Category Archives: Technical

Disk Check Done

Posted on June 22, 2023 by larry

The badblocks scan of my new DIY JBOD is done, unfortunately 3 disks were bad, one of them really bad. Also forgot to mention RHEL is no longer providing source code to non customers. Not sure how that is going … Continue reading →

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Ruined My Bench

Posted on June 20, 2023 by larry

I think I damaged my motherboard on my bench today. Kind of sucks. Anyway, I may have to get parts to build another bench. I may look at another brand of motherboard. Weight: 336.8

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Happy Juneteenth 2023

Posted on June 19, 2023 by larry

back to back holidays nice. But Juneteenth is a day off for me so woopie. Got a lot done today, I went to bed really late last night, fixed a cable that was bugging me and finally started the burnin … Continue reading →

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Father’s Day 2023

Posted on June 18, 2023 by larry

It was a good Father’s day, kids made me a great dinner and we spent some time together. One of the ingredients to being a father is kids, and I got some great ones. I guess you can say this … Continue reading →

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Weekend Work Started Early

Posted on June 16, 2023 by larry

This is a 3 day weekend and I started it early. Not relaxing but doing the work I scheduled to do. I finally flashed some HBA cards I had, now working on dual booting a utility box with FreeDOS and … Continue reading →

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Needing Another Rest Day

Posted on June 15, 2023 by larry

I can’t seem to keep up the pace of work I am doing, I think I need to lessen they days and increase the intensity. Looks like I will have to go to the gym. Weight: 338.6

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Grafana Meetup

Posted on June 14, 2023 by larry

Met some folks from grafana and had a meetup. This week was grafanacon and got a lot discussed, But it did take my evening up and I did not have a good walk because it was dark, Anyway I did … Continue reading →

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Chance To Go To Bed Early

Posted on June 12, 2023 by larry

Got my steps done and don’t have class tomorrow. So no rush, but looks like I can be asleep by 11PM and get a “good” 8 hours of sleep. Also discovered a new command ssh-keyscan – a tools to get … Continue reading →

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Ansible Class Is Done

Posted on June 9, 2023 by larry

Stayed till the bitter end. But it was fun. I completed all the guided labs and tried it out on my own stuff. Need to be honest though, this was a beginner class for a complex topic. Not out of … Continue reading →

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Ansible is Awesome

Posted on June 7, 2023 by larry

Wow, not even getting into the nitty gritty and ansible is really doing us well. Anyway, looking at doing some custom playbooks, maybe even getting that goal of writing something to do a full featured built. Got my steps in, … Continue reading →

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