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Found Some Time To Work Out

Posted on December 6, 2012 by larry

Been a really busy day, I got home late but I still found time to work out. I did it the gym on my own and burned over 300 calories.  Maybe next week I will be hitting 2 miles.

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Going LED lights for Christmas

Posted on December 5, 2012 by larry

Recall days of yesteryear where I had to use a Kill-A-Watt meter to make sure the circuits did not pop when I lit the Christmas Lights. This is the first year we are putting LEd lights, the power draw is … Continue reading →

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Got My Butt Kicked Today

Posted on December 4, 2012 by larry

Warning Technical Jargon Ahead!!! I decided to see what would happen if I did I kickstart build with the shelf of shared disks still connected.  I found it… it blows away your shelf of disks, although this was an intentional … Continue reading →

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Got my Second Mobo Today

Posted on December 3, 2012 by larry

Recall I am built a new ESXi server, I am actually building two of them to handle most of my needs. Today I bought another mobo, so I think I will have a stable ESXi setup good for the next … Continue reading →

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Lazy Day At Home

Posted on December 2, 2012 by larry

I thought I was going to wake up a little late, watch some football, then finish up putting some decorations up. Got 2 of three done 🙂 Anyway felt lazy, I did run some wire though, got the last runs … Continue reading →

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More Christmas

Posted on December 1, 2012 by larry

Feeling more of the Christmas Spirit from yesterday. Actually got a bunch of Christmas lights up today and the attic is clear for me to finally do some work. I am hoping to upgrade some of my Cameras and make … Continue reading →

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Christmas in the Air

Posted on November 30, 2012 by larry

Did a little bit of shopping today after work.   Clearly there is a post     black Friday feel.   But Christmas is certainly in the air but I not in the mood…   Yet   I did have … Continue reading →

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Improving My New ESXi host

Posted on November 29, 2012 by larry

I wanted to improve my ESXi host today, I added a better disk tray and also added an 64GB SSD drive.  Looks good so far. Also added another 8GB of RAM bringing this host up to 24GB of RAM, and … Continue reading →

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Crash

Posted on November 28, 2012 by larry

Bummer, was gonna post something about how setting a minecraft server helped me at work today recarding screen starting on boot. But something else happened, I just pressed the power button on a UPS by accident and a bunch of … Continue reading →

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New ESXi Host

Posted on November 27, 2012 by larry

Coolness, I got all the parts needed for a new ESXi host Here is the parts list OCZ Agility 128GB SSD $74.98 AMD FX-4100 3.6Ghz 4 Core CPU $79.99 Dual GB Port NIC $20.00 MSI 760GM-E51 $71.50 Seagate 1TB Hard … Continue reading →

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