Category Archives: New Toys

New DSL Line

Posted on May 24, 2016 by larry

Wow, got this new DSL line and I get some speed. I was supposed to get a better upload speed though, closer to 40Mbit. Didn’t run today, worked on this DSL most of the evening.  It is delicate.

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Problems Getting Harder

Posted on May 19, 2016 by larry

As I go through working with openhab, I am beginning to come across harder problems. Finally got charting going, it is HARD. Maybe a week from now I will think nothing of it. Not sure what I am doing right … Continue reading →

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OpenHAB Controlling Stuff

Posted on May 18, 2016 by larry

YES, I am so hooked on this IoT stuff. It works I am able to turn on and off my devices. So fun, I did not really work out, just pushups and situps.  

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New Training Board

Posted on May 15, 2016 by larry

So I have a new board for training I been looking at.  It is interesting, but there is little documentation on it on the net. Anyway, I got it working somewhat, and gathered some information on it, I figured out … Continue reading →

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Raining And Lazy

Posted on May 14, 2016 by larry

Meh, I felt like chilling out today.  So I did not work out. But I did get my system to image laptops faster. Still working out the kinks but it does work. Also late last night I got a Linksys … Continue reading →

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Finally Got One

Posted on May 9, 2016 by larry

Had a meetup today, and one of the guys sold me a Raspberry Pi Zero. Finally, my collection is near completion. No time to workout today, I was so busy.

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Not Getting Good Sleep Lately

Posted on April 29, 2016 by larry

For the past few days I have been having a rough time with sleep. It is impacting my day, I am so sleepy. Tonight I will try to make some of it up. On a side note I found a … Continue reading →

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Hip Sore

Posted on April 26, 2016 by larry

I think I overdid it yesterday, been hurting most of the day. Gonna take it easy tonight, try to run again tomorrow. I did upgrade the server that does backups.  Has a new 4TB drive and some other improvements like … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu 16.04 beta

Posted on March 30, 2016 by larry

I was told today that the class I am holding at Linuxfest will be on Ubuntu 16.04 so I have to try it out. Looks pretty good, boots up fast. Still going through some tests though. Life getting really busy, … Continue reading →

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More Focus

Posted on March 23, 2016 by larry

Still not sleeping well, but I did sleep better. Today I had better focus at work. Hoping to get some better sleep tonight. Got my Raspberry Pi 3 going.  It does work with the serial connection.

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