Category Archives: Technical

Long Day, Also long fitbit

Posted on July 1, 2022 by larry

What a long day, didn’t sleep well last night, my Excel started acting up so I spent a good junk troubleshooting. Continued this morning. Everything was delayed. Ended up being a graphics hardware acceleration issue in Excel. The latest update … Continue reading →

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Summer Solstice 2022

Posted on June 21, 2022 by larry

Three days of unusual days, Sunday was Father’s Day, Yesterday was Juneteenth, but I think it is normally on the 19th and today is Summer Solstice, longest day of the year, now it gets darker and time to up my … Continue reading →

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TPlink Kasa Switches

Posted on June 15, 2022 by larry

My new EP25 switches came in, and they do work with python-kasa and home assistant. It is still reasonable at $50 for a 4 pack, but things been crazy. The Raspberry Pi 4’s I purchased for $50 are now $130 … Continue reading →

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10Gbit Link

Posted on June 12, 2022 by larry

Got two fiber 10Gb links between my cores, they are not connected to end point devices yet but they are up between two 10GB switches. I need to upgrade the core switch and get a bigger 10G switch between locations. … Continue reading →

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Cleaning Up Network

Posted on June 11, 2022 by larry

Spent some time today cleaning up my network cables. Also organized some of the connections. At least some of the stuff is now trackable. Also enabled 10GB networking to improve overall network performance. Broke couple tabs on the keystones, frustrating. … Continue reading →

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Breaking Point

Posted on June 10, 2022 by larry

Reaching it again, where I want to quit. But I pushed an persevered and looks like I did good. These workouts are taking a lot out of my day, sooner or later I am going to have to cut down … Continue reading →

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Another Day Cutting It Close

Posted on June 6, 2022 by larry

Working out late again, barely finished in time for dinner. Finished my run at about 10:40 on the treadmill and still had a few more steps. Did my floors and was ok. Also got the 10G strung from garage to … Continue reading →

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Not Enough Time In The Day

Posted on June 5, 2022 by larry

Working out is really taking up a large part of my day. I may have to rethink my 12000 steps a day. I was able to hit my goals today, but today I had a day off. Still had some … Continue reading →

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Hard Work Pays Off

Posted on June 3, 2022 by larry

Was in the gym for two hours today. Just for cardio, I clocked in 1 hour 40 minutes. What is interesting id that the past two days I been running in the rain. I had enough and decided to get … Continue reading →

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Work Starting On Second Bathroom

Posted on June 1, 2022 by larry

Our contractor started tearing apart our bathroom. Hopefully this will be close to one of the last things done in our home for the rest of the year. Still need the outside painted, but we can deal with that. Also … Continue reading →

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