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31 Jul 2026 · lifewaza

Encoding DVDs with OpenBSD and Handbrake

I used to have a problem buying DVDs. If I saw one that was under $10.00 that I liked (or sort of liked, or had heard of, or thought looked cool) I’d buy it. Too cheap not to buy! My taste in movies is questionable (I’m ok with this) so I’ve amassed a decent collection of 80s action movies mixed with sci-fi, fantasy, and eclectic indie films (like Bubba Hotep ). As a card carrying member of the Computer Nerd Association of America I couldn’t in good faith leave those DVDs on their discs …

22 Jun 2026 · lifewaza

Setting up a Reverse Proxy

The first step on my homelab improvement journey is setting up a reverse proxy. What’s a reverse-proxy? A reverse proxy is a server that sits in front of your other servers. Instead of sending requests directly to the server where the application is running, you send them to the proxy and it proxies your request to the real server. It’s called a reverse proxy because a “normal” (or forward) proxy sits in front of client machines to proxy outbound requests to the internet, while a reverse…