Category Archives: New Toys

Good Time To Print

Posted on July 13, 2025 by larry

Taking my first shot at printing in PETG. It is summer hot, and I think it will print well. Going to reprint all of the rackmounts in my server rack. Spent most of the day getting a test google account … Continue reading →

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10″ Rack is Nearly Done

Posted on July 12, 2025 by larry

Took 4 days of my spare time (got a Full Time job) but I am done. Most of the future changes will be aesthetics, like color coded cables or keystones. But it looks good. Will post more details, but it … Continue reading →

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Gonna Sleep Well Tonight

Posted on July 11, 2025 by larry

Didn’t sleep well last night, got home late, and I did work today so I did not get a decent rest day. I did swim and will be tired. As I post it is late and sloe to midnight, hope … Continue reading →

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Getting Better All Around

Posted on July 10, 2025 by larry

Health, finance, my side hustle all are starting to trend better, the next 18 months look extremely promising. Imagine falling into complete balance of health, career, spirtuality and finance. As I post I only have 203 steps left, I get … Continue reading →

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Energy Back, Maybe

Posted on July 9, 2025 by larry

Seems like swimming gives me some sort of energy boost. I just got done, I am all clean haven’t eaten dinner yet. Most of the day I was sluggish, doing better now. Also when I got out of the car … Continue reading →

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10″ Rack Here And Started

Posted on July 8, 2025 by larry

Got my 10 inch rack today, I wish I waited for from day, but the prime day one was not the color I wanted so I will keep this one. I also ordered some from prime day not sure if … Continue reading →

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Zoneminder Really Needs RAM

Posted on July 7, 2025 by larry

Much more RAM, OOM is doing its job Currently has 32GB of RAM, needs more, also need to tweak my settings maybe to use less RAM. I do have another 32GB on the way. Another thing that breaks is my … Continue reading →

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New R9 Zoneminder Up

Posted on July 6, 2025 by larry

Finally got zoneminder on Rocky 9. The CentOS 7 instance built in Q1 2021 needs some rest. Prior to that was Zoneminder built in August 2017, and the first instance of that was way back on a Pentium 4 CentOS … Continue reading →

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Kickstarts Built

Posted on June 27, 2025 by larry

I got all my public kickstarts done. Going through testing now. There is some weirdness where I have to shutdown the box and remove the boot media. Going to try with other hardware, not sure what is going on, maybe … Continue reading →

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Lab Slowly Coming Back

Posted on June 25, 2025 by larry

I am slowly setting up my demo lab. First thing I needed to do was get the old lab set up so I can extract the data I need to rebuild it. Then I been digging up ISO I needed … Continue reading →

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