Category Archives: Weigh In

Finally Cracked 320

Posted on February 27, 2026 by larry

Last time I was under 320 was 4 year ago around October of 2022, still a bit of the ways to go, before I was tracking regularly in a database. Got a lot done today, but didn’t quite finish my … Continue reading →

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Weekend I Can Rest

Posted on February 26, 2026 by larry

I may need it, if I can pack most of my chores tomorrow and Saturday I think I can relax Sunday because I got tomorrow off. Maybe I can simply focus on simple desktop stuff. Saturday is the end of … Continue reading →

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Body Sore Again

Posted on February 25, 2026 by larry

Not sure why my body is sore all day, maybe not been sleeping right, I am not sure. I feel like crawling into bed and sleeping all day. Got couple things to do though, may just go to bed early … 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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The Right Tool

Posted on February 21, 2026 by larry

Purchased this to remove pins last year, to assist in pin removals. It sucked!!! Got 1 pin removed with great difficulty Maybe I did it wrong, I think may have been a knock off, but later paid twice that Today … Continue reading →

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Discharged from OT

Posted on February 20, 2026 by larry

Good new, had my last visit with my occupational therapist. He measure my grip strength, pinch and thumb press. It was clear improvement. I did mention my back left shoulder hurts. He things it is just a muscle spasm. Couple … 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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