Getting Older, Weekend Needed for Rest

Posted on March 30, 2025 by larry

Today, a Sunday, I got ahead of my tax filing for 2024. I usually do it the weekend before, but I got most of the things I need to file, all left are student expenses and stuff which Turbo Tax reports I need to complete.

But according to the numbers, we getting a small refund, which is good because we are not loaning out free money.

But the thing I want to mention is that I am finding the weekends is where I need my time back to rest. I did wake up at 7:30 did the dogs insulin and my taxes and went to bed at 9AM till 1PM.

Total I think I slept 10 hours.

Even though I have a desk job, I been burning me weekdays pretty hard.

Weekend arrives I want to rest.

Weight: 341.0

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More Lawn Fixing

Posted on March 29, 2025 by larry

Added a view more rolls of sod to our lawn. Unfortunately, looks like the batch we got did not have enough sun.

Hoping it will improve, sooner than later.

Weight: 340.6

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Cloning VMs

Posted on March 28, 2025 by larry

I primarily kickstart VMs when I build them, and I will probably continue on with this process for long term production machines.

But I sometimes need quick throw away machines. Recall it takes me 40 minutes to build a machine, need to cut that time down.

Weight: 342.8

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No Storm

Posted on March 27, 2025 by larry

Not complaining but a little disappointed, there was not storm, no hail. Very little lightening.

The problem is that people will no longer believe the weather report next time.

Cars are ok, no power outages.

Sitting safe.

Did hit gym today, seeing about hitting it 3 days a week. Did 30 minutes of treadmill.

Weight: 346.6

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Big Storm Incoming

Posted on March 26, 2025 by larry

Batten down the hatches, big storm coming. As I post there are reports already of power outages.

So doing a quick post myself before it is too late.

Weight: 344.6

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Time To Build A Linux Server

Posted on March 25, 2025 by larry

I just wanted to see how long it took me to build an Linux Server on my network from nothing.

Patched, with LDAP and all the little requirements I have on my network.

Here is the short answer 38 minutes 36 seconds

A little more detail

23:37 was the initial OS Build

29:55 was the initial configuration via ansible

31:57 was SSL and some other ssh keys stuff

38:36.01 was the final all patched and can go into production.

Does not include monitoring or backups.

Weight: 341.2

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Didn’t Sleep Well Didn’t Matter

Posted on March 24, 2025 by larry

I had about 2 hours of sleep last night, I was ok though. Because I had a lot of rest in the bank so to say.

What was surprising was I got my 10k steps and 10 floors.

I was going to call it quits, but my son convinced my to go to the Y, it was a good feeling, I initially did only 15 minutes on the elliptical, but when I saw I only needed 30 more minutes I would get it all, I hid the treadmill.

I did get more progress on my KVM host. I got it kickstarting and it works.

Weight: 340.2

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Initial QEMU Kickstart

Posted on March 23, 2025 by larry

Been working a bit on my QEMU KVM kickstart today.

Kind of fun hobby, enjoyed seeing it come together.

I got the kickstart going and am working on a proper workflow to get this working.

Got my weight officially under 340 again.

Weight: 339.6

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Custom Qemu Kickstart

Posted on March 22, 2025 by larry

I want to refine my notes in getting a QEMU HOST server built and running.

I already got something going and it looks ok, but not 100%

I upgraded my test QEMU box with 36GB of RAM, tomorrow will start documenting what I did.

Weight: 339.8

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Day Didn’t Go As Planned

Posted on March 21, 2025 by larry

A sudden bill I had to take care of, a server that didn’t connect, patching that took way longer than expected and my schedule was thrown off.

Was supposed to be home by 1PM and I just got home at 7:30PM.

I did get my 10k steps and my weigh in is less than 340.

Weight: 339.6

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