2023-06-01 06:18:00
Genesis 1:27 ESV –
So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God he created him;
male and female he created them.
Supermicro Fan Speed Script
2U Supermicro servers are my go-to. These are much quieter than 1U servers, but the fans spin at 8800RPM. The IPMI fan modes available are Full (9000RPM), Heavy IO (6000RPM), and Optimal (supposed to auto-adjust). Unfortunately, setting the Fan Mode to Optimal seems to have a floor speed of 4500RPM, which is too loud. Even … Read more
BackBlaze B2 vs AWS S3 Intelligent Tiering | NAS Backups
Good morning. Today is March 31st. 🌐 It’s World Backup Day. This is a good day to review your backup strategy. I thought I’d share a cloud backup experiment I’ve been running for 9-months. I hope you find it helpful. I needed a cloud service for my offsite backups… the two prominent services are BackBlaze … Read more
Apple Silicon MacBooks Review
Our Dell Laptops were EOL (End of Life) for BIOS security updates. This time, I refreshed with MacBooks. I used to use Macs so they’re not new to me. But a decade ago, I ran into issues with a lemon Macbook and Apple being unable to provide support in North Idaho. It takes all day … Read more
Faster Cloudflare Worker for Plausible Analytics | ~Zaraz
Shave 100ms off the Plausible Analytics POST response, making it as fast as Cloudflare Zaraz GA4 I moved over to Plausible Analytics; I had been using JetPack Stats. But I’ve never been happy with the (1) extra 3rd party DNS lookup, (2) large JavaScript payload, (3) cookies, and (4) sending data to a 3rd party. … Read more
Work Management Tools
Whoever is slothful will not roast his game, but the diligent man will get precious wealth. — Proverbs 12:27 LSB Before hitting the tools, I categorize my work into the following areas: Here are the tools I use to manage projects & tasks. Tasks (Microsoft To Do) For tasks I use Microsoft To Do–I started using … Read more
Prusa Mini+ 3D Printer Review
I’ve been running an Ender 3 Pro 3D Printer. But I wanted a workhorse, so I got a Prusa Mini+. The main features I was after: Batteries not included; some Assimilation is Required… It took eight months from the time I ordered it to being fully operational. But once it’s up and running, it works … Read more
Calvin Benjamin Watson | July 18, 1930 – Feb 4, 2023
When Pops was a teen he and some of the older boys would sneak out of church and hang around outside. One day a handful of young kids fell asleep and their parents took them out and put them in the back of their wagons or cars, and returned to the service. My Grandpops and … Read more
LastPass Breach and Alternatives
By now, almost everyone has heard of the LastPass breach. Most cybersecurity professionals are taking a well-reasoned approach that we need to take action but let’s do it right. Here are my thoughts: First off, I must compliment LastPass on two things: LastPass had tools in place to detect data exfiltration. I suspect several password … Read more
Homelab Move to the Garage
To make more room in the house (converting my home office into a bedroom), I moved my homelab into the garage. It’s still a work in progress, the cable management is a mess, but that’s about as good as it’s going to get for a while, as I have other things to attend to, but … Read more