Category Archives: New Toys

New Office Chair

Posted on August 24, 2021 by larry

Also want to note we finally had our sliding door done downstairs today, will do a before and after hopefully tomorrow. Today I also got a new chair for my office. Here is the New and Old Got it from … Continue reading →

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Silicondust HDHR Upgrades

Posted on August 23, 2021 by larry

Looking to upgrade my HDHR Connect devices. The four on the left are clearly older versions Gen 1 and 2 with the Blue one being Gen 2 but with a single tuner. The one on the right is in a … Continue reading →

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Office Pictures

Posted on August 22, 2021 by larry

You know I am done when I can post pictures. In reality, this office will always be evolving, so things will change, but finally clean enough and organized enough to post some pictures. Hopefully I covered up most things so … Continue reading →

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Much Cleaner Office

Posted on August 21, 2021 by larry

My work area is looking much better. I bit more organizing and I should be able to post better photos. Surface mount looks good and works with smaller keystone adapters. Unfortunately the smaller ones are not color coded like the … Continue reading →

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Office Disaster Area

Posted on August 20, 2021 by larry

Office got really messy today all for some simple wiring. I needed to clean up some wiring because these server really should not be in this hallway closet Even wife say that the towels and clothes in the closet would … Continue reading →

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HDHR Collection

Posted on August 19, 2021 by larry

Not intentional, but it looks like I have a bunch of them. Here is what I got HDHR-US 101xxxxx is gen 1/21012xxxx or lower is gen 11013xxxx or higher is gen 2 HDHR-T1-US 102xxxxx is a single tuner version of … Continue reading →

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Still Disorganized

Posted on August 16, 2021 by larry

Surprisingly my HDHR4-2US (4th gen HDHR) came in today. Still need to test it out Also found out from a reddit post that the first four numbers of an HDHR identifies the version you have. So apparently, I now have … Continue reading →

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Silicondust HDFX-2US Flex Duo

Posted on August 13, 2021 by larry

Finally opened up a Silicondust I had It is tiny, interesting looking. Hopefully it will fit right in to production. Weight: 328.4

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Gonna Be Hot Again

Posted on August 11, 2021 by larry

Maybe not as hot as a few weeks ago, but it will get hot. Ordered some windows fans and should come in just in time. Not sure why my zoneminder was flaky. I tried new graphics card, cables, RAM, removed … Continue reading →

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Enjoying New Office

Posted on August 6, 2021 by larry

It is starting to be a pleasure working in the office now. I got a decent setup going, my Raspberry Pi K8 cluster is ready to go. I repositioned the camera, I look better where it is now Camera is … Continue reading →

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