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Home projects with a bit of self sustainability, gardening and preservation squash, making bread and bacon. Continue reading →

As of Wednesday of this week I was switched over to the 5gb fiber ISP service from ATT. Friday July 31 2026 I received and setup my new TpLink BE19000 Tri-Band Wi-Fi 7 Router with 10gbe LAN and WAN connections … Continue reading →

Doesn’t look pretty but I now have both!of the XCP-ng servers I built, fine tuned and stress tested in my rack. I’ll post specs later. Now my C7000 is retired I just have to clean it up and find it … Continue reading →

One of my custom built XCP-ng virtualization servers is finally in my rack, connected and working. I will soon have my hallway space mostly back which is where they have been running serving up my virtual environment for the past … Continue reading →

Updated my version of WordPress along with my music servers and my web server as well that runs on Rocky 9.x.

The UPS equipment (Leibert UPStation GTXs) is back in the rack tonight. I placed each UPS battery cluster on separate racks this time so that battery replacement is easier for the extra battery pack on top of the main assembly. … Continue reading →

After performing a successful clone using Clonezilla of my physical BL460 Gen7 blade that was my W2019 Data Center server with Sam Broadcaster that served as my music server, it was time to move my C7000 blade chassis out of … Continue reading →

Right outside of my patio door a struggle between a spider and beetle\roach that’s spreading out of the sewers the past years was taking place. The spider had to be 5 or 6 times less in mass and that’s probably … Continue reading →

The garden is producing regularly now and I’m using vegetables and herbs a lot more so in my everyday meals. I want to show the produce and meals of why this is a special time of the year for me … Continue reading →

Went to the HPE Discovery trip in Las Vegas for 2026 and as with all conferences had unique experiences outside of the sessions as well.