Speed of Decision Making
I learned this at a former organization. It is a good framework for decision making, and to understand slow vs fast. Hopefully, it is beneficial.
Vik
Every Little Bit Matters
Many a times we believe there is a secret special sauce to being a leader, and to motivate people. Reality is that, there is no single sauce. In fact, there are many tiny droplets of flavor into play, and that many of those we already know/do. Take for example, a simple gesture of saying good morning to your team every single day, either in-person or on your company’s instant messaging tool. That simple gesture goes …
2021 Reading Challenge
My 2021 reading challenge was 8 books. I ended 2021 with only 6 books read, that’s 75% of the goal and 1 book every 2 months. I seem to have failed in my challenge and for sure I would be considered one of the slowest readers out there. However, 2021 was also one of the toughest years. While for the records, pandemic was still ongoing, which adds to stress in itself. My family in India …
Restarting HDHomeRun Quattro
If you have an immediate need to reboot your TV Tuner but are feeling lazy to not go down to basement to your server room, then fear not, there’s a CLI called hdhomerun_config Download the binary from HDHR site: https://info.hdhomerun.com/info/hdhomerun_config Run the command hdhomerun_config 1076C29C set /sys/restart self
My Homelab
Current Modem Xfinity xb7 Firewall / Router / DHCP eero 2nd gen mesh wifi (6x units throughout the house) Local DNS & Ad Blocker (pi-hole) Dell 9020 SFF Intel i5-4570 8GB RAM 120GB SSD Network distribution HPE V1910-48G JE009A Switch (48-ports Gigabit) for wired ethernet eero 2nd gen mesh wifi (6x units throughout the house) Cat5e Ethernet wiring to home office, media room and living room Primary Server HP Proliant DL380p G8 2x Intel Xeon …
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 …
Lose your comfort
Author John Shedd on taking risks: “A ship is safe in a harbor, but that is not what ships are built for.” Go out and do things because that’s what you’re meant to do
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 …
Drive to Port Huron 3
Here are some pics from drive#3 to Port Huron. Caught a couple of lake freighters this time. Overcast weather, did the best I could as far as lighting goes…