Category Archives: Technical

End of CentOS

Posted on December 8, 2020 by larry

Got some bummer news, looks like CentOS 8 is going to End of Life sooner then expected. It will end next year. CentOS 7 will still expire as scheduled, in exactly 1300 days on June 30, 2024. So we got … Continue reading →

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Web Site Redesign

Posted on December 6, 2020 by larry

Someone hired me to do a web site redesign. It feels like a prelude to my own website redesign. The huge difference is his was simple. Will see. On the workout front, actually went around RTC today. Weight: 320.2

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Now My Rig Is Full

Posted on December 5, 2020 by larry

Yesterday I mentioned I removed the Seagate hard drive from its USB enclosure. At least it works in my machine now, but it is full. I can not add any more drives. All the SATA connectors are used, the NVME … Continue reading →

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Low Trust On Seagate

Posted on December 4, 2020 by larry

I used to trust Seagate drives more than Western Digital drives. This is the second large multi TB drive that failed on me this year. Luckily I was able to shuck it (remove the drive) and the data was fine. … Continue reading →

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Anker BT Speaker

Posted on December 3, 2020 by larry

Got another Anker Bluetooth speaker. Cheaper one without the bass boost. It is the Anker Soundcore 2 Kind of nice, got to admit. Works well with my Linux box. Weight: 319.0

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AMD CPU Prices

Posted on December 2, 2020 by larry

So glad I purchased my prices PRIOR to black Friday, back in early October. Back then a Ryzen 5 2600 was 144.99 and a Ryzen 3 3100 was 114.99 Now on newegg the Ryzen 5 2600 is $219.99 and the … Continue reading →

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One Presentation Down

Posted on November 29, 2020 by larry

Boy do I wait last minute, but I did get a presentation done. One more to go. The first was a presentation on home networks, now need to do one on IoT Arduino. Weight: 318.4

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Black Friday 2020

Posted on November 27, 2020 by larry

Not as bad of a black Friday as I expected. I did get a hard drive, a dust buster, slippers and some drill bits. But the fun was a game called Dead of Daylight. It was on sale on Steam. … Continue reading →

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Black Friday Deals

Posted on November 25, 2020 by larry

Been watching for any Black Friday deals, there are none. Waiting till actual Friday, but it seems really light. Nothing of interest, but feel obligated to buy something. No video cards. Maybe some disk. Weight: 320.6

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Cleaning Up Folders

Posted on November 23, 2020 by larry

Trying to organize my folders so I can clean up some space. Found a cool tool winmerge. Also last night I had an issue with my network, Wifi was available on a subnet it should not be on. Need to … Continue reading →

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