Monthly Archives: November 2018

Tower to Desktop

Posted on November 10, 2018 by larry

Today my plex server from a tower PC to a desktop based PC. I was able to make use of a drive cage that took the space of 3 5 1/ 4 slots with 5 disks. There are also two … Continue reading →

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Going Through Hard Drives

Posted on November 9, 2018 by larry

I did not realize how many old hard drives are around the house.  I need to go through them and wipe them. Some of them are bad, but I need to get something setup to get through them quickly. Or … Continue reading →

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Gaining Weight

Posted on November 8, 2018 by larry

All this weird schedule is throwing off my weight loss.  Being hurt and going off keto doesn’t help either. Finally the gout sure did wreck some havock. Will get back to a more strict Keto.  

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FreeNAS Was A Good Decision

Posted on November 7, 2018 by larry

The more I play with my FreeNAS server, the more comfortable I am with my decision. It seems like ZFS is a solid network file system.  Also the other protections like backups, ECC RAM, UPS.  Also this is not just … Continue reading →

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Getting Worse

Posted on November 6, 2018 by larry

Gonna be a rough night, gout is ravaging me. I do not think I will sleep well tonight. Gout so bad, heartbeats hurt.  

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Not Doing Good

Posted on November 5, 2018 by larry

Feel like gout is coming on, hope it will be a kind one. Already hurting a lot. Took some meds to hopefully calm things down. I knew I was in trouble after PT today. Tomorrow will be bad.

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Odroid Go

Posted on November 4, 2018 by larry

My son and I worked on putting together a cool gaming gadget that emulates game devices like a Nintendo Gameboy. Its based on the ESP32 so I can probably flash Everything was included except the SD Card and games.  16GB … Continue reading →

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State Cross Country

Posted on November 3, 2018 by larry

I had the privilege of seeing my daughter run state Cross Country. Happy with how she did, she did run a 5k in under 22 minutes. Drive back was brutal, 200 miles, although I rested I drove it all. I … Continue reading →

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First Time In Pasco

Posted on November 2, 2018 by larry

Here in Pasco for my daughter in state XC.  Hopefully we will be here again next year. Long drive, next year hoping to start earlier.  Arrived when it was dark. Couple mistakes, first is that there are two Motel 6, … Continue reading →

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First 2016 Server on the Network

Posted on November 1, 2018 by larry

Finally got my first 2016 server on the network.  I think I may have to raise the functional domain level to 2012R2 though.  It currently is 2003… way old. With everything at CentOS 6 or higher and Windows 7 or … Continue reading →

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