Monthly Archives: January 2026

Demo NAS Up

Posted on January 11, 2026 by larry

My 2026 demo project is up, recall last year was the home server, this year it is a NAS I will begin to document how to build one. Weight: 326.2

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Getting Foot Into Local LLM

Posted on January 10, 2026 by larry

Purchased an RTC 5060 ti with 16GB of VRAM with the sole intent of using it to learn openllama. Of course this leads to a rabbit hole like is my gear up to the task. I am wondering if I … Continue reading →

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Places Close Time Marches On

Posted on January 9, 2026 by larry

We had one last dinner at this Little Peking, a Chinese Fusion food place near me. Sign was broken for a long time, but the place was clean. Food was great today, not sure if they wanted to go out … Continue reading →

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Still Getting Ready for 2026

Posted on January 8, 2026 by larry

Feeling like I don’t have a plan for 2026, I kinda of do, but I have not reflected on what is ahead of me. I just have not had the time to reflect and push for it. No Seahawks this … Continue reading →

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Disappointed With NVME to SATA

Posted on January 7, 2026 by larry

Recall yesterdays post regarding the NVME to SATA adapter Doesn’t work as expected, it seems to struggle. Can’t even get temp or smart info. Kind of sad. Searching for a new solution. Weight: 325.0

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Demo NAS Coming Together

Posted on January 6, 2026 by larry

Made some significant progress on my demo NAS. I will have more pics later, but currently have USB SATA connections to the JBOD. Didn’t work as expected, SMART just broken Both temp and smart do not give any information. I … Continue reading →

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Back To Work 2026

Posted on January 5, 2026 by larry

Had my first official day for 2026 today, felt like a grind really sluggish. I thought as the day wore on I would gain momentum. Not so, my head was still in vacation mode. So I kickstarted it with a … Continue reading →

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Moving Back To Garage

Posted on January 4, 2026 by larry

Not sure this is a workable goal in 2026, but I was thinking about moving a lot of the fabrication back to the garage. I used to have a workspace there but it was overrun buy junk, I thought after … Continue reading →

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Seahawks Win… Again… Against the 49ers

Posted on January 3, 2026 by larry

To be honest, my day kind of stopped for this Seahawks game. I did a few things this morning, but my day was mostly waiting for the Seahawks to start. Oh boy, not as great as the LA Rams game … Continue reading →

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Personal Check 2026

Posted on January 2, 2026 by larry

Today was the second day of my 4 day weekend. It felt like I did not do much work today, but on reflection, I did a lot of work. A big chunk of that was a financial check for myself. … Continue reading →

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