Category Archives: New Toys

Figured out USB drives

Posted on January 30, 2020 by larry

Looks like the USB drives are working, but lost a huge opportunity to record videos due to the delay. Need to make it up some how. But I do have a batch of 32GB flash drives to start things off. … Continue reading →

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Trying To Get a Working USB

Posted on January 29, 2020 by larry

Been trying to get a working USB to boot. Not sure why its not working right. Maybe I need to sync, or commit. Something sure is not working right. Weight: 300.6

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New Toys In The House

Posted on January 25, 2020 by larry

I am wary, but we now got an Alexa in the house. It turns a couple of devices. Not sure how I feel yet. Also got my BLE devices all labeled up, now need to package them. Almost purchased another … Continue reading →

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Vulnerability Scanning

Posted on January 18, 2020 by larry

Spent a nice chunk of the day scanning my forward facings systems with OpenVAS on Kali Linux. I lot of the vulnerabilities are due to weak ciphers. SSH, https, imaps, pops, smtps. From old SSLv3, TLS 1, and algorithms like … Continue reading →

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Raspberry Pi 0 W Kit from Amazon

Posted on January 9, 2020 by larry

I have been having a heck of a time getting these Raspberry Pi 0 W from Adafruit, so I bit the bullet and purchased a kit. I purchased two kits to finally get my bike club set up to the … Continue reading →

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New Small PC

Posted on December 14, 2019 by larry

Purchased a small rig with USB3 so I can image USB and other things quicker. Unfortunately it has only 16GB of hard drive space, but overall it is cheaper than a Raspberry Pi. Of course it consumes more power. Ordered … Continue reading →

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Final Order of Tags

Posted on December 11, 2019 by larry

I think I have enough tags for this project. Wish they are all the same but they are not. This final order is through AliExpress. My last order was bad, I am not sure how this one will fare. But … Continue reading →

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Rebuilding An Old Server

Posted on December 6, 2019 by larry

I finally got the parts to rebuild a server that is core to my network. Actually I need to do a few more pieces to get it in a state that is good. Tomorrow will so what it takes to … Continue reading →

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Another BLE Power Test

Posted on December 5, 2019 by larry

Tried another time test to see how long the Pi would stay up This time it was a small small one 2200 mah It lasted 8 1/2 hours, but then I realized a process was not running so it probably … Continue reading →

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Dog on the Mend

Posted on December 4, 2019 by larry

Official day 1 of our dogs recovery process. He will be crated for about 2 to 3 weeks. Hopefully like a Christmas gift, he will be out on the 25th. Can’t believe it is almost the end of the year, … Continue reading →

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