Lowell Buidls It

I built a little countdown timer app over a weekend. “But why?” You might ask. I wanted to learn a little more Vue, Vuetify, Vite, and static site stuff. Another reason is because I am interested in client side web stuff. I have always wanted to make a timer and a clock in JavaScript. Try it out here! Countdown Timer In short, the countdown app I made is for targeting a date (and now also a time). Say for example, a new video game is coming out and will release at 10pm PT on August 27th 2025. Simply set the title for the game, set the date to 8/27/2025 and then pick the time 10pm (or adjust for your local time). Last thing I really wanted to add, background images. Especially for a game launch, it’s nice to show a background for the game on the countdown, so I added “uploading” a background image. ...

Watch-Go is a simple Golang script that behaves similarly to the Linux native command watch. Why? I wanted to learn Golang and I really got tired of not having the watch command from Linux on Windows devices. What is it? A simple tool that loops commands. I plan to build a lot more functionality into it over time but for now it primarily runs a given command on a given interval and reports some metrics if desired. ...

I finally did it. I worked way too hard on this. I have spent too much time thinking about and worrying over the nitty gritty details. So without further delay, it is here: Lowell Builds Servers I am building out my homelab to do a lot of things. First of all, it is serving as my data storage and archival. Second, it is providing me with the ability to cut all ties to external service providers, except for the internet itself. Third, I am experimenting with new technologies and learning a lot along the way. ...

Unraid recently released 7.0.0, a major version that brought a good chunk of changes. If you run Unraid at home, you might consider upgrading. The process is simple enough. Right? Sure. But have you considered why you are upgrading? What are you gaining? What will you lose? Are you safe in the case of a failed upgrade? I discuss much of this in my video but this post is a written form of those thoughts in case you prefer it. ...

What is Manjaro and why use it? Manjaro is a distribution of Arch Linux. It brings a much more user friendly experience to the Arch world and provides many conveniences that used to be manual like installing appropriate graphics drivers, supplying a graphical application installer, and more. What is dual booting? Dual booting is the concept of installing two separate Operating Systems (OS) on the same computer. Generally, one of the two OS will supply a boot menu that gives you the choice to pick between which OS to boot into when you hit the power button. While you cannot run both OS simultaneously, this way allows you to setup what you want in Linux and maybe allow you to continue having a Windows installation for the handful of applications you cannot use in Linux. ...

🎄First off, Merry Christmas! 🎉 Inspiration You know when you start doing something new and either want to do it as a learning opportunity or perhaps you want to take notes of it for later? Well why not publish those notes for the world to read? I was inspired by NetworkChuck on YouTube to finally follow through on my idea of writing a blog. I created the git repository for this project a while ago… ...