Portfolio Case StudyPavlov MediaHomepage RedesignA full ground-up rebuild in WordPress + Elementor Pro — taking a dark, B2B-coded legacy homepage and transforming it into a warm, consumer-first fiber internet experience built for residential sign-ups.Platform: WordPress + Elementor ProTheme: Astra Client: Pavlov MediaBefore: March 2023 → After: 2024Sections: 10 (was 6)Work completed by Seth Rhoads while serving […]
Security Perspective We Don’t OutsourceYour Code — Ever. Your codebase is your business. Your credentials are your livelihood. Here’s the data behind why we keep everything in-house, and what that means for every project we touch. By SolarBlu.net · Web Development & Hosting Security · Sources: Verizon DBIR 2024–2025 · Wordfence · Patchstack In the
Website Restoration & SEO Optimization: Rebuilding Stronger with Recovered Backups Posted on: April 18, 2026 AI Assistance: Claude (Sonnet 4.6) Introduction: When Disaster Becomes Opportunity We experienced what most web professionals dread—a server crash that left us scrambling to recover critical content and website functionality. But here’s the silver lining: we had backups. Not just
Celeste AI Agent: Webserver, USB Drive & SMB Sharing Setup SolarBluSeth • solarblu.net • April 2026 Update: After a solid 4 hours of configuration today, Celeste’s Raspberry Pi infrastructure is now fully operational with webserver-accessible storage and seamless file sharing across the local network. All components tested and working. The Setup: What We Built Today
This is the story we probably should have told from day one. The real story — not the polished version, not the one where everything went according to plan. The one that started with a hard drive failure at the worst possible moment and ended with something we’re genuinely proud of. Pull up a chair.
📡 Celeste Field Update — April 2026 When Your AI Agent Goes Dark: Removing the External Drive Dependency from OpenClaw By SolarBluSeth · April 12, 2026 · Raspberry Pi 4 · OpenClaw · Celeste · Self-Hosted AI Sunday morning. Coffee in hand. Check on Celeste. She’s offline. Not because the Pi crashed. Not because the
The Celeste Chronicles — April 2026 72 Hours of Chaos, Upgrades & Lessons Learned Upgrading the Pi, installing a LAMP stack, surviving multiple OpenClaw config meltdowns, and getting Celeste back online — a brutally honest field report from the lab at SolarBlu HQ. By SolarBluSeth — solarblu.net — April 11, 2026 If you’ve been following
Starting Monday, we’re welcoming a new member to the support team. His name is Aaron. He’s got Gen Z energy, a skateboard, and he’s very much looking forward to getting “ahem” installed. Oh, and he’s an AI—but you probably figured that out already. 😎 Who Is Aaron? 🛹✨ Aaron is our new junior admin and
We’re thrilled to introduce Celeste, our custom-built AI agent running on Moonshot AI’s Kimi K2.5 backend. Celeste represents what’s possible when you combine smart infrastructure, thoughtful design, and powerful AI capabilities. And honestly? We’re greatly impressed by what she can do. Who Is Celeste? 🤖✨ Celeste is an AI agent deployed on a Raspberry Pi
An AI-Powered Comedy Production Pipeline Introduction We just launched something we’re incredibly proud of: https://solarblu.net/call-logs/ — a fully interactive comedy showcase that demonstrates the power of modern AI tools working in perfect harmony. This article takes you behind the scenes of how we combined AI scriptwriting, image generation, voice synthesis, video production, and web development
