Author Archives: larry

Eleven Years Ago

Posted on December 4, 2025 by larry

Toto our dog came into our lives 11 years ago. We saw him first at the Seattle Humane Society, but were not allowed to take him that day. https://www.apolonio.com/blog/?p=4745 But the next day I recall going there early, being the … Continue reading →

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Rocky Linux 9.7

Posted on December 3, 2025 by larry

Rocky 9.7 is a out, so is Rocky 10.1, my bandwidth is being used to download them as I post. I was able to patch all but one of my boxes (it is doing a hard drive burn in) so … Continue reading →

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JBOD Production Line

Posted on December 2, 2025 by larry

Starting to build these units out, got two so far, need a total of 7 more on order. Parts are coming in for other projects, one important one before end of the year for one of my virtual file servers … Continue reading →

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Pi Media Center

Posted on December 1, 2025 by larry

I finally figured out the Pi Kodi box I wanted to use for front ends. I want to use a pi because it supports CEC and can be controlled with the TV remote. But I had couple of challenges, the … Continue reading →

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Planning For 2026

Posted on November 30, 2025 by larry

If there was a phrase to describe this month it is “Planning for 2026”. I mentioned a bunch of network changes and some new hardware, but I also thinking of a new dog. Today I started building my first production … Continue reading →

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New File Storage On The Way

Posted on November 29, 2025 by larry

My plans for the new NAS2026 and other improvements for 2026 storage are in motion. Here is the kicker, I need to slowly stage the storage and upgrade storage. Phase 1 is the JBOD(s) plural. I need to get them … Continue reading →

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Black Friday 2025

Posted on November 28, 2025 by larry

I really wanted to sleep in today, but had to get up for a Doctor’s appointment. At least that did force me up. My Black Friday haul was based on things I want to do in 2026 for my network. … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving 2025

Posted on November 27, 2025 by larry

I slept late last night, I actually fell asleep about 5AM. But rest of family started out 2025 Thanksgiving feast. They did wake me up at 10AM and we got to work cleaning up and organizing Had a single guest … Continue reading →

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Pre Thanksgiving Prep 2025

Posted on November 26, 2025 by larry

Doing a quick post, but family all here. Gonna get ready for tomorrow, pretty sure everyone will be home the entire day unless picking up things or people. House needs to get cleaned but a lot of things already in … Continue reading →

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Hump Day Tuesday

Posted on November 25, 2025 by larry

Shortened week so today is the middle of the week. I still got a lot of things to work on, am working late to try and catch up. More to hope tomorrow is more quiet. Doing a quick post. Got … Continue reading →

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