pihole Ad-free Olympics Using Pi-hole Sick of ads when trying to enjoy the Olympics? Not me. I have been blocking them since day one! Pi-hole ad blocker works differently than others because it is a DNS-based ad blocker. This means ads are blocked before they are downloaded so you can even block ads in apps
pihole C.H.I.P. and Pi-hole Gets You Network-wide Ad Blocking for $9 It’s already easy to block ads network-wide with the Pi-hole [https://jacobsalmela.com/block-millions-ads-network-wide-with-a-raspberry-pi-hole-2-0/] on a Raspberry Pi, but now you can do it for even less money by running it on a C.H.I.P. microcomputer [https://jacobsalmela.com/how-to-set-up-a-headless-and-password-less-c-h-i-p-computer/], which you can buy for $9. There
pihole Pi-hole: Reaching Critical Mass The Pi-hole project has been growing steadily for quite some time now and is been becoming difficult to manage. I usually spend a few hours a night after my full-time job fielding questions and reviewing pull requests. Lately, it has been mostly responding to people instead of writing code, because
pihole Pi-hole Stop/Start Button And LED Indicator Lights I always have a lot of fun seeing what people do with their Pi-holes.This is one of my favorites [http://thetimmy.silvernight.org/pages/endisbutton/]: a case with a start/stop button and LED indicator lights for the current status of the Pi-hole. I think it would be a
raspberrypi How To Set Up A Headless (And Password-less) C.H.I.P. Computer My C.H.I.P. computer [http://nextthing.co/] arrived yesterday. The first thing I did was take an obligatory banana picture [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1598272670/chip-the-worlds-first-9-computer] as seen below. Next, I set it up as a headless machine [http://docs.getchip.com/#headless-chip] so I can mess
pihole Ethical Ad Blocking: Have Your Pi And Eat It, Too. The conundrum: Website content is supported by advertisements, but you don’t want to see them. But when you block ads, you are costing your favorite sites money. The solution: Soon, there will be a way to make everyone happy [http://www.businessinsider.com/optimal-launches-subscription-service-for-ad-block-users-2015-12] . Users can pay a subscription
pihole C.H.I.P.'s, Raspberry's, Bananna's, and Pi's, Oh My. My C.H.I.P. microcomputer [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1598272670/chip-the-worlds-first-9-computer] just shipped, and as soon as I get it, I am going to try to to turn it into an ad-blocking Pi-hole! The C.H.I.P. is only $9 and I would like to get it
pihole Pi-hole Mentioned On TekThing It’s fun to see people finding out the Pi-hole and their comments always make me smile. Check it out below.
pihole Whitelist And Historical Stats In The Pi-hole Web Interface The updated interface on it’s way. The coding is 90% done, but I have some bugs to fix first [https://github.com/jacobsalmela/pi-hole/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Abug+] . I prefer to make the software stable before adding new features. If you
pihole Visualize Ads Blocked In Real Time Using Pi-hole And Logstalgia The only thing better than blocking advertisements is visualizing them in real time. There are a few different visualization tools like glTail.rb [http://www.fudgie.org/] or goaccess [http://goaccess.prosoftcorp.com/], but my personal favorite is Logstalgia [http://logstalgia.io/], which is the perfect supplement to the ad-blocking
pihole Need Help With Your Pi-hole? Since the comments have been getting pretty difficult to track when trying to help people, I have created a FAQ section on pi-hole.net [http://pi-hole.net/help] where you can find answers to common questions and even create your own. I’m happy to answer any questions you have
pihole New Pi-hole Installation Method And Sneak Peak At Front End Feature In an effort the make it easier to install the Pi-hole, I have revamped the automated install command (in a separate branch [https://github.com/jacobsalmela/pi-hole/blob/installation/automated%20install/basic-install.sh] of the project). It’s not official yet as I am hoping some of you will be
pihole Pi-hole Mentioned On Security Now! Podcast It was fun to see that the Pi-hole was mentioned [http://youtube.com/watch?v=p7-osq_y8i8&t=100m26s] on the Security Now podcast [https://www.grc.com/securitynow.htm]. It made me smile that he grasped the “black hole” concept of sending advertisements to “nowhere.” And despite his understanding,
pihole Upcoming Features For The Ad-blocking Pi-hole: Back-end The Pi-hole blocks ads for your entire network and it does so without any attention from you. I get comments and emails every day of people saying that they like how well it works. This is nice because since I know that it is operational, I can work on fun,
pihole How To Install The Pi-hole Web Interface Currently, those of you who are running the Pi-hole from the DietPi image [http://sourceforge.net/projects/dietpi/files/Automated%20Installation%20Images/] have the added benefit of the Web interface, which shows how your advertisement black hole is performing. Due to an issue [https://github.com/jacobsalmela/pi-hole/issues/31]
pihole A New, Easy Installation Method For The Ad-blocking Pi-hole The Pi-hole [https://github.com/jacobsalmela/pi-hole#raspberry-pi-ad-blocker] blocks ads at before they get to your device and can speed [https://jacobsalmela.com/block-millions-ads-network-wide-with-a-raspberry-pi-hole-2-0/#comment-2165148952] up [https://jacobsalmela.com/block-millions-ads-network-wide-with-a-raspberry-pi-hole-2-0/#comment-2155524064] your [https://jacobsalmela.com/block-millions-ads-network-wide-with-a-raspberry-pi-hole-2-0/#performance] network [https://jacobsalmela.c
pihole Announcing Pi-hole.net And An Ad-blocking Operating System Pi-hole.net [http://pi-hole.net/] has been up for a while but thought I would announce it here. As of now, information on the Pi-hole is scattered [https://jacobsalmela.com/raspberry-pi-block-ads-adtrap/] throughout [https://jacobsalmela.com/raspberry-pi-ad-blocker-advanced-setup/] my [https://jacobsalmela.com/blocking-ads-from-120000-domains/] many [https://jacobsalmela.com/instant-raspberry-pi-ad-blocker/] blog [https://jacobsalmela.com/
pihole Pi-hole 2.0: Web Interface Dashboard Similar to how you would log into a router to adjust settings, I want to have a Web interface for the Pi-hole. You could log in to view stats, update the list of domains, and restart the device. I made a demo of the interface. The demo doesn’t do
hacks Reduce Your Mobile Data Usage By Blocking Hidden Ads There have recently been posts about how apps are actually downloading tons of ads [http://gizmodo.com/watch-how-malicious-apps-can-secretly-devour-your-data-1719730892] in the background [http://www.cultofandroid.com/74838/hidden-ads/]. Every time your device downloads an ad, it is using up your limited data as well as making your device slower. These apps
pihole Block Millions Of Ads Network-wide With A Raspberry Pi-hole 2.0 > Update 2016-04-24 : Please note this guide is now out-date, and it is recommended that you use the automated install [https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/#automated-install] to install and update Pi-hole. > Technically, this guide will still work, but it does not include any of the features and improvements that have been
raspberrypi Power A Raspberry Pi Without A USB Cable Using Power Over Ethernet (PoE) Ditch your mini-USB cable to power your Raspberry Pi. It’s much nicer to power it using an Ethernet cable. The nice thing about Power over Ethernet is that you can power your Raspberry Pi in places a USB power cable could not reach. Maybe you want to mount your
pihole Improving The Pi-hole's Performance For Blocking Ads Due to the last update of one of the sources the Pi-hole gets its ad domains from, performance of the Pi-hole took a big hit [https://jacobsalmela.com/huge-update-to-ad-list-that-the-pi-hole-uses/], particularly on the original Pi B+. If your Pi-hole was affected, just download this list from before the update using the
pihole Huge Update To Ad List That The Pi-hole Uses [UPDATE]: Phil shared anadList.conf from February 2015 [https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16366947/Files/adList-2015-02.conf], which you can download and put onto your Pi if you already overwrote it with the big list mentioned in this post. From your Pi, you can run this command: sudo curl -s
raspberrypi C.H.I.P. Is The $9 Computer That Is Smaller Than A Raspberry Pi If you like the Raspberry Pi, you will love C.H.I.P. For $9, the entry barrier to buying a computer is very low. The Raspberry Pi set the bar, but if the C.H.I.P. is successful, a $9 computer is great! Check out the project page
pihole A Web Interface For The Ad-blocking Pi-hole Anon has generously created and shared a demo of a Web interface for their version of the Pi-hole [https://jacobsalmela.com/raspberry-pi-block-ads-adtrap/]. It is the same concept: using dnsmasq and a Web server to block ads. What’s different is that it runs via PHP and uses a database to
