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Happy 4th of July 2026

Posted on July 4, 2026 by larry

Mostly work free day, I did watch my daughter run some hot dog 5k and my son hit the gym to try and PR a bench. Got home and was lazy pretty much for most of the day. Got my … Continue reading →

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Begin Of Rest Weekend

Posted on July 3, 2026 by larry

Weekend starting off right, I came home late and didn’t have much sleep, but I got up early, knocked out finance Friday and got all my gym and walk done before noon. Got a lot of errands done by 2PM … Continue reading →

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Linux Travel Laptop

Posted on July 2, 2026 by larry

Pulling the trigger on a Linux Laptop with Fedora on it. This will be my main travel laptop. I will put a Windows VM on it, but I want to be able to run everything on it. Will have 3 … Continue reading →

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Reuse Portable HD

Posted on July 1, 2026 by larry

I was finally able to kickstart Fedora because I put the entire repo on a 500GB drive. This provides me with the flexibility to install whatever I want. Fun stuff. Had a good workout today, felt strong running. Did well. … Continue reading →

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Fedora 44 Kickstart

Posted on June 30, 2026 by larry

My first step to get an automated install of Fedora was through PXE boot. It works for the most part, normal like others. Now I am trying to build a custom USB, then will work on a custom iso last. … Continue reading →

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Good Workout But Worn Out

Posted on June 29, 2026 by larry

I need a break, and it is coming, this weekend is another 4 day weekend with a bit of a twist. I am not running a 5k on July 4th. Parkrun will not be holding an event, there is a … Continue reading →

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Need To Simplify Power Recovery

Posted on June 28, 2026 by larry

Had another power outage, and I am in of a couple things that made this power outage frustrating. First off, I am in between firewall moves, so my firewall was virtualized and not set to auto start. Another frustrating thing … Continue reading →

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Fedora 44 Kickstart

Posted on June 27, 2026 by larry

Finally got a kickstart for Fedora 44 making rebuilds easy. A few weird quirks but looks to be ok for now. I downloaded the entire 44 x86_64 repo locally for a reboot. Also PR’d again on the parkrun Wow did … Continue reading →

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Wife Almost Home

Posted on June 26, 2026 by larry

My wife returns form overseas tomorrow. Less than 24 hours from now we will be reunited. I do have bit more cleaning to do, but what I have done so far was significant. Will do the final bedroom cleaning and … Continue reading →

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Cooling Down

Posted on June 25, 2026 by larry

Today it was cool enough for my to function. Caught up on some server work. I can do meetings and documentation in the bedroom, but the engineering work is done in my office. In my evening walk it was also … Continue reading →

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