Category Archives: Technical

Problems Upgrading to CentOS 7

Posted on December 23, 2017 by larry

Trying to upgrade from CentOS 5 to CentOS 7 and it just is not happening. I can build an OS but it is not finding the old disks. Maybe a kernel module issue.

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Windows Installed

Posted on December 22, 2017 by larry

Finally the Windows are in, bringing to an end weeks of anxiety. I think I was afraid with how things were going to go down, the price seemed a little high, but when they were installing the new Windows, I … Continue reading →

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Video Capture

Posted on December 21, 2017 by larry

Having problems with video capture, looks like my device only does 1080i. I went to Amazon to purchase one, found one that not only did VGA but also did VGA. Been on a quest to get one.  I think it … Continue reading →

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Asus Chromebit Review

Posted on December 19, 2017 by larry

Finally got a chance to unbox my Chromebit CS10 Not much to the box Here are the contents an HDMI extender about a foot long, power supply, some round stickies, and the device itself. I thought it would be the … Continue reading →

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Net Neutrality Meetup

Posted on December 18, 2017 by larry

Today we had a meetup and the topic was net neutrality. It was super interesting and for 2018 we are going to setup an antenna to provide Internet to the dog park. A lot to think about, but seems doable. … Continue reading →

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Cool Shot of Wemos D1 Mini

Posted on December 17, 2017 by larry

I was playing around with the macro and this shot came out pretty interesting Looks otherworldly. Here is just the Wemos D1 mini Came out alright, I thought because it was over exposed it would not look right.  

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Management System Is Up

Posted on December 11, 2017 by larry

Finally got the system patched and working. It does not fill me with confidence though.  Something not right with it and I cannot put my finger on it. Hopefully it is stable.  

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Windows 7 Updates

Posted on December 10, 2017 by larry

I don’t know why Microsoft makes it so hard to download patches for Windows 7. I got a machine up and went through the motions to install it and it bombs out installing patches. I thing I may have to … Continue reading →

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More Shopping Today

Posted on December 9, 2017 by larry

I was able to get a 50% coupon on everything I purchased today at Goodwill. I got some cool stuff, one of them was a projector for $20, looks new two. But the big disappointment was some monitors I got.  … Continue reading →

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Surprising Performance on Bargain Rig

Posted on December 6, 2017 by larry

I thought adding a discrete GeForce 8800 GTS would improve performance on the gamer rig. Here are the settings with the descrete card Here it is without it, using the integrated graphics card. Across the board everything is better by … Continue reading →

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