Wondering Why Settings aren’t getting saved in HP V1910?

HP V1910 is an excellent enterprise grade managed switch for homelab usage. You can easily get it for cheap on eBay. Now, as I was messing with management UI, I noticed my settings weren’t being saved. Well, it turned out that I needed to hit the Save button (!) This took me several frustrating hours to figure out, after my settings weren’t being persisted post-reboots. You’re welcome.

Mailbox upgrade from ugly to beautiful

Before This is our old and worn out mailbox and was like this when we bought the house. In a year timeframe it actually got worse and the post was leaning forward causing mailbox to open up (poor magnet too). One time, it got opened and our mail contents were all over the street. Needless to say it was a time for an upgrade During The old 2×2 mailbox post was completely unusable. The wooden …

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Friday the 13th, A Sneaky Baby, and One Wild Ride

It all started on a fateful Friday the 13th—because of course it did. Mama Abigail had a routine ultrasound appointment at the Eastside Gynecologist in Macomb when the doctors noticed that baby’s heart rate dipped into the low 90s and stayed there for a few seconds. Concerned, they advised her to head straight to Beaumont Hospital in Grosse Pointe. Meanwhile, Daddy was waiting in the parking lot, probably scrolling on his phone, when he suddenly …

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