Category Archives: New Toys

Bigger LED Ticker

Posted on August 11, 2026 by larry

I started putting together the larger version of the LED tracker. There are some new problems that are coming up, for one it needs more power. Another is ESP32 signal, it may not pass properly across all of the LED. … Continue reading →

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LED Project 90% Done

Posted on August 10, 2026 by larry

Wow quickest turnaround in putting together a project. Will get more out tomorrow, but working on building one 3 times the length. All powered by an ESP32 This is just a prototype for familiarization. I am working on the first … Continue reading →

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New LED Message Board

Posted on August 9, 2026 by larry

I am going to try and make this board It is from this youtube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gu4G6VifsE Going to begin printing everything now. I got most of the electronics. Looks like I need 3 of them. Weight: 313.8

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Making Room In Office

Posted on August 2, 2026 by larry

Been cleaning up my office and getting some new ways to organize it. On thing I added to my office was something from Ikea called Skagis, basically a pegboard. Kind of cool. Haven’t done my walk yet, been pretty busy. … Continue reading →

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No Parkrun Today

Posted on August 1, 2026 by larry

Clearly need to recover, if I run outside I risk life threatening breathing issues. I think I am getting better, got some stuff going for me again. Also got a lot of things done around the house, starting to remove … Continue reading →

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Personal Maker Space

Posted on July 23, 2026 by larry

Fell into an interesting rabbit hole today, I want to my personal maker space equipped and organized. Here is what I was thinking (with the help of chatgpt) I have most of these items, but wanted to list them here … Continue reading →

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More Fedora Fun

Posted on July 21, 2026 by larry

Got a lot going now with my Fedora Linux Laptop. Got it connected to my Internal Samba shares and am able to connect to the primary password database. Still struggling with mTLS though, aka client side certs. Office has been … Continue reading →

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Almost Disaster

Posted on July 18, 2026 by larry

I was replacing storage on a linux RAID, I was going to resilver my disks and go from 4TB to 8TB. Disaster hit though and a ran the wrong command and zerod out a drive. Luckily this is RAID but … Continue reading →

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Continue With Fedora Build

Posted on July 16, 2026 by larry

Found out something new about my wifi, the default is to rotate the MAC, I needed it the same so I chose permanent which used the hardware wifi. Also got wireguard working. Looks like there are two ways, wg-quick and … Continue reading →

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PR Tied today

Posted on July 11, 2026 by larry

I did not PR today, but was so close. I basically tied my last one. Daughter said I was moving, felt like it. After that I did a bunch of errands, got a LOT done. Went to Harbor Freight today … Continue reading →

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