Author Archives: larry

Amazon Instant Videos

Posted on January 25, 2013 by larry

I purchased some videos online from Amazon for the first time. Kind of cool, works for me.  If this is the future, I am OK with it as long as I can back it up and reinstall movies if needed. … Continue reading →

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Continue With New Building My Rig

Posted on January 24, 2013 by larry

I continue to build my replacement rig. Starting with what was going to go into my new ESXi Rig and AMD 6100 6 Core CPU with 16 GB DD3 1600 RAM   Add 2 that a 120GB SSD Hard Drive … Continue reading →

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Cheap HP WebCam

Posted on January 23, 2013 by larry

Fry’s had an awesome sale on HP Webcams. This is the HP 2200   Works with Linux and the quality is decent.  At $5.99 its a steal. I got 4 of em. In other news, my main PC died, I … Continue reading →

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Will and Doubt in Full Force

Posted on January 22, 2013 by larry

Will and doubt seem to be mutually exclusive, but today I kind of experienced both. I did another 30 on the treadmill to see if I can push it.  Doubt did creep into my head prior to running, I was … Continue reading →

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Progress Surprising Myself

Posted on January 21, 2013 by larry

Just when I think I cannot top yesterday’s time, I go ahead and find the will in me to beat it. Time: 541Cal 2.4 Miles I did hit about 5.4 miles per hour at one point, but I felt I … Continue reading →

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Dinner Before Workout

Posted on January 20, 2013 by larry

Is not a good idea. I had a decent sized dinner and had to wait a bit before working out. Anyway hit treadmill for 30 minutes and I think I had my best time so far, was a super struggle … Continue reading →

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Flag Football With Family

Posted on January 19, 2013 by larry

For my workout today I played flag football with the family. It was a good workout, little different from what I normally do, but it was nearly 3 hours worth of activity. I am in quite a bit of pain … Continue reading →

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Cramping Up

Posted on January 18, 2013 by larry

Worked out with my personal trainer today. I feel really sore now, even cramped up later on during the day. Weight: 284.8

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Linux Clustering

Posted on January 17, 2013 by larry

Finally I grasp the details of clustering on Linux (for High Availability not High Performance). Last night I cranked through it and was able to figure out how to get HA working on CentOS 6.2 using corosync, and today I … Continue reading →

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Treadmill Doing Its Job

Posted on January 16, 2013 by larry

And so am I. I got home early today, weather was extremely cold.  Even when I got home at 1:30PM the ground had frost.  Usually that stuff is gone by 10AM. Anyway, I am going to start recording here my … Continue reading →

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