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Garden Bed (#garden ) 2023-05-07
This year, I decided to build some raised garden beds. I had a large number of pallets. These were originally collected with a plan of building a fence. That would have taken over 300 pallets. Once we got to around 100 pallets, we ditched the fence plans, but still had the pallets. So garden beds. Because we had so many, I went a bit overboard - 5 pallets per bed. These need to be built not just on site, but exactly where you want them.

Six weeks of spring (#test ) 2023-05-07
Trying something with an image. Six more weeks of spring.

CICD Test (#test ) 2023-02-22
I have not updated this site in so long, I wanted to see if the pipeline still works. As a follow up, I’ll edit this qit journal and submit it back.

Markdown Syntax Guide (#markdown ) 2021-07-18

This article offers a sample of basic Markdown syntax that can be used in Hugo content files, also it shows whether basic HTML elements are decorated with CSS in a Hugo theme.

Mermaid Diagrams (#markdown #mermaid ) 2021-07-18
Examples The following are some examples of the diagrams, charts and graphs that can be made using Mermaid. Click here to jump into the full syntax. Flowchart flowchart LR A[Hard] -->|Text| B(Round) B --> C{Decision} C -->|One| D[Result 1] C -->|Two| E[Result 2] will be rendered as: flowchart LR A[Hard] -->|Text| B(Round) B --> C{Decision} C -->|One| D[Result 1] C -->|Two| E[Result 2] Sequence diagram sequenceDiagram Alice->>John: Hello John, how are you?

Homelab Rebuild Part 2 (#homelab #rebuild #traefik #docker ) 2019-12-29
I realized so much of my reading on Traefik was based on 1.7 and I was running 2.0. I jumped ahead and set my image to 2.1.1 (latest as of this post). https://docs.traefik.io/v2.0/migration/v1-to-v2/ https://containo.us/blog/traefik-2-0-docker-101-fc2893944b9d/ The big problem I had with that blog post was that for the main traffic instance with the redirect was not working. Because I have - "--providers.docker.exposedbydefault=false" I had to add these lines to the labels.

Homelab Rebuild (#homelab #rebuild #traefik #docker ) 2019-10-28
Background I have a homelab which has been grown organically with services installed by hand and placed randomly. I decided it’s time to rebuild it “in place”. Since this isn’t a production system, I have a lot of latitude in taking things down and redoing it. I do have a bunch of montoring data in influxdb that I want to keep, but most of the rest can go away. I’ll start first by figuring out what I have server wise.

Golf Cart project intro (#clubcar #golfcart #alltrax500 ) 2019-03-23
This is an intro to my newest project. I picked up a 1999 Club Car DS “project cart”. It has an A-Frame 6" lift kit, 22" tires, a 10HP motor and an Alltrax DCX 500A controller. I have “all the parts” but the wiring needs completed, batteries added, and finally put back together. My goal is to have a silent EV for roaming around my property. Mistakes: I called this a 10A motor, and that’s what the guy that sold it to me called it.

Powerbox and Learning Fusion 360 (#powerbox #fusion360 #hamradio #gokits ) 2019-03-23

Powerbox in 3D

I am planning a new amateur radio go-kit. I’ve made a number of these over the years. I have a lot of fun making them, and then I get a new radio or come up with a “better” idea. So just like someone on their 4th marriage, I’m getting really good at making go kits. This go kit is a slightly different take. In fact, it’s actually a power box.

GMRS is pretty cheap and easy (#gmrs #radio ) 2018-01-28
I got myself a GMRS license 2 years ago. They are $80 for 5 years, and they allow an entire “immediate” family to use it. That’s spouse, children, parents, in-laws. I thought I was going to put play around with some GMRS repeater/text data modes, never did. Flash forward to more recent. Picked up a 4-pack of Baofeng BF-888S radios. These go for about $13 apiece and $42 for a 4-pack.

Enable linux serial console (#serial ) 2018-01-19
Serial port console This is how to get serial port console working on a Ubuntu 16.04 (or any systemd based OS) and how to access it with idrac/ssh. To get serial port working on a running system: systemctl enable [email protected] systemctl start [email protected] Update Grub: To get serial console during boot up, including the grub menu: Go ahead and edit /etc/default/grub GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="splash quiet" GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="console=tty0" GRUB_TERMINAL="console serial" # also, it takes so long to boot a server, adding 10 # second to the grub menu is more good than harm GRUB_TIMEOUT=10 Access it via idrac

Legacy Posts (#oldstuff #legacy ) 2006-10-08
These are legacy posts, imported from ancient blogs. Many of them have formatting issues, broken links. I blame any apparent spelling errors on some technical glitch with the import process. ;}