Category Archives: Training

This is all items related to my physical training.

3D Printed Rack

Posted on August 6, 2025 by larry

I am going to give the all 3d printed rack a go. 10 inch server rack by McBig | Download free STL model | Printables.com Ordered some screws nuts and a two pairs of blanks to hold things together. As … Continue reading →

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Nice Day, Election Day

Posted on August 5, 2025 by larry

On my lunch break I walked 1 mile to drop off my ballot, I easily could have driven. But it was a nice day. Got close to half my steps and had an easy time getting my steps, finished off … Continue reading →

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What Did I Do Today

Posted on August 4, 2025 by larry

Felt unproductive, did assist someone with a grafana and prometheus instance. Looks like you can send data to prometheus with –web.enable-remote-write-receiver Am tired though, just finished my swim. Thinking after this post going to shower, dinner and bed. Weight is … Continue reading →

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Mid Summer Bar B Que

Posted on August 3, 2025 by larry

It is the middle of summer, Blue Angels rocking our area and the Mid Season Bar B Que happened. So to recap, there is normally a Memorial Day, July 4th and Labor day one. But added this one I think … Continue reading →

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May have to get off Zepbound

Posted on August 2, 2025 by larry

Bummer, my insurance company is saying I am no longer covered by zepbound and I should switch. Such good progress too. Late getting steps today though, as I post I have 9969 steps, 31 left. Everything else has been met. … Continue reading →

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No Lab Work Today

Posted on August 1, 2025 by larry

Not intentional, but I stayed out to the lab today. I think the lab has been off the whole day. But the lab is pretty well off, also today is a Friday got all day tomorrow and Sunday. Got up … Continue reading →

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Status on Demo Network

Posted on July 31, 2025 by larry

I am going to call home assistant good in my demo network. It is done, I am ok where it is at. Just finished monitoring, specifically nagios as well. Last thing is the Certificate Services and Securing. But with that, … Continue reading →

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Escape Room

Posted on July 30, 2025 by larry

Had an all day “meeting” for my team today. It is true we had some real administrative things to do for the first half of the day, but we all did lunch together at Red Robin in Tukwila. I spoke … Continue reading →

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Exhausting Productive Rewarding Day

Posted on July 29, 2025 by larry

One of those days that finished was fulfilling, got a lot done and next thing you know it work was over. I checked my steps and I had less than a thousand. Here I am nearly 11PM and still need … Continue reading →

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Revisit Linked Clones

Posted on July 28, 2025 by larry

Been exploring cloning in qemu/kvm and looked at cloning images. Building throw away VMs is fast now. Combine that with ansible and it is possible to spin up machines quickly. Still need to get backups going right. Kind of exhausted … Continue reading →

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