Category Archives: Technical

One Presentation Down

Posted on November 29, 2020 by larry

Boy do I wait last minute, but I did get a presentation done. One more to go. The first was a presentation on home networks, now need to do one on IoT Arduino. Weight: 318.4

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Black Friday 2020

Posted on November 27, 2020 by larry

Not as bad of a black Friday as I expected. I did get a hard drive, a dust buster, slippers and some drill bits. But the fun was a game called Dead of Daylight. It was on sale on Steam. … Continue reading →

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Black Friday Deals

Posted on November 25, 2020 by larry

Been watching for any Black Friday deals, there are none. Waiting till actual Friday, but it seems really light. Nothing of interest, but feel obligated to buy something. No video cards. Maybe some disk. Weight: 320.6

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Cleaning Up Folders

Posted on November 23, 2020 by larry

Trying to organize my folders so I can clean up some space. Found a cool tool winmerge. Also last night I had an issue with my network, Wifi was available on a subnet it should not be on. Need to … Continue reading →

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Upgrading Firewalls

Posted on November 22, 2020 by larry

Its time to upgrade my pfSense firewalls. It was not 100% smooth, but it was easier then I expected. Check the uptime on this server though That is amazing. Weight: 317.2

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Joints Hurting in Cold

Posted on November 21, 2020 by larry

Must be the cold weather, but my joints are hurting, especially my elbows. I notice when I go out I have a hard time breathing, as long as I stay in the warm confines of our house I am better … Continue reading →

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Pretty Decent PT

Posted on November 16, 2020 by larry

Another Monday of PT, I was on treadmill and did pretty good. Didn’t work my grafana much today, but it is still collecting data. Landline went down today. Hoping tomorrow they will get it back up. Weight: 318.8

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Another Lockdown Coming

Posted on November 15, 2020 by larry

Word came down today that there is going to be another lockdown here in Washington. Four weeks of more lockdown. Seahawks lost too, so the bad news keeps coming. At least I figured out the logs in Grafana, viewing them. … Continue reading →

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Trying To Get Grafana Loki Promtail Working

Posted on November 14, 2020 by larry

I was able to get mysql to view on grafana. Which is cool. I can pipe yum update checks to mysql query. Also got prometheus working as well, where a daemon is running on the target and the server pulls … Continue reading →

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Showing Off Grafana

Posted on November 13, 2020 by larry

Finally shoed grafana to someone that has genuine interest. I am motivated now, going to work on my lab stuff now to show off more. Pushups and situps will happen after 11PM, but before midnight. Weight: 320.0

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