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Running a local AI LLM

I've recently been using a local setup for testing and evaluating various LLMs. This affords me some privacy, without the need to create accounts or send information into the ether. Tools such as Ollama and Open WebUI make setting this up a straightforward process.

This article is a quick overview …

The art of finding a UART

Recently I had access to an Ibi to play around with. The Ibi is a networked media storage device from Sandisk, which is now part of Western Digital. Sandisk bills the Ibi as a "personal cloud for your photos and videos." However, you can only use it with their Ibi …

Preserving IMAP keywords during e-mail migrations

Recently I had to migrate several e-mail accounts from one server to another. Some of the accounts were quite large; one had over 20,000 messages in it. I tried a few IMAP migration tools, but they all had some issue or another -- one would hang after a few thousand …