Category Archives: New Toys

Emergency Trip

Posted on March 5, 2023 by larry

Had to schedule a last minute trip to Canada for Emergency reasons. Was thinking about how to manage network from home. Looks like I will be brining my personal laptop there. Anyway losing weight got my fitbit goals done. Slept … Continue reading →

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Physical Therapist 2023

Posted on January 26, 2023 by larry

Wow, saw the PT today, and I think they nailed what is going on with me. We believe it is a muscle in mu buttocks. She had me do a clamshell exercise and I do feel the pain. Also got … Continue reading →

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Been Feeling Better

Posted on January 25, 2023 by larry

Hitting my fitbit goals, and even though it is 10k been hitting 12k. I think this is the part I get stronger and lighter. Got most of the parts for my new disk add ons except the most important one, … Continue reading →

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Case for Storage

Posted on January 21, 2023 by larry

Found a large case with a bunch of 5.25″ external interface ports so I can install multiple hot swappable disk trays. It is not going to look pretty but it will be secure. Tomorrow I got some down time, so … Continue reading →

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Light Coming Out

Posted on January 17, 2023 by larry

The sun is still out when I begin my walk, but it has been getting darker. I walked around RTC three times, started at around 5PM got done at 6:30, almost an exact pace of 30 minutes a lap. Was … Continue reading →

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Win Win All Around

Posted on January 16, 2023 by larry

Starting to work towards my goals one step at a time. Today I traded CPUs with my son’s PC, he got a faster AMD 5500 and I got a compatible AMD 2600 CPU for CentOS 7. Got little things done … Continue reading →

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Lot’s Going On

Posted on January 13, 2023 by larry

Have a small to do list, but still a lot of things to do, meaning there are tasks I am missing and need to plan it up. Had a lot of goals when I started the year, haven’t started it. … Continue reading →

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CentOS 7 doesnt support new CPU

Posted on January 11, 2023 by larry

Got the CPU in today, but after wasting a bunch time trying to install CentOS 7 on it. At first I blamed the motherboard, it is an ASUS Prime B550-plus. I even upgraded the firmware. Then I tried another Linux, … Continue reading →

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Bad Habits Back

Posted on January 9, 2023 by larry

Eating late at night and wasting money in the casino. Need to reign that in. I did resume one habit (determination), that is not letting light rain stop me from my walk. It was late at night, just got home … Continue reading →

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Painful Lessons

Posted on December 30, 2022 by larry

I consider my network and passwords relatively secure, it has its vulnerabilities and there is a balance between ease of use and security. Lastpass which I mentioned a few blog posts ago made it painfully obvious that cloud is not … Continue reading →

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