Author

H.W. Crestwood

Senior Editor

Blog editor and full-stack specialist with over 15 years of experience in software development and systems administration. Driven by a strong interest in homelab and self-hosted infrastructure, he approaches technology from a practical, experiment-driven perspective.

A late-1990s gaming desk with a CRT monitor showing chaotic vehicular-combat action beside period-correct PC gaming hardware.

Oct 24, 2026H.W. Crestwood

Carmageddon (1997): The Controversial Game That Defied Censorship

A wireless access point broadcasting a few distinct Wi-Fi networks that flow into clearly separated VLAN paths through managed network hardware.

Oct 23, 2026H.W. Crestwood

Managing Multi-SSID Wi-Fi Networks Mapped to Specific VLAN IDs

A refined media-server scene showing a self-hosted photo platform receiving photos and videos from both a cloud source and mobile devices.

Oct 22, 2026H.W. Crestwood

Immich Setup and Migration: Replacing Google Photos with a Self-Hosted Media Server

A calm Linux desktop scene with a terminal-style system monitor showing CPU, memory, and process activity.

Oct 21, 2026H.W. Crestwood

How to Monitor System Resources Using Htop

A refined homelab scene showing two different identity-security paths protecting a group of self-hosted applications behind one access layer.

Oct 20, 2026H.W. Crestwood

Authentik vs Authelia: Adding Single Sign-On (SSO) and 2FA to Self-Hosted Apps

A visual progression from an older PC with a tiny fan to larger air coolers and a modern water-cooled desktop.

Oct 19, 2026H.W. Crestwood

The Evolution of PC Cooling: From Tiny Screaming Fans to Water Loops

A bright editorial homelab scene showing several storage HBA cards arranged from older SAS models to newer high-density tri-mode adapters.

Oct 18, 2026H.W. Crestwood

Top 5 PCIe Expansion Cards for Homelabs: HBAs

A clean Windows-style workspace showing layered environment-variable scopes flowing from process to user to system level.

Oct 17, 2026H.W. Crestwood

Understanding and Managing System Environment Variables

A bright editorial Mac workspace showing a shared memory pool around an Apple-silicon-style chip with a subtle secondary swap path.

Oct 16, 2026H.W. Crestwood

Unified Memory Architecture (UMA) and Swap Usage on M-Series Macs

A modern network performance scene showing two abstract VPN tunnels, CPU activity, and speed comparisons.

Oct 15, 2026H.W. Crestwood

WireGuard vs. OpenVPN: Benchmarks, CPU Overhead, and Real-World Speed