Category Archives: New Toys

Break In Emergency

Posted on April 1, 2025 by larry

Came across an idea where I can put something like money in to a 3D printed device where you would have to break in order to read it. Found these things which would go in a keychain. There is a … Continue reading →

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HP Elitedesk 800G3

Posted on March 20, 2025 by larry

What a pain to get set up, but I needed it for my projects. This will have 32GB of RAM and , 500GB NVME and a 500GB SATA disk for long term storage. I may upgrade it in the future. … Continue reading →

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Updated Prime Build

Posted on March 18, 2025 by larry

I think I got a good update as of today for my PRIME build with the latest home-assistant, cloudflared and pihole. I also got a quick setup build going on. It should be validated by tomorrow. Ironed out isssues with … Continue reading →

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Surprising Gift

Posted on March 12, 2025 by larry

Wife got this for me today This wasn’t incredibly expensive, came to about 59.99+tax This will NOT replace my Samsung Galaxy 24 Ultra, but it will replace my 2019 Samsung Note. Weight: 340.6

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Decent Tech Progress

Posted on March 11, 2025 by larry

As the office becomes more streamlined I feel like I can focus on more stuff. Today I got the WWAN unit to talk to the internet. Also forgot to mention I got the iodd ST400 unit running as well. It … Continue reading →

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iodd ST400

Posted on March 8, 2025 by larry

Finally got time to crack this open and give it a look Kind of weird to use, still going through it. Formatting it was a challenge and the navigation window was not that intuitive. Weight: 341.8

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Fourth Rack

Posted on March 2, 2025 by larry

Got a fourth rack in the house. This is meant more as a shelf that has a PDU and the KVM. What a pain moving that KVM was. Good news is I think I can get away with the cables … Continue reading →

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New SMS Gateway

Posted on March 1, 2025 by larry

Got the parts for my new SMS gateway Here is how it looks assembled I had to go through resetting it First ran this Then unplugged and replugged the unit and ran some additional commands. Weight: 340.6

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Starting New Project

Posted on February 27, 2025 by larry

Yes I know, I haven’t finished couple others. This new one is a simple keypad and LCD display to enter in my weight, since I cannot figure out how the scale broadcasts the weight on it. I did get parts … Continue reading →

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Wasted Test Prints

Posted on February 25, 2025 by larry

Went through a lot of filament getting the right print. Check this gridfinity lids I printed This is the bottom of the lid, the first two on the left were printed upside down, but the 3rd one was using tree … Continue reading →

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