Category Archives: New Toys

Prime Day Upgrade

Posted on July 16, 2024 by larry

Got parts I needed to upgrade my frigate box to a larger more powerful box. I do not think the IO is cutting it. If I get the same results I will move back to the 1L box and convert … Continue reading →

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New USB Drives

Posted on July 15, 2024 by larry

Got my drives for my new OS project. This is version alpha, only USB2 so we will see how it goes. Super tired though cannot to much. I think I am going to sleep early. Weight: 344.4

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Some Goals Reached

Posted on July 12, 2024 by larry

Made my goal of swimming 3 weeks, 3x per week, for 30 minutes. It feels good, the feeling after each swim is one of chlorine, ok accomplishment. Another thing is I got the 4th and final AWS instance built. Ready … Continue reading →

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Evening Finish

Posted on July 10, 2024 by larry

This was a rushed day, got meetings, and needed to return some stuff to Amazon, get my steps and swim in. On top of all that had my wife to drop off and pick up. I had a really small … Continue reading →

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Crappy Amcrest Camera

Posted on July 2, 2024 by larry

I hated this camera so much, I ordered another to get rid of the bad taste. The camera is the Amcrest ASH21-B-V3. It is part of the smarthome line and requires the app. There is no way to set it … Continue reading →

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NVME Upgrade

Posted on June 28, 2024 by larry

Finally did this, my 1TB 970EVO NVME drive was filling up, I purchased a 2 TB one to upgrade. I purchased this over a year ago (Nov of 2022) and finally got around to it. What this does is puts … Continue reading →

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Maybe New Frigate Server

Posted on June 26, 2024 by larry

The IOwait on my frigate server is crazy I posted this on reddit and someone suggested I set sync_recordings to false. I think that may have helped somewhat in that the values are now at sane levels. It still pops … Continue reading →

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Going Through Builds

Posted on June 18, 2024 by larry

I am able to build my prime home server ok, but the configuration is the hard part. Can’t seem to get ldap right. But I am slowly getting it, going through bunch of install an reinstalls. May switch to a … Continue reading →

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Waterproof Headset

Posted on June 17, 2024 by larry

Didn’t have time to post this yesterday but got a nice father’s day gift, I headset I can swim with. An interesting headset, my first bone-conduction sports headphone. I can swim with it, but not today. Weight: 347.2

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Father’s Day 2024

Posted on June 16, 2024 by larry

Kind of chilled today, no hard work, just small stuff. As of this post i have not completed my steps, but am close, sitting at 8500. Reduced the amount of cameras on my NVR. I don’t think it is handling … Continue reading →

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