Chris Murton

Chris Murton

Radio Presenter & Technical Tinkerer

Who needs a Homelab anyway?

I'm throwing it all at the cloud instead

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I’ll start this post by setting out my stall - I’m a self confessed geek. I tinker, tweak and enjoy experimenting with new technologies. The arrival of my daughter a couple of years ago did reduce my tinkering time drastically but I digress.

PlexPy - for the curious

Exciting data geekiness comes to your Plex Media Server

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Well before Netflix, Amazon Prime Video et al. were a thing, I’ve been running Plex Media Server at home to ship media of all types (photos, music, TV shows and movies) to various devices around the house. I got so fed up with physical DVDs chewing up space in the lounge I went through and ripped every DVD we own to digital and subsequently cleared out two drawers worth of plastic and shiny discs - so I’m fairly invested. I have the lifetime Plex Pass to go with it too.

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I work both as a Technical Architect designing, deploying and supporting effective solutions on Amazon Web Services and as a freelance radio presenter.