Category Archives: Technical

Multiple Motion Sensor Platform

Posted on November 9, 2016 by larry

Finally got this part of my home monitoring done.  This is the multiple motion sensor platform. Got some initial code to work, it is on the network but does nothing at the moment. Here is the bare part without the … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 Reboots

Posted on November 8, 2016 by larry

Ugh, maybe I made a mistake going to Windows 10, apparently MS is making it difficult to stop reboots of your machine.  I leave mine on 24/7.  I want to control reboots.  So that is bad news #1. The other … Continue reading →

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End Daylight Savings 2016

Posted on November 6, 2016 by larry

Daylight savings ended today and we “Fall Back” and added an hour to our day. So it will be about 18 weeks before we “Spring Forward” This is where I start training again.  I want to try and get to … Continue reading →

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Added Hard Drives To New Rig

Posted on November 5, 2016 by larry

Finally got the hard drives added to my new computer. Still not done though, need to get another 4TB and 2TB hard drive installed as well as a 250GB M.2 sata disk. I also added more software, should be good … Continue reading →

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Finally Home From Trip

Posted on November 4, 2016 by larry

That was a long business trip to Spokane.  I am beat. Worked hard, got a lot accomplished. Interesting that on the way back, I was able to stream my the news on to my phone. Not sure if it was … Continue reading →

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Long Day I am Tired

Posted on October 28, 2016 by larry

Got beat due to work today.  One of the applications I am involved with is in degraded mode, and we as an organization is trying to figure out how to fix things. I got to do something cool though, and … Continue reading →

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Stable System

Posted on October 26, 2016 by larry

I rebuilt my new rig to Windows 7.  I wanted to build it on an m sata disk, but I installed it on a 120GB disk for now, eventually I would like to get it on a 250GB MSata disk … Continue reading →

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Trying To Get Windows 10

Posted on October 25, 2016 by larry

I don’t want to pay full retail for Windows 10.  I would rather stay on Windows 7 than go to Windows 10 by paying full price.  Heck I would install Windows 8 before paying full price for Windows 10. But … Continue reading →

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New Rig Finally Up

Posted on October 24, 2016 by larry

My new machine is up.  I recall reading an article earlier this year that MS will not support running Windows 7 on a skylake processor.  Sure enough something about Skylake that prevented me from installing Windows 7. First thing was … Continue reading →

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What An Amazing Sunday Night Game

Posted on October 23, 2016 by larry

What a day, a LOT of football starting with a London early morning game and finishing with an overtime in the night game for my beloved Seahawks.  Final score was 6 to 6, a tie.  Apparently this is the lowest … Continue reading →

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