I am not educated in shipping logistics but I don't think USPS chose the best path for the battery I ordered. It has gone: Plainfield, IL Chicago, IL Nashville, TN Chicago, IL Fox Valley, IL Chicago, IL Nashville, TN Let's see if it goes back to Chicago or is delivered soon.

Finished up testing week at the gym. I went up 5 pounds on bench press (230) and 10 pounds on deadlift (350) but stayed the same on back squat (315). I could have got more on the squat but I wasn't hitting depth. Five pounds isn't much on bench but it's still a win.

Four years ago, I worked a project for a customer and they sent me two laptops. The project ended six months later. I tried for almost a year to send them back but no ever one responded. Today, after 3.5 years of them sitting in a box in my office, I received a return label.

I think it's lame you can't connect a Roku to a wireless network if there is no Internet access. My modem may be down but I would still like to stream media from my local Jellyfin server.

Reaching out to see if anyone might have an Arista switch, running 4.31.x code, that would be willing to help me with an 802.1x configuration. Even if you don't have dot1x configured, we can use a dummy config in order to grab some packet captures.

Cisco ISE 3.1 and 3.2 EOL announcement released. You have a little time to upgrade before software maintenance ends. cisco.com/c/en/us/produc…

My Roku 4k stick updated to release 14.5 from 14.1. When it rebooted, it had factory reset itself. Anyone else run into this issue?

Rule #1 when sharing your screen: Check your browser tabs before you start sharing.

Looking forward to my first trip to NYC but wish it was for more than a day and a half. At least the meeting I have to be at is only 2 to 3 hours so that gives me more free time to explore.

How I feel when walking through Times Square trying to get back to the hotel.

If you haven't seen Tyler Perry's "Straw" on Netflix, I highly recommend it. It held my attention from beginning to end. Definitely did not expect that ending.

I was tired of my glasses always sliding down when working out so I bought these silicon hooks. Five pairs for $4 on Amazon. Worked like a charm. Photo from Amazon listing.

Does anyone have a good process for backing up Google Photos and uploading to Proton Drive? I found an article about using rclone but starting March 31, 2025 it can only download files it uploaded. I would like to keep the original creation dates. rclone.org/googlephotos/

While driving to the gym this morning, a Krispy Kreme delivery truck pulled out in front of me. I feel like that's a sign.

For home services or labs: At what point do you stop self-hosting on your own server and move to paying for a cloud service like Linode?

Went to start the '98 Sonoma so I could pick up a washer and dryer. The battery was dead. Jumped it, got it started, and told myself on the drive to leave it running. Immediately turned it off when I arrived at the pickup spot. Now waiting for another jump. 🤦🏼

Upgrading my OPNsense firewall from 24.7 to 25.7, using a USB drive so I could change from UFS to ZFS, could not have been easier. It only took about 15 minutes from the initial reboot to finished upgrade.

Twenty years after its release as a single and "Wasteland" by 10 Years is still a great song.

Gatekeeping entry into tech is wild to me. Congrats on already knowing something someone posted about. Maybe the post wasn't for you, champ.