It's been a while. I'm back and will begin posting again.

Recent events call to mind the following from George Orwell author of 1984

“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.”

Today a 3D printer was ordered. It is a larger than average printer (500 mm x 500 mm x 500 mm) and was at the higher end of price for these things. 500 MM is not quite 20". It should permit me to build items that can span the interior of an IT rack. Eventually this may help with home automation.