Well, the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad have drawn to a close: it has been wonderful to watch as it happened, and it’s been 28 years since it took place in my hometown of Atlanta, GA, where I was able to go to the Global Olympic Village at Centennial Olympic Park during the Games. That … Continue reading
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The Journey of a Lifetime
Wednesday, March 20, 2024, was my last permanent day in my company’s primary office. Thursday, March 21, 2024, was the last time I slept in the bed I’d slept in for the majority of my life. Friday, March 22, 2024, was the last time I left the house I’d lived in for 32 years. It’s … Continue reading
The AWA Post, Ver. (Provisional) FINAL?
Well, it’s that time of the year again, though with a little bit of difference to it. You see, AWA is moving from the venue it has been for the last 20 years to the Georgia World Congress Center in downtown Atlanta as well as moving for the first two years at this new venue … Continue reading
Back on DreamHost for Now
Last night, I moved my domains and their respective DNS hosting back to DreamHost until I can get settled elsewhere. I also put a ticket in with Coloblox that I wanted to derack my gear and discontinue service. It’s kind of bittersweet as not only am I going to have the gear deracked before this … Continue reading
Short Term Update
Well, last post I talked about downsizing a bit and mentioned my colocated servers. Well, one potential locale for my move is the Pacific Northwest, specifically Seattle or Bellingham in Washington State, so I did a little looking around and found a colocation facility that does per-server hosting in Tukwila, so that could serve as … Continue reading
Downsizing
Well, this is something I never wanted to talk about. My father has terminal cancer, and the home I’ve known for a very long time will be put on the market after he is gone, however long that takes, so I am starting to get my homelab reduced in size as far as I can … Continue reading
APRS Fun!
Hi folks! I’ve got a bit to report! I’ve been migrating my Linux servers to Debian from RHEL-derived distributions, and the last one to be migrated was the APRS node. I’ve had W4JDH-1 connected to APRS-IS for a long time: at least since 2011 and possibly earlier. For the longest time it was Xastir in … Continue reading
The AWA Post, Vers. 2021 and 2022
Yikes! It’s been ages since I wrote here… What today’s post will be is a combination of con reports for AWA in 2021 as well as last weekend’s 2022 edition. 2021 I wasn’t going to keep my hotel reservation until the Atlanta Braves made it to the World Series, which they eventually won. I’d initially … Continue reading
CentOS 8 iGate
Hey, the title rhymes! I spent the past couple of days getting most of my Linux VMs set up on CentOS 8: the two that aren’t are the PowerChute appliance and my UniFi Controller. One of the VMs was set up as an APRS iGate using Xastir on Fedora previously, so I had to come … Continue reading
Server Update 2
We’re now running on CentOS 8 with a symmetrical gigabit connection.