Installing TrueNAS on a TerraMaster F8 SSD Plus is possible, as per a couple of forum posts (1, 2).
Hints on configuring an SMB share, albeit as per FreeNAS.
Initially I'd configured the NAS as RAIDZ1. Then I read about the problems with RAIDZ1, and decided to reconfigure: added a mirror for the boot pool, and bought another flash drive so that two drives are in a vdev, to be mirrored. Same capacity, but better redundancy.
Pradhan mentioned that once his iPhone SE bought it, he couldn't get a replacement with the fingerprint sensor. As such, he bought a Nothing phone. Looks interesting, but I don't want Android....
In poking around at 3D printers, I've become more interested in the utility of extruded aluminum for building stuff. Some two decades ago, I'd rescued some from the scrap tub at work, and although I never used it for anything, it was sure fascinating for some reason.
There's a site 80/20 that sells components. Their catalog is massive!
Turns out there's an outfit making fittings for EMT conduit for limited structural applications: Maker Pipe. I found it while searching for the stereolithography model for the Maker Faire robot, which I'd searched for as "makerfaire pip model"....
For future reference:
AAA has a car repair estimator that I'd think would be useful. Except around town, those prices are lower than the estimates one will actually get!
Autozone has a Duralast sway bar for $43/ea, and KYB rear shocks for $83/ea.
A place called Bernardi Parts has the OEM Honda parts (Odyssey). The sway bars for $31/ea (although the flange nuts are probably needed too), and the OEM rear shock assembly is $169/ea.
Blogger is showing me this error on the blog home page:
One of the things that's out of hand in my papers is letters and such from others. I don't get as many as I used to, nor do I write as many, but I would like to have a way to organize the material.
There are a couple sites that turned up regarding saving documents. One is from Gaylord Archival, which sells archival products: Preserving Handwritten Letters. The other is from the Smithsonian: Preserving Your Letters and Documents.
I've been so busy that I haven't had time to link dump, even, so my tabs keep accruing. To the tune of over 450 open in Safari on my iPhone. Wut. That must say something about my lack of organizational ability! Still working on that part.
Or so it’s called in Japanese airsoft circles, although apparently it’s really called “Spezialkoffer”. Some dork on Facebook imported one to try to stuff a real MP5K into it, but apparently it needs a shell deflector. $600 for a replica? Ouch. Just searching for 「シースコッファー」 will turn up a bunch of hits.
Someone I know (KBL) posted their results to FB. Here's a link the test for whenever I feel like I have the time for it: Cultural Dimensions Test
Another mini link dump...from RJS:
I can't he'p it!
Well, being that I mostly work with the digital side of things and my professional exposure to analog electronics is minimal, I thought that I could fulfill that part of my experience via delving deeper into amateur radio.
Part of the problem with longer-distance radio communications is the need for lower frequencies (at least below VHF), which requires more expensive equipment and antennas. Some people build their own antennas, but for the HF noob, perhaps pre-built ones are more accessible. Buckmaster has an off-center-fed dipole antenna that covers seven bands, which may be where I should start.
One thing about ham radio is being able to find active frequencies. To that end, I've poked at using Airspy with an RTL-SDR to find conversations to eavesdrop on. Ultimately I'd like to get a portable, self-contained setup on a Raspberry Pi with a display to run all the time, or at least on a timer. On that note, RPi projects for ham radio, I found a project site that has some useful information.
Lastly, while looking for SDRs, I found Analog Devices' learning toolkit for SDR, ADALM-PLUTO. More interestingly, they have a 25 MHz oscilloscope device called the ADALM2000 that plugs into a USB port, for only $200, along with an analog electronics learning package. That would sure be fun to poke at.
In keeping with a resurgence in ham radio concerns....
Who knows if I'll ever get 'em, but hey.
Structure Tech (home inspectors up in the 'Cities) post interesting info on Facebook, but they also have interesting articles. The inspector for my place mentioned something about CSST bonding, which I need to review again. In any case, ST posted a howto on bonding CSST.
Yesterday’s dinner was chicken carbonara (the recipe was for tuna, but I had canned chicken) and roasted broccoli with ginger. The recipes were good, but the execution lacking 😂
