Michael’s Journal

A quiet place for thoughts, tech, and reflections.
2024
Suggestions Wanted

Suggestions Wanted

Anybody have any suggestions on what I should move to from WordPress? Show I go to a service like Micro.blog, Write.as? Should I go back to Blogspot? I don't mind paying a reason…

Changing Times

Changing Times

Times are indeed changing and so has my blog theme. I went with the newest from WordPress and it is clean. See you thought I was going to talk about the election. I will in the f…

Navigating Health Challenges: Weight Loss and Disney Trips

Navigating Health Challenges: Weight Loss and Disney Trips

Hello everyone. It has been a while since I posted an update and thought I would cover the end of August 2024 and September 2024. Health-wise, I have actually not been great. I s…

A bad medical test today

A bad medical test today

Today I had an echocardiogram and I already have the results all though the doctor has not reviewed them as of this post. That is the beauty of MyChart you see the test results a…

Network upgrades almost done

Network upgrades almost done

I finally purchased the last little bit of gear for my prosumer setup from Unifi. So everything should be upgraded and done for the next 5 to 10 years by the end of August 2024. …

What a day from a simple upgrade

Well, today I woke up took down my old router the TP-Link Omada ER7206 v1.6 and install and setup my new Unifi Cloud Gateway Ultra. The primary WAN (which is Frontier Fiber) went …

Home Network upgrades incoming

I hope to redo my network equipment before the end of the year. I am hoping to switch everything to UniFi. I already have the Cloud Gateway Ultra router. I am going to get 2 WiFi …

Interesting Newsworthy things that happened around our house

In the last 3 years some news worthy things have happened. For instance yesterday on my birthday in the afternoon I was helping my mother unload some groceries she had brought ove…

My Birthday

Today is my birthday. I celebrated by having a steak dinner with my family and bought myself a watch. I took today and tomorrow off from work. It was a good day overall. I am w…

New Theme

Well, I updated the website with a new theme. Let me know what you think. I think it looks good. I add a couple of plug-ins and widgets. I don't want to make it too busy. I did tr…