Every step forward counts, even when things don’t go according to plan. When I look back at the past two and a half months, I’m quite proud of what I’ve managed to achieve. Not because I can do everything the…
Yesterday, I started speech therapy. It’s a new step in my recovery, and another moment that reminds me that progress often begins with small steps. Since my stroke, I have been rebuilding my life during recovery. That doesn’t just mean…
My homelab has grown quite a bit over time. What started with a few computers and some experimenting has gradually turned into a fairly substantial project. I’m constantly rebuilding things, testing, and figuring out how everything works. Sometimes things go…
Some things come into existence because you plan them in advance. Others simply develop along the way. For me, Wim’s Digital Playground belongs to that second group. It did not begin with a plan to build a large website. It…
My homelab is slowly growing again. My servers, storage, switches, and other equipment have gradually found their own places. The only problem is that those places are not always very practical. At the moment, much of my equipment is spread…
If you follow my stories about my homelab, you will often come across the name Proxmox. But what exactly is Proxmox? And why do I use it? I started out with separate computers and servers. As my homelab grew, more…
Recently, someone found my website by searching for “How is he doing now?” That made me stop and think. How am I actually doing, about a month after my life changed so dramatically because of a stroke? The short answer…
Recovering from a stroke does not mean that every day is the same. There are days when I have plenty of energy and can happily spend time working on technology, my homelab, or a new idea for the website. Days…
There are moments in life when everything changes. For me, that moment came when I had a stroke. From one day to the next, nothing could be taken for granted anymore. Things I used to do without thinking suddenly required…
