Category Archives: Technical

Improving Skills

Posted on May 22, 2023 by larry

First it was just printing something, anything. Then it was printing something useful. Next was printing multiple items in different orientations. I am at the level of modifying prints now. I like where I am at in regards to my … Continue reading →

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Lot Done Today

Posted on May 21, 2023 by larry

Got up early to watch my son run. It was amazing he finally cracked a 20 minute 5k. I would like to do that some day. Afterwards ran some errands, got some print 3d and replaced the wiper blades on … Continue reading →

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First Practical 3D Print

Posted on May 20, 2023 by larry

Here is the first practical item I printed on my 3D printer. It is a bracket for my older HDHR, and it fits!! Too cool. It is a milestone. Watched son run a 1 mile. He did it in 5:41 … Continue reading →

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Caught Between Generations

Posted on May 19, 2023 by larry

It was an extremely tough week, but it ended with this exchange which made me smile. So my mom calls me said she wants a radio for her birthday. I said “ok”, then she said, “the one I can put … Continue reading →

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Mother’s Day 2023

Posted on May 14, 2023 by larry

Was a nice day, kids and I got my wife and mom stuff. It was still hot though, so in the afternoon went driving around. I overdid it with the food though. See my weight below, that is the evening … Continue reading →

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Getting Hot

Posted on May 13, 2023 by larry

I been slowing down a lot, I am so hot. Got the AC running in our bedroom and the fan is blowing air into my office but it is hot and will get worse. Too lazy to work anyway, got … Continue reading →

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New ESXi Host Coming Online

Posted on May 9, 2023 by larry

Took a huge step today and renamed my old ESXi 6.7 host to something else and brought online the new ESXi host in its name (I liked the name). Slowly setting things up, at least it is online and the … Continue reading →

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DIY JBOD

Posted on May 8, 2023 by larry

Finally starting to put together my DIY JBOD container. I am still testing, but hoping in a week or so this will be live. I am still working on the ESXi host as well. Getting stronger each day. Weight: 335.6

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Cleaned up Office a bit

Posted on May 7, 2023 by larry

Tried to catch up on a bunch of little things, cleaned the office, installed wifi card into my infrastructure server, also found my new ESXi host did the minimum 3 pass for the memory check. Looks like it will come … Continue reading →

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Still Hurting Back and Tired

Posted on May 4, 2023 by larry

I think I need another day of rest. Not only is my hips and back sore, but I am tired. Need some sleep. I did get grafana charts for my ESXi hosts. Data is going in to a prometheus database. … Continue reading →

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