Monthly Archives: November 2014

Needed A Day To Chill

Posted on November 30, 2014 by larry

No football, mild cleaning, a little learning a lot of sleep. There was football, but it wasn’t really a stressed endeavor.  Very little on the line for now. I did move some stuff around, not true cleaning, just reorganization. Learned … Continue reading →

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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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