Category Archives: New Toys

Tracking My UPS Battery Replacements

Posted on February 3, 2026 by larry

Took the first step and trying to get UPS battery replacements today, long overdue. This is me trying to be proactive with battery replacements. Doing 3 years for off brand and 5 years for APC branded ones. Another thing that … Continue reading →

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Day 2 Cleanup

Posted on February 1, 2026 by larry

Office is coming along, I removed a bunch of old wires and gear to make things nicer. Stuff was mostly labeled, but some weren’t. I started the day with a reorg of some switches. I have come to the realization … Continue reading →

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Server Room Cleanup 2026

Posted on January 31, 2026 by larry

Last day of the month, some decent accomplishments. Finally started working on the server room Still working on it, ran out of time Also got my new filament dryer installed. We will see how it works. A lot of more … Continue reading →

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Weekend Here, Storage Focused

Posted on January 30, 2026 by larry

My weekend plans have a lot to do with storage. Adding an LSE SAS9300-16i with an adapter to allow an external 8 drives. But before that, I need move extents in a logical volume group to a larger physical disk. … Continue reading →

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Delayed Weekend

Posted on January 29, 2026 by larry

Normally I would have a 3 day weekend, but I was asked to fix a problem at work and it will span till tomorrow. But I will take it, because there is no Seahawks game this weekend and I was … Continue reading →

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Seahawks Win NFC, Headed to Superb Owl

Posted on January 25, 2026 by larry

Today was one of those, not doing much days. Was just waiting for the 3:30 kickoff of the Seahawks against the LA Rams with the winner claiming the NFC championship and headed to the Superb Owl. I did get my … Continue reading →

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Blue Skies, Still Cold

Posted on January 24, 2026 by larry

Got a lot done today even though I woke up late, credit maybe a good sleep to getting a lot done. Cleaned the CRV and did some significant cleaning on the roof. After that I took it to the car … Continue reading →

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Quickly Building New Lab

Posted on January 22, 2026 by larry

Today added three more machines on my lab, also figured out how to connect my lab to cloudflare. It is kind of cool So lap now supports cloudflare, and tailscale. Need to figure out how to get real email in … Continue reading →

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Almost Got All Parts for NAS

Posted on January 20, 2026 by larry

I ordered a couple more drives, almost got all the drives I need, not quite, but they are all new. Got the 2TB NAS fast drive, so almost there. Just need one bulk drive and two more NAS drives, and … Continue reading →

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Getting Info From HA to Mysql

Posted on January 19, 2026 by larry

There is a variable in my Home Assistant that is considered when turning the lights on or off automatically. I call them light hold values. If say the kitchen hold is on, then the motion sensors will not turn the … Continue reading →

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