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Justin Long
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Gamer, hardware geek, photographer, engineer, solar enthusiast, humanist.
I build PCs for fun.
I take lots of pictures, some good.

Principal SRE Manager for the M365 Engineering Systems.
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Took a while to figure out how to fit everything in the cabinet. I was even able to cut a channel in the edge of the cabinet to run the fiber under the trim of the media cabinet.
Picture of my media cabinet. With a network switch in the upper left, in the upper right there is a fiber modem visible and my Unifi Router tucked under the mounting bracket. In the middle there is a circular Wifi AP on the left and the Xfinity gateway on the right. The bottom of the cabinet holds the UPS with 4 different power bricks arranged in various orientations.
November 16, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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Got Xfinity's 2Gb symmetrical fiber service installed today. Speeds are above advertised and $32/month cheaper than I was paying for Wave 1.2Gb/50Mb service. Faster service for less money is a win. I am a little annoyed I'm required to have their gateway.
Screenshot showing the UniFi Gateway speed test results for Xfinity. Though it's listed as Misaka Network, Inc in the screenshot. Latency to Seattle is 4ms. Download speed was tested at 2365mbps and upload at 2296mbps. A picture of my in-wall media cabinet with the fiber modem on a shelf connected to the new fiber port on the wall. The new Xfinity XB10 Gateway loosely installed with ethernet and fiber loosely strung about. Waiting for me to figure out how to cleanly install everything. Picture of the in-wall media cabinet before the chaos of today's install. Cables neatly managed with the network switch to the left, Router, Cable modem, and Wi-Fi access point on the right, and UPS and plugs on the bottom.
November 10, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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Had a nice relaxing evening building an ITX system for a friend. First build in a fractal Era2, really well designed case. Fit a 5080 and a 240mm AIO with ease.
CPU installed in the micro ITX motherboard resting on an anti static bag. A small pocket knife sits to the right. Final assembly of the mobo side, all cables routed. The small SFX PSU faces out on the left and the AIO water block on the right as the cooling hoses snake up and over to the front of the case. The 3 fan 5080 GPU installed over two 120mm lower exhaust fans. The PCIe extension and power cables cross over the center of the case. Exterior of the case showing the wood top panel, clean lines, and grill holes on the side.
October 27, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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Not playable here yet
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Screenshot from trying to launch the Outer Worlds 2 with the text, You're too early. The outer worlds 2 is not available to play yet. Check the Xbox App for the launch date.
October 25, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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I'm glad I have Game Pass Ultimate Pre-paid through July 2028.
A screenshot of my current Game Pass Ultimate Renewal date of July 22nd 2028.
October 2, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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Got my 25-year Service Award crystal unboxed and on display. Our team moved to a new neighborhood in the building, giving me more room for them. For much of the day random rainbows can be seen scattered around the neighborhood.
A windowsill with 5 through 25-year Microsoft Service Awards, a ship it award and a Qui's award. The Service awards are crystal arranged from largest to smallest. In the background an under construction office building can been seen through the window along with the reflections of other buildings in the glass. A windowsill with 5 through 25-year Microsoft Service Awards, a ship it award and a Qui's award. The Service awards are crystal arranged from largest to smallest. In the background an under construction office building can been seen through the window along with the reflections of other buildings in the glass. Under the crystals I have an Office Scarf, white with black lettering and a black border. A picture of the ceiling in our neighborhood. White painted duct work, lighting, and other infrastructure, and the white noise absorbing mezzanine are dotted with spots of rainbow color refracting from the crystal service awards in the window.
July 12, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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I did something similar in my office back in the early 2000's

Though I surrounded mine with all the failed components I replaced.
a computer built on a corkboard with the various components spread out with a HDD drive, 3.5" floppy drive also mounted on the corkboard. There are failed motherboards, video cards, hdd platters, memory sticks, all surrounding the system on the corkboard. To the left there is a poster for Underworlds Dubnobass ablbum, and an Office 10 Beta 1 poster, above is a Microsoft Certified poster. In the lower of the photo there is monitor, speakers, and a cup of pens.
May 16, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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It wouldn't be an Elder Scrolls game with random crashes to basic error dialogs.
Screenshot of a crash dialog from the new Oblivion Remastered on PC that reads: The UE-Oblivion Remastered Game has crashe... Fatal error! [OK]
April 27, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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That's so vastly different than how I organize my phone, I keep my homescreen empty.

A few apps in drawer and everything else in an alphabetical indexed list.
Phone homescreen with status icons at the top and just the android switch, home, and back buttons at the bottom. Wallpaper is a fall scene with moss, leaves, and sticks. Phone homescreen with app drawer open. Showing three rows of six apps. Messaging. Signal, LinkedIn, bluesky, edge, maps. Phone, teams, clock, nest, outlook, solaredge, onedrive, hue, vovlo, span. Spotify, camera.
April 25, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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Testing out an AMD Strix HaloPro based mini workstation.

This thing is dense. It weighs much more than I would have expected.

www.hp.com/us-en/workst...
Spec label from the box. Reads: HP Z2 Mini G1a Workstation CPU: AMD Strix HaloPro, AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro395 16c Memory: 128 LPDDR5 Graphics: 40 Graphics CU HDD: 2 x Z Turbo 1TB PCIe Gen4 PSU: 300W The front of the PC with a cris crossing grill over a recessed grill. The HP Logo and a diamond shaped power button are on the front. A right angle USB-C cable is connected to the USB-C port on the top of the PC. It is sitting on a light wood grain desk. A white Xbox Controller sits on top of the Mini PC for scale. The PC is only a little longer and wider. A white logitech mouse sits on the desk next to the PC.
April 17, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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Some pictures from the last time we did beer and brownies. No pics of the brownies.
Several six packs of 9 varieties of beers and root beers on a hand cart. In the background is an office door and window with the blinds closed. Three containers of ice with various beers and root beers in the ice. Two containers are metal and one is blue plastic. In the background is an office door and window, blocked by the table the beers are sitting on. Two "proud ally" magnets are visible on the side of the team microwave. a few open boxes and beer varieties and 6 six packs of different beers on a hand cart.
April 15, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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It's also still part of Zillow's form for editing the home details.
Screenshot of the home details on zillow with several different room types with check boxes to select which rooms a home has. From breakfast nook to walk-in-closet and including master bath.
April 14, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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A few of us went to the #SeattleProtests #HandsOffSeattle #HandsOff today. Chanting to Pramila Jayapal's speech actually got me emotional. The energy of the crowd and what we are trying to save was triggering in a positive way.

Here are just some of the pics I took today.
People cosplaying as trump, congress, Elon, the doge crew, and the statue of liberty. There are metal bowls on the ground representing buckets of money filled with doge bones. Several people are recording their play with their phones as others walk past in the background. There is a large tree with spring leaves and a building in the background. A sign that reads: Diversity (rainbow text) Equite & (Red text) Inclusion (black text) Lifts us (Green text) All! A person holds a sign of a doofy looking Elon crossed out in the awkward mid-air jump pose. His cheeks are drawn very rosy red. I picture of a portion of the crowd today, hundreds if not thousands of people, many signs, some trees and a partly cloudy sky.
April 6, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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There was a small Microsoft 50th Anniversary celebration in the office today. Tasty cupcakes :)

Also being born in 1975, I found the "Back in 1975" Banner kinda cool. Learning the X10 home automation system was that old is a bit shocking.
Microsoft 50th Anniversary cupcakes on a table. The cupcakes are chocolate with a red sugar-coated frosting and the Microsoft 50th Pixelated Windows Flag print on top. There are over 100 cupcakes left of the original 180. A back in 1975 banner that list a number of facts from 1975: Sports: World Series Champs: Cincinnati Reds, Super Bowl Champs, Pittsburgh Steelers, NBA Champs, Golden State Warriors, Stanely Cup Champs, Philadelphia Flyers. News: Fire Breaks out in the World Trade Center The Rockey Horror Show opens on Broadway Wheel of Fortune premieres on NBC Bill Gates founded Microsoft in Albuquerque NM Volkswagen introduces the Golf. Music: ABBA - SOS Carpenters - Please Mr Postman Pattie LaBelle - Lady Marmalade US President: Gerald Ford What things cost? Gas - $0.57/Gal Toyota Corolla - $2711 Banana - $0.19/lb Stamp - $0.10 Dozen Eggs - $0.77 Gallon of Milk - $157 US Population 215.9M World Population 4.08B Movies: Jaws The Rocky Horror Picture Show Dog Day Afternoon Funny Lady Tommy Shampoo Inventions: Digital Camera Breakaway Rim (Basketball Hoop) X10 Home Automation System Born In 1975 Sia Angelina Jolie David Beckham 50 Cent Enrique Iglesias Slang: Psyche! - Just Kidding Far Our - Cool Dream On - Unrealistic Right on - In Agreement Done Box - An Ambulance Yearly Income: $11,800 [The Banner is dark blue with white or lighter blue test and graphics] A close-up picture of a chocolate cupcake with white frosting on top. The edge of the frosting has large clear sugar crystals all around it. On top of the frosting is a printed edible Microsoft 50th Windows flag.
April 4, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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Wow. Made me wonder how just my wife and I use so much power. Looks like it's primarily EVs & all my computer equipment, but this is just data from Winter months. In the summer, our HVAC is the primary consumer.
Screenshot of the span.io app showing top power consuming circuits for our home. Offices used 544kWh EV charger 1 used 361kWh Dryer used 319kWH EV charger 2 used 197kWh Furnace used 191kWh
April 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Actually, the G16 is in stock!
shop.asus.com/us/rog/90nr0...
Screenshot showing the 2025 Asus Zephyrus G16 is in stock, buy now price of $4600.
April 3, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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Are external GPUs even a consideration?

I have this 4090 that cost almost 2x what the laptop did, but it does have 16GB of VRAM.

ASUS has a new version here: rog.asus.com/us/articles/...
Laptop on a frosted white glass desk with purple lighting showing through the desk. External GPU sitting on a shelf above the laptop. Metal peg board on the left wall. An magnetic screw plat is on the metal pegboard. In the corner a speaker with wood slats behind it. A keyboard sits under the visible corner of a monitor.
April 3, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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I think it's this setting.

I know I've gotten the popup asking me which app to use for navigation links in the browser with the option of Just once or always.
App setting for Maps on android for system defaults. Showing the option to opening supported links and supported web addresses in Google Maps instead of the active browser with a toggle control.
April 3, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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That statue gets around. It was in B36 for a long time and started in the millennium campus AFAIK.

From Halo 2 launch night.
Pic of the life-size halo 2 Master cheif statue with a metallic xbox logo on the wall behind it. Next to some seating and some awards.
April 1, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Picked up my C40 today after getting new axle shafts under warranty to resolve fluttering noise under acceleration TSB and saw they had three of the new XC30s all lined up.

Interesting new colors. Not for me, but it's nice to see cars that are not just red, black, white or grey.
Pic of a car dealership lot showing three EX30s in the foreground, light blue, yellow, and white from left to right. Take from the shaded side of cars. Pic of a car dealership lot showing three EX30s in the foreground, light blue, yellow, and white from left to right. Taken from the sun facing side of the cars.
April 1, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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Neat. SolarEdge updated their interface. Nice to see the improvements in look and functionality.
Screenshot of the updated SolarEdge website. Showing four sections: timeframe selection set to 1 week of data. Site power showing consumption and generation along with power used from solar and power sent to the grid. Inverter power showing the comparative generation between the two inverters I have. Lastly Battery state of charge. Total generation for 1 week was 147.45 kWh and total consumption for a week was 123.34 kWh.
March 25, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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A faded sign with stenciled yellow lettering on weathered red paint that reads: DANGER KEEP OFF OF LAVA RESPECT TUTU PELE - POHOIKI OHANA
March 24, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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It's been a while since I upgraded from a single 7.6kWh inverter to 2 & it's finally sunny enough at times to see I'm no longer clipping. While it's not consistently sunny enough yet, it did hit 10.3kWh peak. I'm hoping I'll have some months where I produce over 2mWh & perhaps hit 16mWh for the year
Screenshot of the solaredge app showing production and consumption for Marc 17th from 12am to 11:59PM. The max power generated is shown as 10.3KW at 12:45pm
March 22, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Last night in Kona. Heading back to reality in the morning.
Back to work next week. Not sure when we will be back as I don't plan on booking another vacation with air travel until sanity returns to the federal government.
Sunset with clouds lit from below by the sun, bricks and the ocean reflecting the light of the sun below the horizon, and a tiki torch on the left. Clouds lit pinks and reds from the sun below the horizon, two tiki torches in the foreground and a part of a roof. in the distance a bit of land on the horizon with the ocean reflecting the sky.
March 22, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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Posting some more sunset pictures to help bring more beauty into people's feeds.
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Mostly cloudy sunset with some people in the foreground, trees and a peninsula in the distance. A close up of the sunset with many layers of clouds brightly lit from the setting sun. Palm trees in the foreground. People gathered to watch the sunset. Several people are sitting on the seawall as the sun sets behind distant clouds. Palm trees on the right rise in the to cloudy sky. Across the bay more trees and land are visible. An image taken with the camera on the picnic table. The warm post sunset glow is reflected on the weathered surface of the table. A few palm trees are visible with a condo building to the right.
March 18, 2025 at 7:31 AM