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Title: Amplifiers and pi-hole
Date: 12-03-2021
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In about two months I will move to another house. Pretty exciting, at least
because I'll have more space. I've decided to bring with me my passive audio
monitor speakers but I actually haven't got an amplifier - the one I used to
work with it's my father's propriety. So during these days I'm looking for a
*cheap* practical audio amplifier. I'd love a Yamaha device, but it's
definitively out of my budget. It'd not be bad to find one with bluetooth. I
believe I'll go with a cheap-made-in-China model on Amazon for about 80$. A
good alternative would be to find something in a thrift store but it seems that
starting from monday all "non essential" shops will be closed.

Right now I'm setting up a little dhcp/dns server on a Dell FX170 runnig my
beloved Debian. That cute machine is a very valuable alternative to a raspberry
pi: you can find it on ebay for a few euros, the technical specs are not bad at
all, it also has a *huge* passive heatsink that makes it much colder than the 
new pi 4.
If you don't already know it, google "pi hole" - that's a very smart solution
to get rid of advertising in an organic way. No more adblock on each computer.
You will also have a fancy dashboard to set your dns/dhcp preferences.
Furthermore you can find some pretty statistics on what's happening on your
local network (mostly dns requests).