Category Archives: Technical

Got Some New LEDs

Posted on June 1, 2012 by larry

I ordered some LED’s online and they are not quite what I expected. I wanted some multicolored LED’s and when I opened them up they were all in clear shells. But curiously, they were in different bags, so I took … Continue reading →

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It Passes

Posted on May 31, 2012 by larry

After over 21 hours of testing, my motherboard passed the memory check software 9 times. I can call it good. Rest day during hell week is not really a rest.  Ran 2 miles on the treadmill and still burned over … Continue reading →

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Holy Crap It Worked

Posted on May 30, 2012 by larry

In the middle of hell week and I found time to do fix my motherboard. Recall about a week and a half ago that I discovered my motherboard had some blown caps http://www.apolonio.com/blog/?p=2154 I ordered some caps for cheap, 0.59 … Continue reading →

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New Soldering Iron

Posted on May 22, 2012 by larry

My first soldering iron (one that I tried to use properly anyway) was a Hakko, it worked well and I did not know it, because I did not know how to solder. I got a second one, usually the second … Continue reading →

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Getting Things Done

Posted on May 21, 2012 by larry

Slowly getting all my little things done.  Then I can refocus on my training. I did have another gym workout with my personal trainer.  It was good and felt rewarding. One of the things on my list is to build another … Continue reading →

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Bad Caps

Posted on May 18, 2012 by larry

So here is an interesting observation, I have this motherboard which only will take 4GB of RAM, it simply fails when doing 8GB. After weeks of troubleshooting, after changing out a bunch of things, I finally figured out it is … Continue reading →

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Still Sore

Posted on May 14, 2012 by larry

Should have rested yesterday, I went walking for a mile and am gonna finish off with some pushups and situps. Hope to sleep early tonight. Tomorrow I may do a 4 plus. On another note, version 1 of the sketch … Continue reading →

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A Hot Mother’s Day

Posted on May 13, 2012 by larry

For the most part we stayed at home today, but it got pretty hot so we decided to take a drive with the AC on. Glad we did because it was a nice day out.  We got some snacks and … Continue reading →

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Sandbagging

Posted on May 9, 2012 by larry

Ran a 4 plus today, time was easy to remember Time: 50:50 But the interesting thing about today’s run was how it was NOT a struggle, I think I was actually holding back a bit.  At the end I had … Continue reading →

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Everything Crashed

Posted on April 30, 2012 by larry

Not everything, but felt like it, I am not sure why, but a bunch of servers, not all connected to the same UPS, went dark. It started with a backend server that houses the mysql database and a ton of … Continue reading →

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