This post is related to my instructional series on setting up Apache James as part of building baseline IT infrastructure for a startup or small business.

This evening I will be staging materials and getting ready to lay the stem wall.

Concrete pour is done! Ended up at 20.5 yards of concrete, some footers were wider by a couple of inches and that adds up quickly.

Bulkheads and perimeter insulation are in, we’re ready for concrete pour in the morning.

Rebar almost done, ready for concrete pour this coming week.

I got my Pine64 beta Convergence Edition a week ago or so, and I’ve used it enough now to give my first impressions and provide some ( hopefully ) useful feedback for the developers working on Manjaro Plasma for the Pine64.

Recently, Linux has become a friendlier environment for installing and managing alternate JDK environments.

I just had to renew the letsencrypt SSL cert on my web site.

Since I ported my site to a static site using Hugo in late March, I’ve been ironing out the details on how to most efficiently create and post content to the site.

Got the plumbing trench filled. I used plywood forms with grade stakes to make straight edges in the footer trenches where the plumbing trench crossed them.