Category Archives: Computers

Career Day

Posted on January 16, 2017 by Freejack

In thinking about the last 40 years of me being in the workforce, I thought about the reasons for change or even leaving the company. Marine Corps Reserve Signed up as a grunt in the 10th grade with parental permission, … Continue reading →

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Development Environments

Posted on January 9, 2017 by Freejack

I have a few big projects at work that I’ve created over the years. An inventory application, status management, and of course all the scripts (some 200 of them). Initially I’d work on the inventory and status apps on the … Continue reading →

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Setting Up Kubernetes

Posted on November 30, 2016 by Freejack

In a series on my home environment, I’m next working on the Kubernetes sandbox. It’s defined as a 3 master, 5 minion cluster. The instructions I currently have seem to work only with a 1 master, n minion cluster (as … Continue reading →

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Configuring The Home Environment

Posted on November 27, 2016 by Freejack

I’m using the new drive space and systems to basically mirror the work environment. Part of it is in order to have a playground or sandbox where I can try new things and learn how to use the tools we … Continue reading →

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Home Network and Internet Access

Posted on November 13, 2016 by Freejack

Over the years I’ve had a few network configurations. In the mid-80’s I ran a BBS and connected to other BBSs through a transfer scheme. My system would be accessed at all hours and I had the biggest collection of … Continue reading →

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Setting up pfSense

Posted on November 10, 2016 by Freejack

Over here I configured a firewall to replace the old single system based firewall. One of the guys at work recommended installing pfSense as a VM to replace the firewall. pfSense from the firewall aspect is wrapped around pf, the … Continue reading →

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Using a VMWare Virtual Machine As An Internet Gateway

Posted on September 21, 2016 by Freejack

I’ve been using my old cast off computers as internet gateways for a couple of decades now. I’d upgrade my current system, build a new one, and stick the old one in a a new Firewall/Gateway. I seem to learn … Continue reading →

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3dMark Video Card Testing

Posted on August 19, 2016 by Freejack

At a suggestion from Kevin, I snagged the 3DMark tool to test my systems video. I ran the program to run tests on the system just to see if it encountered any issues. Nope, everything seems just peachy 🙂 I … Continue reading →

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Windows 10: Audio Buzzing, Video Pausing

Posted on August 14, 2016 by Freejack

Back in March, I purchased a new system. My old one was built in 2008 and the Windows 10 upgrade was breaking things. As you can see (go look 🙂 ), a nice video setup. But. I don’t watch a … Continue reading →

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Computer Comparison

Posted on March 16, 2016 by Freejack

My old computer, built in 2008 and upgraded a couple of times: Case: Antec 900 ATX Ultimate Gamer PC Case Power Supply: Corsair 750W CMPSU-750TX Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3R CPU: Intel Core 2 Dual Processor E8500, LGA775 Pkg 3.16 GHz, 6MB … Continue reading →

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