Category Archives: New Toys

JIT Battery

Posted on May 14, 2025 by larry

The UPS battery came just in time, the UPS that needed its battery replacing was a major one holding up a bunch of network gear. The battery came in today and it was installed after it became clear, the unit … Continue reading →

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UPS Dying

Posted on May 13, 2025 by larry

My lastman project worked, got a bunch of SMS messages when the UPS for my stack of switches died. I looked at when I purchased this UPS, July 2021, so yeah 4 years, need to be replaced. I got quality … Continue reading →

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Mother’s Day 2025

Posted on May 11, 2025 by larry

Yesterday my wife was treated by our kids, but today I am so glad we have the Ring Camera with 2 way going. I was able to contact my mom through that. Eventually found out her cell wasn’t paid and … Continue reading →

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Easter 2025

Posted on April 20, 2025 by larry

Just needed to chill a bid, weather did suck. I just wasted time most of the day watching Youtube. But I did get the zigbee coordinator working on whit will be my mom’s home assistant instance. Here is what I … Continue reading →

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Back From The Past New Shoes

Posted on April 17, 2025 by larry

Wife and I went to Road Runner today and we each got two pairs of shoes. I been rocking Brooks Glycerin GTS 20s the past few months (Recall I got two pair from Outlet store) This time around I got … Continue reading →

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Planning Trip

Posted on April 15, 2025 by larry

Recall April 2 I was planning a trip to Molokai to do some work. One of those things was a Home Assistant install. Today I got my tickets and purchased the UPS. I have not posted on the box itself … Continue reading →

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Kickstart Rocky 9 KVM Host

Posted on April 10, 2025 by larry

I am putting together a kickstart for a KVM host. It basically grabs a kickstart from the cloud http://my.apolonio.tech/linux/kvmhost95.cfg And builds a KVM host running MATE. Still doing some testing, will do a video. Weight: 342.0

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Couldn’t Sleep Last night

Posted on April 9, 2025 by larry

Didn’t sleep again last night, but wasnt too tired today. I wonder if it will hit tomorrow. I got my new USB card in, looks like it can support an additional 4 ports. Tariffs are big in the news lately, … Continue reading →

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Whois No More

Posted on April 8, 2025 by larry

Stuff moves on, I didn’t know the whois protocol was getting deprecated. Ran a whois and got this Replaced with something called rdap. Frustrating searching for rdap utility, kept auto correcting to rdp. Anyway I asked chatgpt and it give … Continue reading →

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Planning Molokai Hass Install

Posted on April 2, 2025 by larry

I am planning a Home Assistant install in the Molokai house at the end of the month, kind of interesting in the logistics. Getting a UPS there, planning the install, internet connectivity. I think it should be a blog all … Continue reading →

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