Category Archives: New Toys

Reflections on 2020

Posted on December 31, 2020 by larry

This is the time of year I look back at what happened the past 366 days (being a leap year), and most if it was not good, but some of it was, so this year I will start the post … Continue reading →

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Christmas 2020

Posted on December 25, 2020 by larry

Actually a pretty subdued Christmas. Got some decent gifts, a mouse, mouse pad and other cools stuff. Got a gift for myself though. Found a sale on an AMD Ryzen 5 3600. I have all the parts to make this … Continue reading →

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It Finally Came

Posted on December 19, 2020 by larry

Finally got my DeskPi case. Ordered it Sep 28 nearly 3 months ago. Unfortunately I cant do a review on it because I do not have an available Raspberry Pi 4 which I do not anticipate getting till next year … Continue reading →

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Building a pihole

Posted on December 18, 2020 by larry

My buddy Rob was looking at buying a PC for a simple pihole/openvpn. I have a spare PC and am in the process of building it. Had a weird problem that delayed the build though, wouldn’t build from CentOS 7.9 … Continue reading →

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Learning Kubernetes

Posted on December 10, 2020 by larry

Starting to learn some new tech, finding out it is more complex than anticipated. Learning kubernetes and docker. It is very complex, but I will figure it out. Weight: 320.0

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Anker BT Speaker

Posted on December 3, 2020 by larry

Got another Anker Bluetooth speaker. Cheaper one without the bass boost. It is the Anker Soundcore 2 Kind of nice, got to admit. Works well with my Linux box. Weight: 319.0

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AMD CPU Prices

Posted on December 2, 2020 by larry

So glad I purchased my prices PRIOR to black Friday, back in early October. Back then a Ryzen 5 2600 was 144.99 and a Ryzen 3 3100 was 114.99 Now on newegg the Ryzen 5 2600 is $219.99 and the … Continue reading →

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Black Friday 2020

Posted on November 27, 2020 by larry

Not as bad of a black Friday as I expected. I did get a hard drive, a dust buster, slippers and some drill bits. But the fun was a game called Dead of Daylight. It was on sale on Steam. … Continue reading →

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Upgrading Firewalls

Posted on November 22, 2020 by larry

Its time to upgrade my pfSense firewalls. It was not 100% smooth, but it was easier then I expected. Check the uptime on this server though That is amazing. Weight: 317.2

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Another Lockdown Coming

Posted on November 15, 2020 by larry

Word came down today that there is going to be another lockdown here in Washington. Four weeks of more lockdown. Seahawks lost too, so the bad news keeps coming. At least I figured out the logs in Grafana, viewing them. … Continue reading →

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