Author Archives: larry

Return If Some Things

Posted on January 23, 2026 by larry

Revisited some things that worked for me in 2025. Was a good productive day, also got my Zepbound shots. But will administer that tomorrow. Weight: 323.8

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Quickly Building New Lab

Posted on January 22, 2026 by larry

Today added three more machines on my lab, also figured out how to connect my lab to cloudflare. It is kind of cool So lap now supports cloudflare, and tailscale. Need to figure out how to get real email in … Continue reading →

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Icy Walk

Posted on January 21, 2026 by larry

Walked late again today, maybe I should be more careful, was pretty darn icy Got a lot done on the tech side today, made use of the lab to test out building linux servers. I can rebuild a 3 node … Continue reading →

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Almost Got All Parts for NAS

Posted on January 20, 2026 by larry

I ordered a couple more drives, almost got all the drives I need, not quite, but they are all new. Got the 2TB NAS fast drive, so almost there. Just need one bulk drive and two more NAS drives, and … Continue reading →

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Getting Info From HA to Mysql

Posted on January 19, 2026 by larry

There is a variable in my Home Assistant that is considered when turning the lights on or off automatically. I call them light hold values. If say the kitchen hold is on, then the motion sensors will not turn the … Continue reading →

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Sleeping In Relaxing Day

Posted on January 18, 2026 by larry

Woke up late today, not only that, after I woke I, I did not do much work. Spent most of the day watching youtube videos on the Seahawks. But I did start reviewing my home assistant and looked to cleaning … Continue reading →

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Journey Home, Seahawks Won

Posted on January 17, 2026 by larry

Doing a quick post, watched the Seahawks demolish the 49ers. Was a rare low stress game. We checked out of the hotel today and it was interesting drive home listening to Bill play Denver and the pregame. Also won enough … Continue reading →

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Unprepared for this trip

Posted on January 16, 2026 by larry

Almost missed posting to this blog, was extremely unprepared for a quick get away. Overall gone for less tan 48 hours so I didn’t think much of it, but boy did we missed some things. First off I usually RDP … Continue reading →

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Four Day Weekend

Posted on January 15, 2026 by larry

Although got another one in less than a month, this is the break we need from the holidays. Wife and I going on a short getaway, will be back in less than 48 hours for the Seahawks game. Leaving kids … Continue reading →

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Lab Back Up

Posted on January 14, 2026 by larry

Still need a lab, not just a lab, but VMs with a minimal install. One skill I have lost was building machines from scratch that don’t have the packages I need. I am working a bit on a playbook that … Continue reading →

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