When It Rain, It Pours

Posted on August 24, 2026 by larry

I am not sure why things break in bunches, lets make a list

  • Fridge started making loud rattling noise
  • Main bathroom tub got clogged
  • Kitchen Drawer Broke
  • 3D Printer needs maintenance
  • The electric stove is doing some weird things.

This is in addition to a lot of time sync things I am working on like cleaning the living room, we just had an arborist trim our front tree and I plan to pain the deck.

Things come in threes, so 1 more thing to heppen?

Anyway, I had a decent workout, when I got home I weighed in at 311.2, and I really really pushed to bring it under 310 again to maintain my under 310 weight. I did hit it after walkign 2 miles. Barely.

Weight: 309.8

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Another Seahawks Loss

Posted on August 23, 2026 by larry

Kind of sad but not too worried, the Seahawks earned another preseason lost.

But it was just backups, and the 1st half the backups were going against Tennessee starters.

Another thing was my Display did work, and even the smaller HUB75 base one.

Weight: 312.2

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Not A Fluke

Posted on August 22, 2026 by larry

Another day under 310, I did take a bit of a break, I reward of rest for being officially under 310.

I am worried though, summer almost over less then a month and I need to get back to training.

Weight: 309.6

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Did It!! Under 310

Posted on August 21, 2026 by larry

Pushed really hard, did a walk after my gym workout for over 2 miles just to make sure I came back and weigh in under 310.

And I made it.

Today I am officially under 310.

Weight: 309.8

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Another Day Under 310

Posted on August 20, 2026 by larry

Note this is a late post.

Weighed in under 310 again, it is possible to make it 3 days in a row under 310. Need to watch what I eat Friday.

So tired though, I know I going to need to work out to bring it under 310 tomorrow.

Weight: 309.6

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Working Out in Controlled Manner

Posted on August 19, 2026 by larry

Back in the gym doing a normal workout, but going slower than usual to avoid a relapse.

On my treadmill run today I felt the my breathing getting stressed again, so I need to be careful.

For the tech side, on my HUB75 project I have displayed a Seahawks image.

Weight: 308.8

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First HUB75 Working

Posted on August 18, 2026 by larry

If I were to start from scratch I would choose this unit

Not a traditional ESP32 dev board.

This one rocks.

For future self if I want another https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GYFWZNSP

Weight: 311.2

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Summer is Fleeting

Posted on August 17, 2026 by larry

Had an OK workout today, but did go for a walk and was reminded that summer does end.

Still got some summer left, about 5 weeks, but it will end.

Still a beautiful walk.

Done with all of my gen 1 displays. Bring on Gen 2 or what I will be calling the HUB75 version.

Weight: 311.6

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Planning Next Gen Display

Posted on August 16, 2026 by larry

Finishing up the last LED display, hoping it will be mostly functional by tomorrow night and aesthetically nice in the few days after that.

I got all the right parts coming in for the Next Gen display we nick naming the box based on HUB75.

But a little small project based on a pi zero is in the works too.

Back is sore, wonder how I am going to manage working out. Kind of wondering if I focus hard for two weeks what can I accomplish.

Weight: 312.6

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Pressed Into Action

Posted on August 15, 2026 by larry

Thought I was going to do something simple today for parkrun like time keeping, but the director asked if I could be a tail walker instead. I accepted, so I did actually do a 5k.

My intent was to walk the entire thing, but at mile 3 I saw so many people way ahead that I just ran it so I wouldn’t be more than an hour out.

Watched Seahawks today lose in preseason, just preseason so no starters. But I wanted to test my new display, at first it looked like it was working

The clock sync’d and the quarter displayed but the score did not update.

AI helped my find the problem and I got it to work correctly.

I am just going to clean up the back then call this version done.

I am going to build a 2 panel version for my office, but after that I am pivoting to the next version, a display using HUB75.

Got my first one in, it is small. Kind of nice for testing, but it is small.

Weight: 311.8

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