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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 polished Linux desktop scene showing two parallel software package paths representing Flatpak and Snap management.

Oct 13, 2026H.W. Crestwood

How to Install and Manage Flatpaks and Snaps in Linux

A clean Windows-style diagnostic workspace showing a PC under calm built-in memory analysis with subtle RAM cues.

Oct 12, 2026H.W. Crestwood

Diagnosing Hardware Issues Using the Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool

A refined homelab scene showing a lightweight container host creating one outbound encrypted path to a secure edge while internal services remain protected behind local boundaries.

Oct 11, 2026H.W. Crestwood

Cloudflare Tunnel in LXC: Secure Remote Access Without Opening Ports

A refined virtualization and networking scene showing one isolated exposed-services zone separated from trusted internal infrastructure by controlled firewall boundaries.

Oct 10, 2026H.W. Crestwood

Configure a Virtual Isolated DMZ Network in Proxmox for Exposed Services

A bright editorial home-network scene showing two VLAN-like zones with a subtle discovery bridge between a mobile device and a streaming receiver.

Oct 9, 2026H.W. Crestwood

mDNS Reflectors and Avahi: Making AirPlay and Chromecast Work Across VLANs

A late-1990s gaming desk with a CRT monitor showing a moody first-person science-facility scene beside period-correct PC hardware.

Oct 8, 2026H.W. Crestwood

Half-Life and GoldSrc: How Valve Rewrote FPS Storytelling

A calm Linux desktop scene with a clean terminal prompt and subtle customization cues.

Oct 7, 2026H.W. Crestwood

Customizing Your Linux Terminal Prompt with Bashrc

A layered homelab security illustration showing an outer hypervisor firewall boundary and inner software firewall protection inside virtual machines.

Oct 6, 2026H.W. Crestwood

Configure Software Firewalls inside VMs: UFW / iptables vs Proxmox Firewall

A polished Windows workspace showing a sleeping PC connected to a subtle remote wake signal over the network.

Oct 5, 2026H.W. Crestwood

Configuring Windows to Wake on LAN (WoL) for Remote Access

A late-1990s desktop PC with a CRT monitor showing live television in a desktop window beside tuner-card-era accessories.

Oct 4, 2026H.W. Crestwood

TV Tuner Cards: How We Watched Cable TV on CRT Monitors