Category Archives: Technical

More Wire Organizing

Misc day Cleaning up my server rack, hoping to make things clean. Fun day, watched my sun run Cross Country, but chilled out here at a park afterwards. Kitchen got its first cabinets, not moving fast enough, but it is … Continue reading

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Silicondust DVR

Signed up for Silicondust DVR yesterday. It cost $35 for a year, mainly for the EPG. Now looking at how to rearchitect my network. Thinking of purchasing a 4channel Flex. Worked out today on treadmill, time to lose weight. Weight: … Continue reading

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Spoke to Someone from Silicondust

Today I had an interesting call from Nick at Silicondust (Maker of HD Homerun devices), I found the conversation really interesting. I am working on a story regarding my HD Homerun devices, and he gave me some good insight. Also … Continue reading

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Reddit Post on HDHomerun

Posted this picture and on the hdhomerun subreddit Family Photo Before Retirement My HDHR family came together for a reunion before the older guys go into retirement. Waiting on HDFX-4K, maybe next month. While they were together, a memorial was … Continue reading

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Fighting Plex TV Recordings

This is not entirely plex, but some of it is hd homerun and another issue is the PCI WinTV card. It is frustrating because they are different technologies (sure they share a common antenna) but that is not what failed. … Continue reading

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Back On Home Treadmill

Finally ran again, still slow, but at least went over a mile in 20 minutes. Also working on hdhomerun document. Got another 4 channel HDHR5-US Weight: 337.4

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No Treadmill Today

Stubbed my toe this morning also kind of got busy. So will reschedule my first treadmill workout tomorrow. I did eat light today, and feel better. I think diet is going to get really important. Reducing salt intake is helping. … Continue reading

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Checking Signal Strength

Today I replaced my HDHR devices on my plex servers. Before they are used for recording I did a signal check. Not sure if it is accurate, but got something. Was expecting more insight in the signal strength. Still trying … Continue reading

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HDHR Collection Nearly Complete

Revisiting my My post from August 19thhttps://www.apolonio.com/blog/?p=10913 Got a HDHR5-4K (has an R for refurbished) So now I got all of the “CONNECT” versions of the HD Home Run. I did have the extend versions, but they are burned out. … Continue reading

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More Recable

Changing switches between my office and bedroom, putting a smaller one in my office. One of the switches did not have a way to label what the ports are electronically. Took a chance and updated the firmware and it gave … Continue reading

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