Category Archives: New Toys

MLK Day 2022

Posted on January 17, 2022 by larry

Finally, the thin client mail server is up and in production Uses postfix instead of sendmail Got autoconfigure working Dovecot working Certs working submission (tcp/587) and smtps (tcp/465) working procmail working spamassissin working sasl via dovecot backups monitoring (grafana and … Continue reading →

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Hard Cards

Posted on January 14, 2022 by larry

I recall my first hard drive was in my Tandy 1000SL and it was a whopping 20MB. I have songs that are larger than 20MB now. Anyway I installed this in my NAS today 24,000 x larger. And I consider … Continue reading →

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New Machines At PT

Posted on January 13, 2022 by larry

Today I was introduced to some new machines at the training area. It makes working out like a video game. You have to follow this tunnel and hit some times. You exercise corelates to your motion. For example the bench … Continue reading →

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Year End Cleaning

Posted on December 30, 2021 by larry

In addition to backing up I wanted to have a clean office by the start of the new year. Started something I hope to finish. But did do couple other cool things, replaced the RAM in my set Also rebuilt … Continue reading →

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Kickstart Rocky DVD UEFI and BIOS

Posted on December 28, 2021 by larry

Figured out how to get a kickstart DVD going in Rocky Linux 8 in both UEFI and BIOS (legacy), with the help of the Internet of course (Reddit) Any way I settled on two base configs plain server, and prime … Continue reading →

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What A Feelin

Posted on December 22, 2021 by larry

Great workout today, also was alone in gym so I could grunt. I don’t recall a workout like that for a long time. I had energy to spare. Figure out the switch problem, wasn’t my end. One of goals before … Continue reading →

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Still Having Switch Problems

Posted on December 20, 2021 by larry

Futility That is what it feels like. Seems like the switches are all out of whack. Frustrating. Need to wait till power can be turned off again. Weight: 350.0

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Getting TP Link Light Switch

Posted on December 19, 2021 by larry

Finally got the TPlink switches on my network. It was a pain getting setup, really need to trace where cables are, but got it working. Don’t know if I want to go through that again. A lot of trial and … Continue reading →

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Getting More Thin Clients Online

Posted on December 11, 2021 by larry

Got another thin client ready to take over some duties of VMs that are on an ESXi host I want to shutdown. Modifying my strategy a bit, thinking of shutting down (maybe even disconnecting power completely) and keeping the server … Continue reading →

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New UPS Problems

Posted on December 10, 2021 by larry

OK I had UPS the delivery company problems, but today, I got the APC UPS device problems. I recently hooked up my new UPS and it is emitting a distinct electronic burn or at least overheated smell. Pretty disappointed because … Continue reading →

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