Wasted and entire evening

[26-Jan-2025] Decide to install a new template on the wiki. Errors produced, needed a newer version and extension for the wiki. Couldn't update the extension because needed a newer version of the wiki. Tried to upgrade wiki, couldn't because latest mediawiki needed php8. There is no php 8 for the current version of linux im running. Tried to upgrade linux. Not enough disk space. Cleaned the disk, deleted some database backups going back to 2016. (need to figure out why they hadn't been cleaned up). Still not enough. Upgraded disk from 8G to 12G. Got the version of Ubuntu installed but had a scare that I couldnt even get into the server for a good 15 min. Started testing everything. Had to reinstall all the databases from backups because mysql didnt upgrade right. Some of them I skipped because i never use them, others are broken (forts looks like it has bad data in the tables). Several wikis not working notably the Amber game. Once all that was done tested the new mediwiki install. Still doesnt work. The upgrade didnt come with php8 either. Tried to upgrade to php8. First attempt just broke the web server. Got it removed and tried it again, got it installed. Still doesnt work. Complaining its missing some mods. Also broke all my normal pages. Tried to fix that but it looks like i have to edit everything to go to php8, not going to happen anytime soon. Downgraded back to php 7. So I have now spent about 6 hours and did not accomplish what I set out to do, broke a log of things on the server that may never get fixed, found out that even more will be borken to upgrade more. Oh and lost all the wiki changes from before 5pm today. The only thing I managed to do was upgrade the liunx version which needed done anyway.

Switching to Starlink

[07-Jan-2025] Century link went down again on a Saturday, cant even call for service except M-F 8-5 and the price is ridiculous for the 1Mbs I'm getting (Promised 5). Switching to starlink. Did get the Century link fixed, surprisingly they came out New Years eve and ran new cable which is still string across the yard a week later. Starlink arrived last night, cable will reach through the attic and will mount it on the roof when I can do it in the day light. For now set it up in the front yard. Getting 180Mbs with no streaming and 130Mbs with the TV streaming. Upload is at 11Mbs. Getting constant pings of 42ms while the dsl was regular doping in the hundreds. Still need to drill the hole and mount the dish but its already staying, and its costing me about $60 less.

Dovecot
[16-Nov-2023] Restricted dovecot access via AWs to verizon address because people are pounding on the server.

Upgrades
[21-May-2022] Having problems with SVG thumbnails. Found one problem was too new a version on inkscape and too old wiki. Upgraded wiki for Fables, but had to upgrade php also. Its quickly getting to point I need to upgrade the whole server. The problem really seems to be a lack of memory.

New printer
[02-Feb-2022] Replacing the Brother inkjet with and hp laser. Ever since the Microsoft update that broke the brother for a while it just hasnt been the same. Recently its blurry (and wont clean) and keeps missing certain colors or just not printing at all. Keeping it around to use as a scanner and fax if I ever need one.

New weather station
[02-Feb-2022] New weather station is here and running. An Ambient Weather WS-2902C WiFi Smart Weather Station. Old one taken off line. New one isnt mounted yet, just sitting outside. Need to wait for daylight.

Weather station

[24-Nov-2021] Weather station is back online. Had to replace the temp sensor entirely and the box that automatically rebooted the pc if it went off line seems to have died last week. Missed the freezing or just below temp from last night which was the first frost at least of the year. Inside the temp read at 27 when I got up but i think that was because the sensor as exposed. All the nearby temps were 30.

Replaced train radio computer
[18-Aug-2021] The old train radio computer died a while ago. Hooked it up to the old laptop but want it every so often to take somewhere else. Replaced the computer with an old Optiplex 760. It has to run XP and have a serial port so that the radio configuration software will run if i ever need it.

Mythtv box is no more

[06-Nov-2020] Rebuilt the mythtv box a long time ago and never got it working 100% (the remote never worked it did record). Tried upgrading it to 20.04.1 LTS and that failed miserably breaking the box so bad I just did a fresh install of 18 then upgraded. Not going to install Mythtv since I got rid of the satellite a while ago and there is nothing to record anyway. Issues with 20.04.1 LTS: Stupid Ubunto switches interface names between 18 and 20 so an upgrade seems really broken (this was probably the problem before the wipe). DNSsec validation. Need to install keychain.

Filled the disk on the server
[16-Oct-2020] Filled the root disk on the server with kerbal database stuff. Moved it to /home. Had to deal with app armor. Instructions Moved 1.5g of data in all the databases.

Certificate switch
[28-Jul-2020] Switched the certificate over to Let Encrypt which is free since the godaddy one was about to expire. certbot auto renews which is nice.

DVR
[19-Nov-2019] Rebuilt (after destroying by trying to update) the mythtv box. Got it to a state where it records and changes channels, does backups. The remote still does not work. Lots of problems with lircd. The entire config setup changed and no one (Iguana) updated their documentation.

Spore and slowness
[13-Nov-2018] Fixed the spore pages. Performance on the site has been very slow recently. Tracked it down to the menu option up in the corner. Removed it from all pages for now.

Server upgrade
[14-Oct-2018] Upgraded server to Ubuntu 18. Likely everything is broken. Already found php wasnt running right. SASL for postfix /dovecout/roundcube is broken. Fixed with this guide

Michael 2
[10-Oct-2018] Power is starting to flicker occasional. Lost the UPS holding up the firewall in the last one. It won't stay up more than a few minutes now. Making progress pouring candles with old wax before the power goes out for good.

Hurricane Michael

[09-Oct-2018] Reset the rain gauge on the weather station and cleaned up the yard this morning. Started raining about 12:50. And the promptly stopped. Hurricane was initially supposed to be here about 10pm last night. Instead just cloudy and not wind. Wed. morning it wasn't even raining at 7am. Wind picked up and it started raining by 8:30 but not bad. They are saying afternoon now and 80-90mph here. At 8:30am, there is a train coming west from Jax. Traveling at normal speeds it would get here about noon. Someone isnt planning well.

More space
[18-Sep-2018] Ran out of space when uploading the recent photos. Expanded the server to 40GB.

Mouse

[21-Jan-2018] Got the mouse. Heard it when I was up all night last weekend playing games. Put traps way back in the attic where I heard it. Also took the opportunity to run the network cable for the library to the right hole not though the ceiling. Hadn't heard the mouse again so thought maybe I scared it off. Nope it was caught in that far trap. Removed all the traps today since I havent heard any more an nothing set the rest off.

Weather station fixed
[08-Apr-2017] Got replacement parts for the weather station. New rain gauge and wind speed indicator for the anemometer. Everything is installed and working again.