Category Archives: Technical

Almost Got My TV stuff down

Posted on November 10, 2012 by larry

Pretty happy with my Antenna, I am gonna give it a few more weeks to shakedown then good bye comcast. Pretty uneventful day. Little to post, I slept in, cleaned up a little, chalk it up as a rest day. … Continue reading →

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Load Tested the Antenna

Posted on November 9, 2012 by larry

So it looks like the house is gonna go antenna in a few weeks.  I got most stuff moved over to it but I am waiting for some new things to come in. I do not think I will need … Continue reading →

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Perfect Timing

Posted on November 8, 2012 by larry

I got my HD HomeRun Dual today. It was pretty easy for me to set up, but I can see how someone not technically literate would have a hard time setting up this device. Still, it is awesome.  This was … Continue reading →

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Setup New Antenna

Posted on November 7, 2012 by larry

I did it, comcast will not be my provider of television in a few weeks.  Just need to validate my setup and see how many TV’s I can push with this Antenna. I decided on the Channel Master Metrotenna (Sounds … Continue reading →

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Looking At Some Prices

Posted on November 6, 2012 by larry

Went to Frys today to do some research on a antenna and a new ESXi server. Antenna was cheaper than expected. I also looked at motherboards that would work too. The MSI 760GM-E51 seems like a good possibility for the … Continue reading →

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Replacing Comcast

Posted on November 5, 2012 by larry

I wanted to see what kind of channels I could get with an antenna. With this small setup, I was able to get the channels I wanted, I hope that an attic antenna will give me more channels, then I … Continue reading →

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Misleading and deceptive but not lying

Posted on November 4, 2012 by larry

I been working on my main sever for several days now.  One of the things I am looking at this time around is the power supply. I went to Frys yesterday and got what I thought was a 500Watt power … Continue reading →

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Getting New Team Together

Posted on November 3, 2012 by larry

Went to a party today and met some relatives that wanted to try and do the Half Marathon. It was sad to hear some former team mates not want to do it, but it was heartening to hear some that … Continue reading →

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Purchased My First SSL Cert

Posted on October 29, 2012 by larry

One of my kids needed an email address for school. I said to use our mail server, unfortunately I used a privately signed cert. Anyway, this might not fly for school use, so I went ahead and purchased a real … Continue reading →

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Lost Art of Server Administration

Posted on October 28, 2012 by larry

I recently set up a mail server, it made me realize knowledge is disappearing. It was pretty easy for me to setup a mail server, but I certainly did forget some things. I’ll put together a doc on how to … Continue reading →

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