Category Archives: New Toys

Media Converters Are In

Posted on October 31, 2013 by larry

Yay, I got my media converters in today. These convert 5v to 3.3v and back so the arduino and raspberry Pi can communicate. These may prove to be valuable, I hope so.   I won’t be able to give them … Continue reading →

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New Personal Laptop

Posted on October 26, 2013 by larry

It is not the greatest, but it was my first personal laptop in over 5 years.  I went for what I needed which is not speed or capacity, but portable and cheap. I got an asus for sale, if it … Continue reading →

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New Cisco Router

Posted on October 25, 2013 by larry

Found this little gem at Goodwill for 7.99. I didn’t think it would work but I got it home, reset it, and flashed the firmware. I have read the reviews on this and some say it started failing.  Hopefully this … Continue reading →

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New Minivan

Posted on October 14, 2013 by larry

I have hit a breaking point with our old van. I will still repair it which will set me back about $1,000. But today we purchased a new vehicle, I Honda Odyssey. It is all good though.  Needed one, will … Continue reading →

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Playing with the Oscilliscope

Posted on October 10, 2013 by larry

Finally got my O-Scope plugged in and it sure did not disappoint. I tested the new power supplies and it was OK   Here is the power supply with no load Here it is with 1/2 load   And here … Continue reading →

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Hardware Software Not Working

Posted on October 6, 2013 by larry

My server upgrade did not go smooth, I think if I stuck with CentOS 5 I would have been fine, but I wanted to upgrade to 6.  Have a lot of problems though.  Two of the 3 apps I need … Continue reading →

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My First Oscilliscope

Posted on October 5, 2013 by larry

Finally got one of these, been wanting one for a while now.  Now I can see how well a power supply is feeding my devices. Played some football today, little sore, that is my workout and was a good one, … Continue reading →

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Getting My New Server Going

Posted on October 4, 2013 by larry

My support server been getting slammed. This weekend I am going to spend some time upgrading it.   I also am looking at changing the case for it. Also ordered my new soldering iron.  Looking good.  Things are coming together. … Continue reading →

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New Power Supply

Posted on October 2, 2013 by larry

I got a new power supply.  I been usually getting some cheap ones and am fed up with replacing them.  So I decided to drop a bit more on my power supply. I did some research and came accross this … Continue reading →

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Getting Some New Hard Drives

Posted on September 19, 2013 by larry

Finally, getting NAS drives for my file server.   I have previously used desktop hard drives but these drives pcitured above are specifically meant for NAS.  It has TLER (Time Limited Error Recovery) and higher MTBF (Mean Time Before Failure). … Continue reading →

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