Category Archives: Technical

July 4th 2022

Posted on July 4, 2022 by larry

Happy July 4th everyone. Usually something happens at work around this time, luckily nothing did, still I did some self inflicted stuff today. I put two kasa power plugs to monitor power on my esxi host. Unfortunately both shut off. … Continue reading →

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RTX3080 Installed

Posted on July 3, 2022 by larry

Didn’t want to wait too long before getting my RTX3080 Installed. It was a pain though, the clip did not want to come out properly. My box was ready though, already had cables, I knew this day would be coming … Continue reading →

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New Toys

Posted on July 2, 2022 by larry

Worked out early today, got a lot done, but also purchased couple significant items. Got my first RTX Nvidia FE card. Wife also got in to it, we got her a new fitbit and two pairs of running shoes. We … Continue reading →

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Long Day, Also long fitbit

Posted on July 1, 2022 by larry

What a long day, didn’t sleep well last night, my Excel started acting up so I spent a good junk troubleshooting. Continued this morning. Everything was delayed. Ended up being a graphics hardware acceleration issue in Excel. The latest update … Continue reading →

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Summer Solstice 2022

Posted on June 21, 2022 by larry

Three days of unusual days, Sunday was Father’s Day, Yesterday was Juneteenth, but I think it is normally on the 19th and today is Summer Solstice, longest day of the year, now it gets darker and time to up my … Continue reading →

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TPlink Kasa Switches

Posted on June 15, 2022 by larry

My new EP25 switches came in, and they do work with python-kasa and home assistant. It is still reasonable at $50 for a 4 pack, but things been crazy. The Raspberry Pi 4’s I purchased for $50 are now $130 … Continue reading →

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10Gbit Link

Posted on June 12, 2022 by larry

Got two fiber 10Gb links between my cores, they are not connected to end point devices yet but they are up between two 10GB switches. I need to upgrade the core switch and get a bigger 10G switch between locations. … Continue reading →

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Cleaning Up Network

Posted on June 11, 2022 by larry

Spent some time today cleaning up my network cables. Also organized some of the connections. At least some of the stuff is now trackable. Also enabled 10GB networking to improve overall network performance. Broke couple tabs on the keystones, frustrating. … Continue reading →

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Breaking Point

Posted on June 10, 2022 by larry

Reaching it again, where I want to quit. But I pushed an persevered and looks like I did good. These workouts are taking a lot out of my day, sooner or later I am going to have to cut down … Continue reading →

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Another Day Cutting It Close

Posted on June 6, 2022 by larry

Working out late again, barely finished in time for dinner. Finished my run at about 10:40 on the treadmill and still had a few more steps. Did my floors and was ok. Also got the 10G strung from garage to … Continue reading →

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