Category Archives: Technical

New Normal Routine

Posted on January 3, 2025 by larry

With the new year firmly here, I can fall into a routine. On the first, I rested, I needed it. Yesterday, I did rest, but got 5k steps. Today I was on the treadmill for a 30 minute, 3MPH, 2 … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year 2025

Posted on January 1, 2025 by larry

Last nights New Years Eve celebration was definitely subdued. We weren’t excited as before, I tried to be, but I had 1 sick, two had to work, and a teenage boy interested in doing other stuff. Got up at 7:15 … Continue reading →

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Reflections On 2024

Posted on December 31, 2024 by larry

The first half of the year was promising, all of my kids are adults now and my youngest graduated from high school. Proud of my youngest because he trained so hard for track and made it to districts, and that … Continue reading →

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Gen 4 of MessageBox

Posted on December 30, 2024 by larry

Been working at this for years now. Looking back, it seems like the very first one is the neatest one. But this latest one will have the benefit of a 3D printer. I am still working on if it will … Continue reading →

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Redoing Home Automation

Posted on December 23, 2024 by larry

For 2025 I am thinking of redoing the home automation. Not sure where I am going with this, but looking at A lot of it is already in place, but seeing what I can change easily. Weight: 331.6

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Winter Solstice 2024

Posted on December 21, 2024 by larry

Made it, now it just gets brighter from here on till summer. I did walk in the daytime, but I needed to finish at night. Got to flash my new KVM today, it did work. Had to identify the CH545 … Continue reading →

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KVM Switch Went Bad

Posted on December 18, 2024 by larry

Bad news, my new switch went bad, it does not switch anymore. Kind of sucks, I need it to work. At least got my steps done easily, tomorrow going to see if I can get my steps done even earlier. … Continue reading →

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Doctor Again, Still Sick

Posted on December 12, 2024 by larry

Yeah, didn’t sleep well last night, visited doctor again today, just need to stay hydrated and keep warm and stuff. As I post I note I need 300 more steps, driving to pick up some stuff for my son. Tomorrow … Continue reading →

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Upgrade to Rocky 9.5

Posted on December 10, 2024 by larry

Didn’t know it, been busy, but Rocky 9 came out on the 19th last month. I upgraded all of my production servers that was on 9.4 to 9.5. Even had to do some subscription fixing to get RHEL 9.4 proper … Continue reading →

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Interesting 24 hours

Posted on December 4, 2024 by larry

Got my steps done late, still feeling sick. But tomorrow I need to leave for a trip. Hoping I am not too sick tomorrow. Gonna try out this tile tracker, got Samsung ones too. Should be interesting. Weight: 334.8

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