Month: August 2026

move to new cloud server

I just moved my little cloud server to a new and more spacious virtual private server. I’m always surprised how fast files can be copied between cloud providers.

I spent the last few months shopping around looking for a good inexpensive hosting option billed in CAD and located in Canada, eventually settling on ServaRica in Montreal. It took me two weekends to get everything moved over. This is a personal server so there is nobody to complain if a service is down for a bit.

Why move? A few reasons,

I want to be billed in CAD, this option is not available on Linode.

I want a place to try running a NetBird server. (requires 2 GB RAM)

I may also put up an OnlyOffice collaborative editing server. (requires 4 GB RAM)

The new Virtual Private Server:

  • ServaRica: V2 KVM Slim Slice 2 – https://servarica.com/plan/611/ (sold out)
  • $9.00 CAD + tax per month ($10.68 CAD per month)
  • 8 GB RAM
  • 2 CPU Cores
  • 250 GB SSD
  • Unlimited bandwidth @ 250 Mbps + 1 Mbps/day up to 1 Gbps
  • Montreal, Canada

Moving from:

The major steps:

  • connectivity
  • firewall
  • docker
  • email
  • containers
  • web sites
  • backup old server filesystem
  • delete old server
  • fix up any remaining configurations.

booster pack dc charging cable

The booster pack in my van wasn’t charging while driving. Moving the plug around helped sometimes depending on which way I pushed it, so it needed fixing. Also the barrel connectors I have on hand do not fit in the dc plug of the booster pack, so the one that it came with needed to be fixed.

When I started investigating the connector, the barrel connector came out of the boot.

So I cleaned up the ends and reconnected them.

and the other.

and finally, protection from the world.

All good to go for the next while, I’m glad it was easy to fix.

replaced washer shock springs

The washer at home was having a lot of trouble getting through the spin cycle, the error code was “dc” and the basket hit the sides of the washer a lot.

After some investigation I found the appropriate part, and ordered it.

Today the new shocks arrived, and I installed them right away. The old ones were very dirty but not hard to remove. The new ones were quite easy to install.

Now the washer should get through the spin cycle easier again.

handbag repair

My everyday handbag got some fixing up over the weekend.

The inner liner developed a hole at a previous repair.

The previous repair was many years ago before I had opened the top edge of the bag. This time I sewed it on the inside the bag, making it less visible too.

While I had the edge of the bag open , I took the opportunity to clean up another repair attempt.

The green ribbon is of the style where the edge falls apart readily, oops, most of the Dollarama ribbons are super strong, but this one was from somewhere else. I know the double layer floss stitching is strong from how much work it took to rip out the old stitching on the ribbon.

The red ribbon is plenty strong, this should hold the structure of the bag quite well.

The bag also got cleaned out good, including some of the original foam liner that falls apart easily and does not help the structure of the bag. The bag may actually be slightly lighter than before.