Category Archives: New Toys

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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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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