Monthly Archives: January 2026

Server Room Cleanup 2026

Posted on January 31, 2026 by larry

Last day of the month, some decent accomplishments. Finally started working on the server room Still working on it, ran out of time Also got my new filament dryer installed. We will see how it works. A lot of more … Continue reading →

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Weekend Here, Storage Focused

Posted on January 30, 2026 by larry

My weekend plans have a lot to do with storage. Adding an LSE SAS9300-16i with an adapter to allow an external 8 drives. But before that, I need move extents in a logical volume group to a larger physical disk. … Continue reading →

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Delayed Weekend

Posted on January 29, 2026 by larry

Normally I would have a 3 day weekend, but I was asked to fix a problem at work and it will span till tomorrow. But I will take it, because there is no Seahawks game this weekend and I was … Continue reading →

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Hanging In There

Posted on January 28, 2026 by larry

It is hard to go to the gym, been simply too busy. I feel like I got a lot going on, I usually prepare a to do list over the weekend, but had to do one just for today. Glad … Continue reading →

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Quick Day Too Much

Posted on January 27, 2026 by larry

I got a lot going on, day is not over yet, probably going to work a few more hours, but I still got my steps to do. I had my usual Tuesday morning meeting then I went off and did … Continue reading →

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CIS Compliance

Posted on January 26, 2026 by larry

Spent a lot of the day in my lab writing ansible playbooks for CIS compliance. At work we have a server and clients that check but I wanted to do this in a lab environment. I did automated rebuilding 3 … Continue reading →

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Seahawks Win NFC, Headed to Superb Owl

Posted on January 25, 2026 by larry

Today was one of those, not doing much days. Was just waiting for the 3:30 kickoff of the Seahawks against the LA Rams with the winner claiming the NFC championship and headed to the Superb Owl. I did get my … Continue reading →

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Blue Skies, Still Cold

Posted on January 24, 2026 by larry

Got a lot done today even though I woke up late, credit maybe a good sleep to getting a lot done. Cleaned the CRV and did some significant cleaning on the roof. After that I took it to the car … Continue reading →

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Return If Some Things

Posted on January 23, 2026 by larry

Revisited some things that worked for me in 2025. Was a good productive day, also got my Zepbound shots. But will administer that tomorrow. Weight: 323.8

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Quickly Building New Lab

Posted on January 22, 2026 by larry

Today added three more machines on my lab, also figured out how to connect my lab to cloudflare. It is kind of cool So lap now supports cloudflare, and tailscale. Need to figure out how to get real email in … Continue reading →

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