Category Archives: Technical

Linuxfest 2019 Day Two Presentation Day

Posted on April 27, 2019 by larry

Today I did my presentation on Software Defined Radio. I finally got a Saturday Slot, also it was perfect because it was the last time slot of the day and I was not rushed out. I did start a little … Continue reading →

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Presentation Almost Done

Posted on April 24, 2019 by larry

Got quite a bit done for my presentation. To be honest, it is running late. Got some cool videos in it though. Tomorrow I will finish and begin packing things.

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Screwed Up A Linux Box

Posted on April 22, 2019 by larry

Glad this was done on a lower priority machine. I was building a Linux box, and I inadvertently dd’d the root volume. Luckily I saw what I did and was able to backup my critical files. Took a while but … Continue reading →

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Good Friday 2019

Posted on April 19, 2019 by larry

Another Lent season coming to an end. It is 10:19 and I am counting the minutes before I can eat again. On another note, got family using last pass. We’ll see how it goes. Looks pretty secure. A lot of … Continue reading →

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Home Power Outage

Posted on April 18, 2019 by larry

So there was a planned power outage in my home today where the went from an older meter To a newer digital one Even though this was a planned power outage, the startup procedures for my network was incorrect. Some … Continue reading →

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Finally Crisp Pictures

Posted on April 17, 2019 by larry

Figured out how to connect my DSL to my laptop for clear pictures. Using software called qDslrDashboard. The trick is to use the ZaDig software to change the drivers used to access the camera. Finally getting easy to take crystal … Continue reading →

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UEFI Problems

Posted on April 16, 2019 by larry

Looks like systems with older UEFI systems need an older BOOTX64.EFI file. I found this out when trying to boot my system on an older DELL https://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=15522 I mounted an older CentOS (CentOS-7-x86_64-Everything-1804.iso) and it worked. Article also mentions a … Continue reading →

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Moving More and More to Linux

Posted on April 15, 2019 by larry

Today I got Evolution working with my email. Not as clean as Outlook, and rules are weird, but it is becoming a viable alternative. Also after I started this post I got a call from my cousin Brian, he said … Continue reading →

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Off of Exchange Server

Posted on April 12, 2019 by larry

I am finally off of the exchange server. Still got some backup and cleanup left to do. But for the most part I am off. Still some former business partners still using it, so it will run till it dies. … Continue reading →

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Documentation for SDR

Posted on April 11, 2019 by larry

Got the SDR working, problem is I keep finding new things to do, and improvements in my documentation. Today found a better way to edit config files and learned of a new way to study 433Mhz devices. Pretty cool, need … Continue reading →

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