Category Archives: Training

This is all items related to my physical training.

Getting Chef Working

Posted on November 29, 2014 by larry

One of the reasons why I went through all of these upgrades was to be able to quickly rebuild servers and re provision the services. I have most of my DMZ servers at CentOS 6 64bit (just 1 server is … Continue reading →

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Quiet Black Friday

Posted on November 28, 2014 by larry

For me, 2014 Black Friday will be known as a quiet one. I knew a lot of stores were going to open yesterday on Thanksgiving, but the Seahawks were playing at the time the stores opened. So I decided to … Continue reading →

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Happy Thanksgiving 2014

Posted on November 27, 2014 by larry

My office is so clean I can actually work in it again, although the couch has junk on it, the floor is clear. I watched most of the Seahawks vs 49ers game from my office/man cave. It was enjoyable. Ate … Continue reading →

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Working On Desk Now

Posted on November 26, 2014 by larry

With the floor done, I am now focusing on my desk. Here is a before   And here it is after I got to give props to my coworker and friend Abbie, she motivated me to clean up my desk. … Continue reading →

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First Step Clean Floor

Posted on November 25, 2014 by larry

My office is getting cleaned.  First step was the floor, next is the desk. I should clean more tomorrow. Just doing pushup and situps.

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Wrong Firewall Config

Posted on November 24, 2014 by larry

Some frustration was lifted today when I figured out what I was doing wrong with my new firewall. Apparently I got the subnet masks wron.  After correcting it I felt like I had some good performance. I have two 10/100 … Continue reading →

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Server Room 2014 is Done

Posted on November 23, 2014 by larry

Finally am done with my server room. Here is a panorama of my bench.  I normally don’t bring drinks in here so that coffee cup is normally not there. Still have some Linux Servers that are not virtualized.  Primarily due … Continue reading →

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A Few More Things for Server Room

Posted on November 22, 2014 by larry

The server room is done, but I need to clean up with a vacuum. I feel a lot better at where the server room is.  I will call it done tomorrow and take some pictures. Just doing pushups and situps.

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Inspirational Cross Country

Posted on November 21, 2014 by larry

This evening I went to the final gather of the cross country runners for my son’s team.  I listened to all their stories and made me feel good. I may not run as fast as them but I am truly … Continue reading →

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Server Room So Close To Done

Posted on November 20, 2014 by larry

All the servers are in their place, just need to label things. Amazing how for this has gone.  One more day of organizing then I think I am done with the server room.  Little things like labels are time consuming … Continue reading →

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