One of my Xbox Series X was shutting down/restarting randomly for a while. Deep cleaning and factory resetting did nothing.
Finally cracked it open and replaced the thermal paste and putty and now it’s solid as a rock! Feels good.
Caleb McDonald
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Follower of Jesus, husband & father. Homeschooling advocate. MacHead Bookworm.
This position looks familiar right before the “to the moon” phase 
Ripping my physical media Christmas present into Plex via MakeMKV, the glorious Skywalker Saga in UHD/4K. 🎉
I’m fascinated and optimistic that One Nation has risen to the same poll level as the Liberal Party in Australia. It feels like a real shift is in the air—One Nation is poised to take the lead. #auspol
Would be cool if the Yaki client had PiP for videos so you can scroll and watch.
The moment when you suddenly pulled your lower back out and you instantly feel 30 years older than you are. 🤦🏻♂️
You certainly are reminded how much you take your back for granted.
Afternoon movie time.
Can anyone guess what it is?
Friday late night comedy + MakeMKV ripping FTW 💿
I feel 2026 is the year I'll post more.
Next week I’m upgrading my network to WIFI7 and 10Gbps to support our new 2Gbps ISP speeds. Can’t wait to set it all up.
NAS 10GbE
MacMini M4 10GbE
My Plex server is gonna fly.
Another physical media pickup this week for a MakeMKV rip into Plex is LOTR, both theatrical and extended editions. 
Today’s physical media pickup for a MakeMKV rip into Plex is the Hobbit, both theatrical and extended editions. 
My children love listening to [on their own accord] The Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, Elvis, The Beach Boys etc.
I consider that a parenting win.
The extra day off today for a long weekend was a nice way to recover from all the political nonsense.
The illusion of democracy wears thin as the years go on. #auspol
Hey @Alby a small suggestion for your new macOS hub application is allowing it to continue running in the background when you close the window (rather than closing the node).
Workaround is simply using CMD+H to hide the app works well in the mean time.
Just migrated my Alby Hub from Start9 (that was running via a VM on macOS) to the native macOS Alby Hub app and the process was flawless.
Well done @Alby, and thank you 👏🏻 🙏🏻
I’ve started noticing that ProtonVPN has started sponsoring YouTube videos.
This is great two fold;
- supporting YouTubers
- viewers being exposed to a legit VPN
Winning a crown 👑 with your kid is priceless memories made 🙏🏻 
Rumble enabling its creators to receive BTC is going to be a complete game changer.
