Category Archives: New Toys

My Dog’s Last Birthday

Posted on October 10, 2025 by larry

We celebrated my dogs birthday today, this is sad in that it will be his last. But we made it a good one, he had steak, a cake and extra food. Trying to enjoy the last few days with him. … Continue reading →

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Slow Pain

Posted on October 8, 2025 by larry

I know I have not been healthy myself, with the knowledge of my dog is terminal and trying to accept his fate, I have not taken care of myself either. Since I got back I have not eaten much, not … Continue reading →

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Internet On The Plane

Posted on October 6, 2025 by larry

One of the things that I finally experienced was having Internet on the plane. It was an unexpected pleasant surprise when I flew to Hawaii. But going back, I am on the fence. There was a scene in Star Trek … Continue reading →

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Yes, Good Milestone Reached

Posted on October 1, 2025 by larry

Didn’t think it was gonna make it today, wasn’t really paying attention. Then lo and behold, after a hard swim and some time in the jacuzzi, I hit the lowest weight since I been tracking in the database. It will … Continue reading →

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WPA2 Enterprise

Posted on September 29, 2025 by larry

I dropped off my son to his dorm last night, at the same time I deployed a small server stack for his use. One of the challenges in the past was getting connected to wifi. The Wifi used WPA2 enterprise. … Continue reading →

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Wireguard Believer

Posted on September 28, 2025 by larry

Wow, that was easy, no certs to track too. The only thing is if a key gets compromised you dont know when it expires. I am going to start moving all my stuff to wireguard now. Kind of chill day, … Continue reading →

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Organizing Stuff

Posted on September 27, 2025 by larry

Moving some systems around to get a bit organized on the network front. I moved my first server from a think client to a mini PC, running some tests but it feels like a non event. Going from ESXi VM … Continue reading →

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Trying Out OpnSense Firewall

Posted on September 24, 2025 by larry

We will see how it goes, still configuring, a lot of new today. Another change happening really soon is moving to wireguard, already implemented tailscale. Finally, got new glasses, still in the container, I tried on my spares from 2023 … Continue reading →

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Production VMs on KVM

Posted on September 20, 2025 by larry

Pretty big accomplishment, the first was a simple DNS server, then was a little bit harder with the main LDAP server. But the tough one, which I knew was going to be it was the Unifi Network Application server. I … Continue reading →

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Playing With QEMU KVM

Posted on September 18, 2025 by larry

Now that I got 1 QEMU server going, planning on getting more. Probably another production one and a development one. It is cool, I got a pair of Linux templates on my QEMU server now and am ready to move … Continue reading →

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