Author Archives: larry

Nice Long Sleep

Posted on September 17, 2017 by larry

I think I needed it, I finally got a decent 5 hours sleep with the CPAP and 3 hours without. Feeling good energy wise. In the home though, toilet acted up.  Then when I was ready to leave home from … Continue reading →

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Bringing In Pros

Posted on September 16, 2017 by larry

Tried to do the door again, what a failure. Not sure what I am doing wrong.  I will need to hire someone to do this. Need to sleep early, been tired.

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I thought it was me

Posted on September 15, 2017 by larry

I was trying to get the 433Mhz receiver to work with the ESP8266. Apparently, the issue is that there is a strict timing issue and stuff needs to come from RAM. Here is the article https://github.com/sui77/rc-switch/issues/46 So it is not … Continue reading →

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433Mhz ESP8266 Gateway

Posted on September 14, 2017 by larry

Finally decided to try and mess with an ESP8266 gateway for the 433Mhz network. This is the first iteration. The transistor you see is a 2N7000 mosfet that acts as a 5v to 3.3V TTL level shifter. Unfortunately it still … Continue reading →

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8TB Mycloud

Posted on September 13, 2017 by larry

Decided to try and centralize all of my media on a NAS on my local area network. Yesterday I mentioned getting an 8TB disk, I got it.  With another expansion disk, I will have two 8TB shares. Hoping all the … Continue reading →

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Playing with WD MyCloud

Posted on September 12, 2017 by larry

A coworker at work was thinking of setting up a NAS at home.  I had the Western Digital MyCloud and told it was a simple device, does what I needed it to. But it got me thinking of maybe hosting … Continue reading →

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Too Big Fridge

Posted on September 11, 2017 by larry

We had a fridge delivered today, been waiting for several weeks. Bummer that it was 1/4″ too big. We had them take it back. But I did have neighbors come and help me with new sliding door.  It looks MUCH … Continue reading →

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Door my new nightmare

Posted on September 10, 2017 by larry

Fridge and door both causing me heartache. Going to have to ask for help.  Not sure what I am doing. Tomorrow I will get enough stuff to protect the door.  But need some assistance.  

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Washington State Fair 2017

Posted on September 9, 2017 by larry

Did our annual Washington State Fair visit. Kind of needed it, I hit burnout today, the killer was that our mailbox was broken in to. Just had enough, needed a break. State Fair was it, this year we went a … Continue reading →

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New Door In

Posted on September 8, 2017 by larry

Got the first of two doors partially in today. Will add some pics tomorrow, but it is looking good. Home Depot shorted us some parts though, kind of annoying.  Still need to go back and get more parts.  

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