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.
But the weight..
Weight: 344.2
It has been over a decade since I originally built this rack.
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.
A problem I had with the old rack was loose USB Hard drives. I fixed this with rack mounted brackets I 3D printed.
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.
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.
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.
Physically a rest day.
Weight: 344.8
Before I go more of into today’s post, I need to ask what the heck happened to summer? Feels like spring and don’t need to water the plants.
I just finished up my 10k steps when it started to drizzle a bit.
Not sure what happened yesterday, had a boost of I dunno what, I was supposed to be tired after swimming instead I had a surge of energy.
I worked till 7AM this morning and took a two hour nap and continued.
Wiring is so much more organized, still a bit more to go.
I should have some pics tomorrow, also picked up a new ThinkCentre M920Q, this will run my windows 11 admin box.
Weight: 343.6
Longest day of the year, got a lot done.
I did start my day normally, thought I would have a chance to sleep in, but the vet called and I had to bring in our dog at 11:30
After that I did get some more rack stuff done here is the state
That little Lenovo 1L server is currently doing something and will probably take another hour or two so I don’t to risk interrupting it.
Recall I have a decent 3D printer now and made this print
It will be to hold the Lenovo power supplies.
I did swim today, 30 minutes, got to admit, I am really really tired. Hope to sleep well tonight.
Looked back at last year this time, was 341.8, by end of August I cracked 330 three consecutive days. That is the goal now.
I have the benefit of zepbound this year.
Weight: 345.0
This 8 Port KVM switch arrived today
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.
Weight: 344.6
Yes, it is Wednesday, but my weekend started after I finished work today.
Had a small rest and headed to gym. Did pretty good.
I plan to go to bed early (relatively) so I can get things done tomorrow.
After I post going to relax, and I will shutdown my PC.
Marking another milestone, first day my son worked.
Weight: 345.6
Interesting that I have 4 days off to do stuff. I want to do a youtube video and redo my office server rack.
Ordering some parts now so I am committed.
Combine that with a new Thinkpad notebook and my weekend is filling up.
Today I also found out my IP was blacklisted, first time. I had problems going to godaddy.
It was weird, it was blocked for any Windows machine (10 or 11) using Chrome or Edge, but using firefox or Linux with Chrome worked.
After a few hours it cleared up.
Found a site that said my IP was hosting bots and stuff https://www.ipqualityscore.com/
Finally another thing I did was convert all my R9 boxes to use postfix.
Did get my fitbit walk in, so far staying on schedule.
Weight: 347.2
Which means a busy week.
Got nagios done at work, got to look at ansible, at home have to deal with mom.
One thing that came off my plate was painting the shed.
I will at least organize downstairs.
Did hit gym today, need to hit pool sooner or later.
Weight: 347.4
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.
Weight: 349.2
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.
Weight: 345.2
