Author Archives: larry

Pi and Nagios

Posted on January 18, 2018 by larry

I tried to install nagios on a debian VM today, I thought a Raspberry Pi and Debian were the same, they are not. A raspberry pi has nagios3 whereas debian has icinga. I am familiar with nagios though so will … Continue reading →

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Animated GIF

Posted on January 17, 2018 by larry

So I did a quick video for Linuxfest 2018. Took a stab at an animated gif I tried to upload it here to my blog, going to have to settle for a still. Here is the video on youtube  

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Proposals for Linuxfest 2018

Posted on January 16, 2018 by larry

Almost missed the deadline for Linuxfest papers. Put in two, one for Arduino another for related to my video regarding tools for Windows admins managing Linux Servers. One curious thing this year is that they allow for commercials.  Hmm gonna … Continue reading →

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Another Youtube Video

Posted on January 15, 2018 by larry

Posted another youtube video https://youtu.be/yOSTcRVZNbg This is one details 6 tools in Windows used to manage a Linux machine.

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New Media Center

Posted on January 14, 2018 by larry

Decided to start building my new media center.  Actually a DVR. Trying to build it with CentOS 7.   Struggling  with it now.  Some NIC problems. Will work on it more tomorrow. Needs a new fan cause it is squealing pretty … Continue reading →

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Power Outage At Home

Posted on January 13, 2018 by larry

At about 3:30AM power went off at my home, at 12:30PM the power came back on and I went through the restart process. One of the problems I had was a corrupt USB boot drive for my ESXi host. Luckily … Continue reading →

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Recording Videos

Posted on January 12, 2018 by larry

Trying to get back to recording videos. Kind of setup a few things, should be able to make recordings now. This is a three day weekend, need to get something up online. Need to just start producing.

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Sams Club Closing

Posted on January 11, 2018 by larry

The Sam’s Club where I live in Renton is closing. Kind of sad that is happening.  I know a lot of people don’t like Walmart/Sam’s Club due to the way they treat employees, but I think this Particular Sam’s Club … Continue reading →

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Bad News For The Boys

Posted on January 10, 2018 by larry

All of the males in the house experienced some bad luck today. Youngest hurt his foot Oldest lost a bag I had a failed meeting at work. Gonna sleep now, hope to reset.  

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Doctor Said No Running

Posted on January 9, 2018 by larry

Went to the Doctor today, took some tests and got some vitals recorded. BP is OK, weight is about 302 lbs but that is with all my clothes and shows on. Made a deal with Doctor that I will lose … Continue reading →

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