Category Archives: Technical

Dead Kodi Box

Posted on April 11, 2025 by larry

I had a Dell Optiplex acting as my Kodi box to play videos. Yesterday (I did not know it when I posted) it died, mostly like likely done in when the power flickered. It was on a UPS but the … Continue reading →

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Kickstart Rocky 9 KVM Host

Posted on April 10, 2025 by larry

I am putting together a kickstart for a KVM host. It basically grabs a kickstart from the cloud http://my.apolonio.tech/linux/kvmhost95.cfg And builds a KVM host running MATE. Still doing some testing, will do a video. Weight: 342.0

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Couldn’t Sleep Last night

Posted on April 9, 2025 by larry

Didn’t sleep again last night, but wasnt too tired today. I wonder if it will hit tomorrow. I got my new USB card in, looks like it can support an additional 4 ports. Tariffs are big in the news lately, … Continue reading →

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Whois No More

Posted on April 8, 2025 by larry

Stuff moves on, I didn’t know the whois protocol was getting deprecated. Ran a whois and got this Replaced with something called rdap. Frustrating searching for rdap utility, kept auto correcting to rdp. Anyway I asked chatgpt and it give … Continue reading →

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Planning Molokai Hass Install

Posted on April 2, 2025 by larry

I am planning a Home Assistant install in the Molokai house at the end of the month, kind of interesting in the logistics. Getting a UPS there, planning the install, internet connectivity. I think it should be a blog all … Continue reading →

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Break In Emergency

Posted on April 1, 2025 by larry

Came across an idea where I can put something like money in to a 3D printed device where you would have to break in order to read it. Found these things which would go in a keychain. There is a … Continue reading →

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Cloning VMs

Posted on March 28, 2025 by larry

I primarily kickstart VMs when I build them, and I will probably continue on with this process for long term production machines. But I sometimes need quick throw away machines. Recall it takes me 40 minutes to build a machine, … Continue reading →

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Time To Build A Linux Server

Posted on March 25, 2025 by larry

I just wanted to see how long it took me to build an Linux Server on my network from nothing. Patched, with LDAP and all the little requirements I have on my network. Here is the short answer 38 minutes … Continue reading →

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Didn’t Sleep Well Didn’t Matter

Posted on March 24, 2025 by larry

I had about 2 hours of sleep last night, I was ok though. Because I had a lot of rest in the bank so to say. What was surprising was I got my 10k steps and 10 floors. I was … Continue reading →

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Initial QEMU Kickstart

Posted on March 23, 2025 by larry

Been working a bit on my QEMU KVM kickstart today. Kind of fun hobby, enjoyed seeing it come together. I got the kickstart going and am working on a proper workflow to get this working. Got my weight officially under … Continue reading →

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