DIY + Hardware
How to Build a Raspberry Pi CUPS Print Server for a Phomemo PM-241-BT Thermal Label Printer (Working Pirate Ship Barcode Fix)
The working Raspberry Pi and CUPS build that fixed missing Pirate Ship barcodes on a Phomemo PM-241-BT.
I'm Seymour
I build. I break.
I document.
So you don't have to.
From enterprise infrastructure and public safety technology to smart homes, AI automation, homelabs and hardware projects — I document practical solutions, the failed attempts, and what actually worked.
Enterprise IT
Smart Home
AI + Automation
Homelab
Problem Solver
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I Made My Security Cameras Decide Whether to Bother Me
Frigate could already detect a person. That was not the problem. The problem was getting useful alerts. I connected Frigate, OpenAI, Home Assistant and Ring into a workflow designed around one question: do I actually need to know about this?
View the build →The stuff I keep building.
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Enterprise Infrastructure
Networking, virtualization, security, high availability, public safety technology and systems that have to work.
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Smart Home
Home Assistant, automations, energy management and interfaces built around how people actually live.
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AI + Automation
Using AI to solve a real problem — not adding a chatbot to something because it looks good in a demo.
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Homelab
Proxmox, Docker, Cloudflare, storage, networking and the small private cloud that never stays finished.
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DIY + Hardware
Raspberry Pi, ESP32, 3D printing and the weird hardware rabbit holes that eventually become useful.
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Real World IT
Troubleshooting notes and solutions that came from an actual problem, not a perfect lab scenario.
Latest articles.
Enterprise Infrastructure
High Availability Pi-Hole
My original walkthrough for building redundant Pi-hole DNS services instead of relying on one DNS server.
Web Infrastructure
How to install a FREE SSL Certificate on AWS Lightsail
A walkthrough of installing a Let's Encrypt certificate on a Bitnami WordPress instance in AWS Lightsail.
A little about me
I'm a systems engineer who has a hard time leaving technology alone.
I work in public safety technology by day. Outside of that, I'm usually building, troubleshooting or automating something at home. I like solving complicated problems and documenting the answer after I've already found three ways not to do it.
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