Category Archives: Coding

Custom Gridfinity Holder

Posted on March 16, 2026 by larry

Finally took the next step in my gridfinity journey. Took a while, this journey started a year ago. Looks way better than just boxes Those are STL I downloaded from the net, here are ones I scanned and created First … Continue reading →

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Frustrating Day At Work

Posted on March 5, 2026 by larry

A scan at work on my Linux admin box is triggering some security alerts. It looks like it is scanning my home directory and not the OS directory. Frustration is high because those are just templates, not config files for … Continue reading →

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Highschool Mentorship

Posted on February 24, 2026 by larry

Today as part of my work duties I went to school to offer mentorship to some students interested in tech. The place we went to was called the Puget Sound Skills Center. Kids there were interested in tech and one … Continue reading →

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Lab Startup and Shutdown Steps

Posted on February 23, 2026 by larry

Making use of lab but it does not need to be on all the time. So I figured out how to power on things, I can probably script it all, but I want to make sure things are started in … Continue reading →

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Ansible Presentation Tomorrow

Posted on February 22, 2026 by larry

Got a quick presentation tomorrow that requires a heck of a lot of preparation. It is late, past 10:30PM and I got most stuff done, but got a bit more to go. One hurdle is missing notes on how I … Continue reading →

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Sysprep Done Using Ansible

Posted on February 19, 2026 by larry

I got sysprep working at a minimal level the way I want. I now have a base windows 11 image I can use to rebuild a box relatively quickly. After a reboot I rename it and add it to the … Continue reading →

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Managing Windows With Ansible

Posted on February 18, 2026 by larry

Spun up a couple of cloned Windows 11 VMs and used sysprep on them Would like to streamline the sysprep process, so may work on creating a sysprep file. That is later though, meanwhile I got 3 windows boxes I … Continue reading →

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CIS Compliance

Posted on January 26, 2026 by larry

Spent a lot of the day in my lab writing ansible playbooks for CIS compliance. At work we have a server and clients that check but I wanted to do this in a lab environment. I did automated rebuilding 3 … Continue reading →

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Icy Walk

Posted on January 21, 2026 by larry

Walked late again today, maybe I should be more careful, was pretty darn icy Got a lot done on the tech side today, made use of the lab to test out building linux servers. I can rebuild a 3 node … Continue reading →

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Getting Info From HA to Mysql

Posted on January 19, 2026 by larry

There is a variable in my Home Assistant that is considered when turning the lights on or off automatically. I call them light hold values. If say the kitchen hold is on, then the motion sensors will not turn the … Continue reading →

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