Category Archives: Technical

Silencing JBOD

Posted on March 23, 2026 by larry

The JBODs I have been building uses smaller 40mm fans. I am going to see if a 120mm fan or two 80mm will do the trick. Ordered a converter for a 12V fan to see if it will work. So … Continue reading →

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Well Hello Spring 2026

Posted on March 22, 2026 by larry

I welcome you with open arms Spring 2026, thank you for giving us a nice day. Today I went cruising around Alki Beach and Lake Washington not only for the first time this year but the first time since Toto … Continue reading →

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Things Are Slowly Coming Together

Posted on March 17, 2026 by larry

It has been a while but I truly feel things are coming together. Still a ways to go, but I have hope that this and next weekend will mark the completion of the garage. Going to start getting visibly better. … Continue reading →

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Custom Gridfinity Holder

Posted on March 16, 2026 by larry

Finally took the next step in my gridfinity journey. Took a while, this journey started a year ago. Looks way better than just boxes Those are STL I downloaded from the net, here are ones I scanned and created First … Continue reading →

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Another Label Writer

Posted on March 12, 2026 by larry

Recall on March 4, I posted a functional part I could print to get a Dymo Labelwriter to work. A lot of the ones you find on ebay are either missing the spool (which is hard to buy easy to … Continue reading →

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Bad Power Supplies

Posted on March 11, 2026 by larry

I having enough with bad power supplies. This one caused me problems over the year This one was cheap years ago, now it shoud be e-waste. This failed before I finished clearing out data on my jbod. Windstorm hitting us … Continue reading →

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NVME to SATA

Posted on March 10, 2026 by larry

I give up, I tried two 9 port NVME to SATA connectors, I have decided to stick with the 6 port one which is more stable. The one you see here is a True ASMEDIA controller, the two 9 port … Continue reading →

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Weekdays For Tasks

Posted on March 9, 2026 by larry

My week is usually busy, I got work, then a workout, some rest in between. But I got a lot on my plate, today after work I wanted to go to the gym but got no time. My NAS has … Continue reading →

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Frustrating Day At Work

Posted on March 5, 2026 by larry

A scan at work on my Linux admin box is triggering some security alerts. It looks like it is scanning my home directory and not the OS directory. Frustration is high because those are just templates, not config files for … Continue reading →

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Dymo Printer Spool

Posted on March 4, 2026 by larry

Ah yes, I used my 3D printer to solve a problem on my label printer. I wanted to buy another Dymo label printer from ebay. I noticed some of them were missing the print spool. So I printed a model … Continue reading →

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