Monthly Archives: January 2019

Awesome Weekend Getaway

Posted on January 31, 2019 by larry

Totally feel like a tourist, staying at a hotel, renting a car. It is weird, when I was younger I fantasized about going on vacations like this. Staying at a hotel, renting a car and doing what ever. When I … Continue reading →

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Hawaii Trip 1 2019

Posted on January 30, 2019 by larry

First trip of the year, possibly the first of 4 (more likely 3) trips this year. Going to Hawaii for a nice weekend getaway. Should be fun, although not looking forward to going through TSA. Sleeping early though, alarm is … Continue reading →

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Overachieving at Work

Posted on January 29, 2019 by larry

It was one of those days that I had to present something at work. I really thought I was unprepared, until my manager Joe saw how far I have progressed and was impressed. It was weird because I was so … Continue reading →

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Last PT

Posted on January 28, 2019 by larry

Got my last physical therapy done today. Ending a chapter. For the next 5 months I am going to escalate my training. But need to do my Hawaii trip first. So spent part of the day packing for my trip.

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Sinkhole Network

Posted on January 27, 2019 by larry

Going through an exercise to create a network that forces you to specific server and control the DNS entries. I could have done this easily with CentOS but my idea was the change this to a raspberry Pi.

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Lot Done Today

Posted on January 26, 2019 by larry

Got a lot of little things done today, got some boxes, a new phone for my son. Busy, and felt like I did not do much today.

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Too Many Machines

Posted on January 25, 2019 by larry

Yesterday I was chatting with my friend Rob. We are collaborating on a chef project and the conversation came on how many machines we have running. He said he had maybe three or four machines, I have maybe a dozen … Continue reading →

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New Chapter

Posted on January 24, 2019 by larry

Couple things closing this month… Today was the 2nd to the last day of PT, maybe, but I think I have come far enough along. Even ran on the treadmill. Last payment of a credit card. Kind of cool that … Continue reading →

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Cool Password Check Tool

Posted on January 23, 2019 by larry

I wanted to check my passwords to see if they were compromised but really didn’t feel safe having a third party check them. https://haveibeenpwned.com/Passwords Luckily they provide a large 10Gb file with hashed SHA1 passwords. I can simply run echo … Continue reading →

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Canon Scanner Issue

Posted on January 22, 2019 by larry

Been struggling with my scanner since I upgraded the OS share where it stores files from CentOS 6 to 7. After messing around with two servers, I am thinking it is an OS issue, not a configuration issue. I am … Continue reading →

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