Monthly Archives: January 2016

Couldn’t Sleep Last Night

Posted on January 21, 2016 by larry

Back to sleep struggles.  Not sure why I cannot sleep without ambien. I have stuff to do today, so I won’t be going to bed soon. Still hopeful I will get some straight sleep though. I think I need a … Continue reading →

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Sleeping Little Better

Posted on January 20, 2016 by larry

I been sleeping a little better but I am still struggling.  I did go to bed before midnight, but I think I need to get to bed even sooner. If I get up early enough, I think I will consider … Continue reading →

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Almost Gout

Posted on January 19, 2016 by larry

Yesterday I thought I hurt my foot, this morning I thought uh oh, this feeling like gout. I went to the Dr, and it may be a mild bout with gout.  No exercise till pain goes away. But high BP … Continue reading →

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Amazing Cisco DSL Modem

Posted on January 18, 2016 by larry

This modem I have for my DSL line is over 10 years old, I wouldn’t doubt it is closing in on 15. But it still outperforms a new Actiontec I purchased. With the end in sight for my DSL line, … Continue reading →

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Dev Environment Up

Posted on January 17, 2016 by larry

But it is actually on older hardware. This new Hardware I got is pretty amazing for $99.  I have enough RAM to bring it up to 48GB and it has dual power supplies and tons of storage, although I don’t … Continue reading →

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Need A Dev Environment

Posted on January 16, 2016 by larry

It is clear that I need a development environment.  I picked up a physical box that may do the trick.  The deal is it needs to hold a lot of disk. Once it is online, I am going to move … Continue reading →

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More ReOrg

Posted on January 15, 2016 by larry

One of the things I really need to do is toss out some of these older computers. I think I can rearrange some things and make more space.  But I need to let go. So this weekend, which is a … Continue reading →

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Really Sleeping Early

Posted on January 14, 2016 by larry

Didn’t sleep well last night, part of it was because I wanted to get more in to Amazon Web Services. I have a lot to figure out. Pretty sure my body wants to sleep early tonight.  I am going let … Continue reading →

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Retiring DSL Line

Posted on January 13, 2016 by larry

After nearly 15 years (maybe over 15 years) with this DSL line, I think it is time to retire it.  At least the static IPs. After just a day with playing on AWS I would say price and reliability are … Continue reading →

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Getting In To The Cloud

Posted on January 12, 2016 by larry

I got some interesting stuff going.  I have finally took the leap into the AWS cloud. It was actually incredibly trivial.  I asked a bunch of questions, but hard to really understand till you drill down and do it. I … Continue reading →

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