Category Archives: Training

This is all items related to my physical training.

Linuxfest 2019 Day One

Posted on April 26, 2019 by larry

OK, we left Renton earlier this year, and got to Bellingham at a decent time. Unfortunately, the hotel I got was not what I expected. It is nice, but it is off near the airport, and my mifi signal strength … Continue reading →

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Presentation Almost Done

Posted on April 24, 2019 by larry

Got quite a bit done for my presentation. To be honest, it is running late. Got some cool videos in it though. Tomorrow I will finish and begin packing things.

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Thinking of Getting Radio License

Posted on April 23, 2019 by larry

Just checking it out, but thinking of getting my Amateur Radio License. Now is not the time with Linuxfest closing in. I need to focus on my presentation. Saturday will be here soon enough. But couldn’t help myself, looking into … Continue reading →

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Screwed Up A Linux Box

Posted on April 22, 2019 by larry

Glad this was done on a lower priority machine. I was building a Linux box, and I inadvertently dd’d the root volume. Luckily I saw what I did and was able to backup my critical files. Took a while but … Continue reading →

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Easter Tulip Festival

Posted on April 21, 2019 by larry

Whole family went to Skagit county to participate in the Tulip festival. It was fun. Took some pictures, as always there are people in the background. But I learned out how to edit them out with Photoshop Essentials today. Lent … Continue reading →

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Another Bike Day

Posted on April 20, 2019 by larry

Son attended another bike trip with his bike club. I really wanted to participate, but I know my back can’t handle a tough bike run. Even my son’s back hut a bit. But got to say, my back is better.

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Good Friday 2019

Posted on April 19, 2019 by larry

Another Lent season coming to an end. It is 10:19 and I am counting the minutes before I can eat again. On another note, got family using last pass. We’ll see how it goes. Looks pretty secure. A lot of … Continue reading →

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Home Power Outage

Posted on April 18, 2019 by larry

So there was a planned power outage in my home today where the went from an older meter To a newer digital one Even though this was a planned power outage, the startup procedures for my network was incorrect. Some … Continue reading →

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Finally Crisp Pictures

Posted on April 17, 2019 by larry

Figured out how to connect my DSL to my laptop for clear pictures. Using software called qDslrDashboard. The trick is to use the ZaDig software to change the drivers used to access the camera. Finally getting easy to take crystal … Continue reading →

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UEFI Problems

Posted on April 16, 2019 by larry

Looks like systems with older UEFI systems need an older BOOTX64.EFI file. I found this out when trying to boot my system on an older DELL https://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=15522 I mounted an older CentOS (CentOS-7-x86_64-Everything-1804.iso) and it worked. Article also mentions a … Continue reading →

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