Category Archives: Technical

Custom Qemu Kickstart

Posted on March 22, 2025 by larry

I want to refine my notes in getting a QEMU HOST server built and running. I already got something going and it looks ok, but not 100% I upgraded my test QEMU box with 36GB of RAM, tomorrow will start … Continue reading →

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HP Elitedesk 800G3

Posted on March 20, 2025 by larry

What a pain to get set up, but I needed it for my projects. This will have 32GB of RAM and , 500GB NVME and a 500GB SATA disk for long term storage. I may upgrade it in the future. … Continue reading →

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Building Qemu Podman Machine

Posted on March 19, 2025 by larry

It is becoming clear that I need to create instructions on building a separate stand alone Qemu Podman machine. I need to document its maintenance and monitoring. I can squish it all into one box but it is making it … Continue reading →

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Updated Prime Build

Posted on March 18, 2025 by larry

I think I got a good update as of today for my PRIME build with the latest home-assistant, cloudflared and pihole. I also got a quick setup build going on. It should be validated by tomorrow. Ironed out isssues with … Continue reading →

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Rebuilding Lab

Posted on March 17, 2025 by larry

Setting up my lab demo for 2025. Finally got it out and slowly setting it up. With my new 3D printer and the gridfinity system I think I can make it better. Need to look at what my goals are … Continue reading →

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Surprising Gift

Posted on March 12, 2025 by larry

Wife got this for me today This wasn’t incredibly expensive, came to about 59.99+tax This will NOT replace my Samsung Galaxy 24 Ultra, but it will replace my 2019 Samsung Note. Weight: 340.6

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Decent Tech Progress

Posted on March 11, 2025 by larry

As the office becomes more streamlined I feel like I can focus on more stuff. Today I got the WWAN unit to talk to the internet. Also forgot to mention I got the iodd ST400 unit running as well. It … Continue reading →

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iodd ST400

Posted on March 8, 2025 by larry

Finally got time to crack this open and give it a look Kind of weird to use, still going through it. Formatting it was a challenge and the navigation window was not that intuitive. Weight: 341.8

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Port 1 On Tesmart KVM

Posted on March 6, 2025 by larry

Today it is clear to steer away from Port 1 on the KVM, I had my work laptop which all I do is VPN and RDP, yet the KVM still bricked. I posted a review on Amazon with what I … Continue reading →

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Fourth Rack

Posted on March 2, 2025 by larry

Got a fourth rack in the house. This is meant more as a shelf that has a PDU and the KVM. What a pain moving that KVM was. Good news is I think I can get away with the cables … Continue reading →

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