It was a sad year, a large part of it was the lost of my dog Toto, I am going to list the bad and good like last year, but losing Toto was truly the most heartbreaking thing of the year for me.
The Bad
- The top of this list of course was the loss of Toto, in addition to his passing, one thing I did not notice was how much medical expenses piled up in that final year. It was worth it, but putting him to sleep was the hardest.
- Got a weird bulge in my leg, not sure what it is, had to go to ER, but we are keeping an eye on it.
- Home got clean and messy, could not stay clean.
- RAM and storage prices surged
- Garbage collector strike caused pileup of garbage at home
- Finances went into the gutter 2026 will be a year of recovery.
The Good
- Got better a 3D printing even before the Bambu P1S, but that triggered a good thing, and I ended up getting a 2nd P1P that was upgraded to a P1S which helped me finish projects faster.
- I build a 10″ mini rack. Friends liked it, but saw online that you could print them. I went nuts and printed more.
- After I was able to print a rack, why the heck not build a JBOD as well. Now I have slots and capacity at home.
- Got SMS going and OOB notifications
- Got into Gridfinity as well
- Mini servers became a thing at home
- Wife became a US citizen
- Got the first production KVM host going at home
- Got home assistant at the Molokai house and my Son’s apartment
- Set up ZFS for backups on a Linux Server
- Started Zepbound lost 25lbs this year due to it
- Improved the 433Mhz network at home
- Upgraded Zoneminder
- Upgraded to Windows 11
You know on reflection a lot of good things happened this year, overshadowed by 1 huge loss.
Here is the weight to beat next year.
Weight: 321.8
