Category Archives: New Toys

FOZM Project

Posted on March 7, 2021 by larry

I think my project has hit a great stopping point. Was up late last night (this morning?) working on my project. My project now has a pane for live video, still monitors and a table for history. I also have … Continue reading →

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Almost Broke My IP Camera

Posted on March 6, 2021 by larry

I was working on getting my security cameras times all set. I want to see which systems honor daylight savings time. I came across one of my better Hikvision cameras and the firmware did not match my other camera. So … Continue reading →

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Decomming Zoneminder

Posted on March 4, 2021 by larry

Work decommissioning my older zoneminder server has started for me. Cleaning up the new zoneminder. Also cleaning up some scripts. May decomm my homegrown scripts or at least migrate them off. Weight: 319.4

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First 3D Print

Posted on March 3, 2021 by larry

Bah, I am such a dodo head. A year from now, I am going to look back and see this is my first print job. Anyway as I post, another one is printing. Looking better Update: Not perfect but something … Continue reading →

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New ZoneMinder Up

Posted on March 2, 2021 by larry

Got it working, it is not fully commissioned, but it is going through some shake down. Looks good for now. Newer CPU definately handling what the old dual Xeons can handle. Also I did not know it, but my board … Continue reading →

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New Zoneminder Up

Posted on March 1, 2021 by larry

Got most of my new Zoneminder server built. Fan is good, need couple disks in there for Zoneminder recordings. Will get it up. Weight: 321.4

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Reorg My Home Office

Posted on February 27, 2021 by larry

Today spent a nice chunk of the day reorganizing my home office. Looking at things I can do to make it functional. Also put together my new Zoneminder Server. It is up and running, but needs some fans to stay … Continue reading →

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My First 3D Printer

Posted on February 23, 2021 by larry

Finally got it, so excited my first 3D printer. It is the recommended one for beginners the Creality Ender 3 Pro 3D Printer. The instructions were not 100%, some things were out of order, but it is easy to unscrew. … Continue reading →

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Source Of Constant Crashing

Posted on February 21, 2021 by larry

This was a VM, and I think there was an overloaded resource, I suspect storage, but that is just a gut. Also switched from a VLAN tag to untagged, since the source may have been networking (since it was not … Continue reading →

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Troubleshooting Constant Crashing

Posted on February 19, 2021 by larry

One of my boxes is crashing, sometimes I enjoy figuring out what went wrong, other times…. I just want it to work. This is one of those times I just want it to work, but as I dig around I … Continue reading →

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