, it ships with DGX OS. DGX OS is NVIDIA’s managed Ubuntu image, and it is fine - if you want a full GNOME desktop on an AI box. I did not want that. The GB10 has 128 GB of unified memory shared between the CPU and GPU over NVLink-C2C. Every gigabyte the OS and desktop environment consume is a gigabyte not available to your model. On the ... ## [MAA 08: Emily Laura- mother, writer](https://giannanoelle.substack.com/p/maa-08-emily-lara-mother-writer) _2026-06-15 · Gianna Noelle · Mothers Are Artists ™_ "Motherhood has brought me closer to my intuition, and in turn, closer to my art." ## [MAA 07: Kasey Gill- mother, film photographer, writer](https://giannanoelle.substack.com/p/maa-07-kasey-gill-mother-film-photographer) _2026-06-08 · Gianna Noelle · Mothers Are Artists ™_ writing and photographing as part of hygiene & laughter and occasional weeping as medicine ## [I Went to COMPUTEX 2026. Here's What Actually Stood Out.](https://technotim.com/posts/computex-2026/) _2026-06-07 · Techno Tim · Techno Tim_ COMPUTEX 2026 was my first hardware show at this scale, and I went in expecting AI to be a major theme. That part was obvious before I even landed in Taipei. What I didn’t expect was how completely it had taken over. Every company at the show was telling an AI story. COMPUTEX 2026 officially ran under the theme “AI Together.” It had 1,500 exhibitors from 33 countries, 6,000 booths, and major c... ## [Running the Latest vLLM on the NVIDIA DGX Spark](https://technotim.com/posts/vllm-gb10-docker/) _2026-05-21 · Techno Tim · Techno Tim_ When I built my local AI cluster on a pair of ASUS Ascent GX10s, the hard part was not serving a model. The hard part was getting a working vLLM image with current components. NVIDIA’s official image was already over a month behind by the time I needed it, and waiting on their release schedule was not an option. If you saw that post, you know the GX10 is an ARM64 machine built around NVIDIA’s ... ## [I Built a 256GB Local AI Cluster on My Desk](https://technotim.com/posts/local-ai-gx10/) _2026-05-18 · Techno Tim · Techno Tim_ I have been covering local and self-hosted AI for a few years now - from running models privately at home to what is still running in my homelab today. But to run the larger, more capable models, you need something more specialized than a general-purpose home server. I wanted to know how good local AI has actually gotten, so I built a mini AI cluster on my desk and used it for a real coding wo... ## [GPU-Accelerated Remote Desktop on Linux from macOS - the Hard Way](https://technotim.com/posts/gpu-accelerated-rdp/) _2026-04-13 · Techno Tim · Techno Tim_ What started as “just set up RDP” turned into an all day rabbit hole about how Linux remote desktop actually works, why most of it doesn’t work with NVIDIA on ARM64, and what it actually takes to get GPU-accelerated H264 encoding over RDP from an Ubuntu machine to a Mac. What I was trying to do I have two ASUS Ascent GX10 machines running Ubuntu 24.04. They are ARM64 systems built around th... ## [I Built a Real 3-2-1 Backup System with TrueNAS, Offsite Replication, and UNAS](https://technotim.com/posts/321-backup/) _2026-04-12 · Techno Tim · Techno Tim_ What started as, “I just need a backup,” turned into a full rebuild. I wanted a real 3-2-1 backup system for my homelab without signing up for a giant cloud bill to cover roughly 30TB of data. That ended up meaning an offsite TrueNAS box, a redesign of the main NAS, and eventually a third copy on a different platform so pulling back one file would not turn into a ZFS project. Watch the vide... ## [What I'm Running in My Homelab in 2026](https://technotim.com/posts/homelab-services-tour-2026/) _2026-03-15 · Techno Tim · Techno Tim_ In my last homelab tour, I focused on the hardware. This time, I wanted to answer the question a lot of people asked after that video: what am I actually running on all of this infrastructure? So this is the software side of the lab in 2026. The services, the applications, and the systems that make the hardware useful. Some of this is practical. Some of it is for learning. Some of it replace... ## [My 2026 Homelab Tour (Rack + Servers + Network + Storage)](https://technotim.com/posts/homelab-hardware-tour-2026/) _2026-02-26 · Techno Tim · Techno Tim_ My homelab has changed again… 2026. This year turned into a full evolution: network upgrades, compute refreshes, storage testing, and a bunch of power/UPS changes that change how I run (and recover) everything. Self-hosting guide next - subscribe for the follow up. Watch the video The wall of tech (everything that doesn’t fit the rack) Before we even touch the rack, let’s start with th... ## [Home Internet From Space (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/dUAvenIncTfD) _2026-02-26 · **Sponsored**_ Residential satellite internet that brings connectivity to homes beyond conventional networks ## [Beelink ME Pro: Tiny NAS, Stacked Hardware](https://technotim.com/posts/beelink-me-pro/) _2026-02-09 · Techno Tim · Techno Tim_ The sub-$400 NAS market is crowded right now. The Beelink ME Pro stood out to me because it’s small, quiet, easy to work on, and it has a really nice mix of hardware for the money: 5GbE + 2.5GbE, three NVMe slots, two SATA bays, 12GB LPDDR5. In this video, I set it up the way I’d actually use it: bulk storage on SATA, fast NVMe for apps/containers, real SMB transfers, and a Plex hardware tran... ## [Self-Hosted Paperless-ngx + Optional Local AI: Private Documents and Improves OCR & Search (Full Setup)](https://technotim.com/posts/paperless-ngx-local-ai/) _2026-01-27 · Techno Tim · Techno Tim_ Build a complete Paperless-ngx stack in Docker and take control of your documents. We’ll get Paperless running first (works great on its own), then optionally add local AI with Ollama + Open WebUI and upgrade OCR using Paperless-GPT and Paperless-AI for more accurate, searchable text and tags - no cloud required. This post walks through a complete, repeatable Docker Compose for Paperless-ngx, ... ## [UniFi Travel Router: My Network Follows Me](https://technotim.com/posts/unifi-travel-router/) _2025-12-29 · Techno Tim · Techno Tim_ When you travel with multiple devices (and especially if you’re traveling with family), the WiFi setup is never just “connect once and move on.” It’s the phone, the laptop, the tablet, the other laptop, and then you’re playing tech support before you’ve even unpacked. In this video, I walk through how I’m using the UniFi Travel Router (UTR) as a portable extension of my home UniFi network - wi... ## [Building Enterprise-Style UniFi Observability with Unpoller, Prometheus, and Grafana](https://technotim.com/posts/unpoller-unifi-metrics/) _2025-12-21 · Techno Tim · Techno Tim_ If you run a UniFi network in a homelab or small environment, there’s a point where basic status pages stop being enough. You want to understand how your network behaves over time - what normal looks like, what’s changing, and how those changes correlate with real issues. This post walks through building an enterprise-style observability stack for UniFi using Unpoller, Prometheus, and Grafana,... ## [Optimizing ZFS for Media, Apps, Databases, and Special VDEVs on TrueNAS SCALE](https://technotim.com/posts/zfs-arc-tuning-truenas/) _2025-11-29 · Techno Tim · Techno Tim_ Over the last few weeks I completely re-tuned my TrueNAS SCALE ZFS layout for maximum performance around ARC, L2ARC, special VDEVs, recordsize, and how each dataset interacts with them. I’ve been chasing this idea of having one large hybrid pool with lots of spinning disks backed by fast low latency storage for specific datasets and data access patterns within the pool. My pool contains large ... ## [Black Friday 2025 – Merch Sale + Free Debugging Ducks](https://technotim.com/posts/black-friday-2025/) _2025-11-28 · Techno Tim · Techno Tim_ Black Friday is officially LIVE, and with a huge winter storm sweeping the US, this is the perfect time to grab a warm hoodie or beanie ❄️🧥 🛒 Shop the sale: https://l.technotim.com/shop-black-friday-2025 What’s on Sale 🖤 30% off hoodies, mugs, hats, stickers & collectibles 👕 10% off shirts — including the HOMELAB favorite 🦆 1 Dark Mode Debugging Duck for every item you buy (excl... ## [OCI Containers Come to Proxmox 9.1 – A First Look](https://technotim.com/posts/proxmox-oci-images/) _2025-11-20 · Techno Tim · Techno Tim_ Proxmox 9.1 introduces support for OCI container images, bringing Docker‑style workloads into the Proxmox ecosystem for the first time. It’s still a tech preview, but it’s a promising step toward more flexible application hosting inside Proxmox. Watch the video Why OCI Support Matters Until now, Proxmox has traditionally focused on virtual machines and LXC containers. Both are powerful, ... ## [My Private Mini Kubernetes Cluster - Secured by Tailscale](https://technotim.com/posts/tailscale-kubernetes-operator/) _2025-11-07 · Techno Tim · Techno Tim_ A compact Kubernetes cluster, completely private and connected over 5G - powered by Tailscale. 📺 Watch the video Why Build a Private Kubernetes Cluster? I wanted a way to run a full Kubernetes cluster that I could access securely from anywhere - no open ports, no complicated VPN setup, no public exposure. Tailscale made that possible by creating a secure network for exposing and connect... ## [I Built a Local AI App with Docker Model Runner - Here’s How](https://technotim.com/posts/docker-model-runner/) _2025-10-18 · Techno Tim · Techno Tim_ Run powerful AI models locally with almost zero setup - and wire them into your apps using Docker tools you already know. 📺 Watch the video What Is Docker Model Runner? Docker Model Runner is a standardized way to run AI models with Docker. Instead of juggling Python versions, CUDA, and random system packages, you pull and run a model much like you’d pull and run an image. You can use it... ## [Monitor Your Plex Server Like a Pro](https://technotim.com/posts/monitor-your-plex-server-like-a-pro/) _2025-09-22 · Techno Tim · Techno Tim_ Never have to wonder what’s going on with your Plex server again. 📺 Watch Video Thanks to Plex for inviting me to Plex Pro Week 2025 and for sponsoring the video! Plex Monitoring Stack – Prometheus + Grafana This stack provides monitoring for a Plex media server using Prometheus, Grafana, and a set of exporters. It covers system metrics, GPU usage, disk health, container stats, and Plex a... ## [It's better with Proxmox... Beelink ME Mini PC NAS](https://technotim.com/posts/proxmox-lxc-me-mini/) _2025-08-09 · Techno Tim · Techno Tim_ Everyone thinks this is a NAS. I don’t. It’s a low power Proxmox LXC Server and it’s awesome! 📺 Watch Video Intro The Beelink ME Mini has been generating attention as a small form factor NAS, and with its compact footprint and six NVMe slots, it’s easy to see why. But after spending time with it, I think it has another role worth exploring: virtualization. While it’s marketed for storage... ## [How I Run Docker on TrueNAS Like a Pro](https://technotim.com/posts/truenas-docker-pro/) _2025-07-14 · Techno Tim · Techno Tim_ Learn how to run Docker apps on TrueNAS like a pro — with full control, clean YAML, and no extra dashboards. Have questions or a different setup that works for you? Leave a comment, I’d love to hear how others are running Docker on TrueNAS. 📺 Watch Video Starting with TrueNAS 25.10, you will need to add a services key to your custom yaml for new stacks and when updating your existing s... ## [Self-Host Your Own Automation Platform with n8n + Docker](https://technotim.com/posts/n8n-self-hosted/) _2025-07-11 · Techno Tim · Techno Tim_ n8n is a powerful self-hosted workflow automation tool. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to self-host n8n on Linux using Docker. You’ll learn how to set up the environment, configure it with a .env file, and build workflows that connect to services like Google Sheets and Discord. We’ll start with a simple manual trigger, then create a scheduled workflow, and move on to a more advanced auto... ## [Take Control of Your Photos – Self-Host Immich on Your Server](https://technotim.com/posts/immich-self-hosted/) _2025-06-15 · Techno Tim · Techno Tim_ Protect your personal photos and videos by hosting them yourself. In this video, you’ll learn how to install Immich, an open-source photo and video platform, on your own home server using Docker. Take control of your data with a fast, modern interface, GPU-accelerated features, and the ability to use your own NAS or network storage. 📺 Watch Video Info To to learn more about immich, check o... ## [Buy Once, Cry Once: How I Wasted $2,857 on Switches](https://technotim.com/posts/buy-once-cry-once/) _2025-06-06 · Techno Tim · Techno Tim_ I bought and replaced 4 switches trying to save money… Then I finally spent $2,742 on the one I should’ve bought in the first place. 📺 Watch Video Info This isn’t sponsored — I paid for the switch myself along with all of the others included in the total. And it’s not really about networking. It’s about the cost of solving the same problem over and over again. Buy once, cry once. 📦 Produ... ## [Boost ZFS Performance with a Special VDEV in TrueNAS](https://technotim.com/posts/special-vdev-truenas/) _2025-05-10 · Techno Tim · Techno Tim_ Curious about how a special metadata VDEV can boost ZFS performance, especially with spinning disks? In this video, I walk through what it is, why it matters, and how to set it up in TrueNAS and some from the terminal. I’ll also share real-world benchmarks comparing pools with and without a special VDEV, so you can see the difference for yourself. 📺 Watch Video Testing I created a test scr... ## [Swapping PSUs: From Corsair to Seasonic (and the Molex Mayhem That Followed)](https://technotim.com/posts/psu-cable-journey/) _2025-04-30 · Techno Tim · Techno Tim_ When I first got my HL15 from 45Drives, I knew it was going to be a long-term part of my homelab. What I didn’t expect was how tricky it would be to swap out the PSU — specifically replacing the stock Corsair one with the Seasonic TX-1600 Noctua Edition. Spoiler: the PSU swap itself was the easy part. The Power Breakout Board The HL15 includes a breakout board that distributes power to the fa... ## [Thought I Ran Out of PCIe Lanes... I Was Wrong](https://technotim.com/posts/oculink-nvme/) _2025-04-26 · Techno Tim · Techno Tim_ I thought I had no PCIe lanes left — but OCuLink opened a new path. 📺 Watch Video Info Today, I expand my home server with more NVMe storage, put a Samsung 990 Pro and Intel Optane head-to-head, and show just how much you can still get out of a packed system. Tests I decided to test each drive to be sure that I wasn’t being throttled and that I was getting the highest speeds my motherboa... ## [I Rebuilt My Home Server — Quieter, Faster, and Ready for 2025](https://technotim.com/posts/home-server-upgrade-2025/) _2025-04-12 · Techno Tim · Techno Tim_ I rebuilt my home server from the ground up: CPU, GPU, RAM, fans, SSDs, and power supply… even some “accessory lighting”. This thing is now quieter, faster, and built to handle just about anything I throw at it in 2025 and hopefully beyond. Thank you to Noctua for helping to make this server quiet! Thank you to Patrick from Serve the Home for the CPU upgrades! (Both Noctua and Patrick gifted... ## [Turns Out, VGA to HDMI Isn’t That Simple…](https://technotim.com/posts/vga-hdmi-server/) _2025-03-20 · Techno Tim · Techno Tim_ I tested 10 VGA to HDMI adapters and only some actually worked. If you have a homelab server or older machine and have failed converting your video signal when getting into the OS or BIOS, you know what I’m talking about. Find out which one’s work, which one’s don’t, and what to avoid before you waste time and money. 📺 Watch Video Info Here are the 10 adapters I tested with my Supermicro s...