System messages from the Vopicka.dev Wetware

2020.12.05

• Begin trying to convert Arduino Nano code to MicroPython (ESP8266)

~2020.11.22

• Print redesigned rover bottom

~2020.11.04

• Assemble new system.
  • Processor missing…

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• RECOVERY IN PROGRESS

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• SYSTEM FAILURE

2020.07.26

• Finished migrating initial old PHP DB utility to Python (Merge flat files to single table)

2020.07.25

• Migrated a system disk to SSD
• Adjusted rack
• Brought old system back online as backup workstation and updated

2020.07.12

• Finishing new workstation desktop
• LTI Laser library building

2020.07.10

• Installing Ubuntu Server 20.04 to water cooled Core2 server

~2020.07.05

• Finishing workstation top and installing side
• Assembling Core2 Mini-ITX Server

~2020.06.26

• Assemble motorized base for workstation
• Move server rack to office

2020.04.19

• :coffee: x 2
• Continue rack configuration tweaks
• Day Star - hsssss

2020.04.18

• :coffee: x 3
• Power on rack for first time
• Install Ubuntu Server 2020.04 Beta
  • Spent better part of a day on why no boot device installed
    • yes looked at “that” forum post. Pick one
• Install Linux Mint 19.3
  • Instantly working
  • Process
    • Update all packages
    • Install
      • OpenSSH
        • generate and install keys
      • cockpit
      • prometheus
      • mariadb-server
      • apache2
      • pypmyadmin

2020.04.17

Rack parts arrive.

• Switch - TP-Link 24 Port Gigabit Unmanaged Ethernet Switch (TL-SG1024S)
• Surge suppressor - StarTech.com 16 Outlet Horizontal 1U Rack Mount PDU Power Strip for Network Server Racks - Surge Protection - 120V/15A - 6ft Power Cord (RKPW161915)
• Mini-ITX computer case - PLINKUSA RACKBUY 1U Riser (3.5” Open / 2 x 2.5 HDD Bay)(9.84” Deep)(Mini ITX) Rackmount Chassis ITX-123
• power supply - Apevia ITX-AP300W Mini-ITX / Flex ATX 300W Solid Power Supply - Black

Assembled system added to rack.

Extract the Intel D94GCLF2 motherboard from its original case. Install it in the recently acquired 1U case.

2020.03.28

Corrected commits to wrong repo. Added remaining content to teh document I had been working on. Considering moving on to uploading code now. Although also looking to convert it from PHP to Python. Day one of total lockdown from Covid-19 by order of the government.

2020.03.22

Added a bunch of content that had been floating around my servers to repos (see documents). Did some gaming. Tried to build several emergency computers from spare parts. Two of them had to be retired. 32-bit and the display adapter had no drivers available. I hate to get rid of them but the hightest resolution for them was 640x480 @ 16bit. Next recycling day they will be properly disposed of. Luckily going through some boxed i was recently given from growing up were my original MFM hard drives. I am sure they will prove to be very useful…

2020.03.21

Updating the site and prepping computers for the inevitable failure of others computers. Tend to be the goto person for computer failures. Oh well never throw away the old classics they will become useful again! Even a few of the 32bit ones. Now one can’t say that about the “forgotten” classics they play on the radio. They were not forgotten they were buried…

Completed another Google certificate through Coursera today. I don’t have a favorable review so I will not. I did learn things! But the “real world” approach wasn’t!

2020.03.18

Social distancing begun (for those looking at this in the future Covid-19 has struck the world). While amazingly people are going crazy about this I have been doing this for decades. Just another day as Vopicka.dev