Was not too crowded today at the pool, but it has been easier to get into it. Maybe new googles and more comfortable shorts, but I think swim is getting me the full cardio I need.
Three days a week of that plus a decent 10k for three others is a great July goal.
I do think the chlorine is a bit string. Took two showers and still smell it.
I should have thrown this out a couple years later when I got a real rack.
But there were couple upgrades done that kept the server. This weekend I spent a large amount of time upgrading the rack.
I replaced one of the machines in the rack which was in a Fractal Node 804 case into a rack mount one. That took a day to move components into that rack mount server. Another thing I added was a new 8 port HDMI KVM. I did not have any pictures I took that I can publish but here is the front of the rack now.
New KVM and Rackmount
A problem I had with the old rack was loose USB Hard drives. I fixed this with rack mounted brackets I 3D printed.
3D printed HDD brackets
Another problem I solved was a way to organize the power supplies for the 1L servers. I 3D printed a holder for those power supplies.
3D Printed AC Adapter Holder
Another rack improvement was a 2U Patch panel I removed the CAT 6 adapters from. This is to help keep cables in and UPS from falling out. This huge fix was to make it easy to move the rack.
Rack Patch Panel
This top has been on the top for a while, but wanted to note it is also a white board where you can draw stuff on.
Rack is way more functional now. I can use it for its purpose as a workbench.
So this was most of my weekend. I was tired today, the slept a lot. But I think it was a good weekend, didn’t finish my entire list, but this was good regardless.
It works well form my office rack, made it look cleaner.
Will post pics tomorrow, but it needs more work.
I went to bed clean and comfortable last night and I woke up with a GOOD 8 hours of sleep. I powered through the day and changed my backup server from a case to a rack mount.
The timing was good because the above KVM rack arrived and I am making use of it.
Late walk, just finished at about 9:45PM , didn’t eat much and I am not hungry. Meds doing its job but I still need to eat. Still some decent twilight at 9:45, tomorrow is summer solstice though and that will change.
Another Father’s day, normal Sunday though where I rest, but did a bit more than usual. Kids were all here, was kind of nice for a bar b que.
Posting late because I was speaking to one of my kids about growing up. Interesting reflection, I think I raised them right and did good. We didn’t have a bad house, but I don’t think I had to say “no” to anything they needed growing up.
They got me a hammock. Will set that up. expecting rain though.
I did upgrade one of my last machines from Rocky 8 to Rocky 9 and added a hard drive to sync up the Rocky 8, 9, and 10 repo I am committing to.
Also troubleshoot some weird Western digital drive issues. Looks power supply related.
End of another week. Felt like I was busy but I know I was not.
Today I stayed in bed for the most part.
I did get up and get my 10k steps, but really didn’t want to venture out to the craziness of an anti-ice rally and traffic being bypassed into my area.
I did get a nice surprise, hard drives for my repo project arrived. I can now proceed with a hardware based R8, R9, and R10 repo.
After I post I am going to administer my zepbound shot.