Category Archives: New Toys

433Mhz Relay Unit

Posted on March 12, 2018 by larry

Today I got a bunch of packages, one of them contained some relatively cheap 433Mhz Relay modules. Very little documentation on hot configure this, but I was able to work it out. Here it is Before starting, the unit should … Continue reading →

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Resting Today Body Sore

Posted on February 17, 2018 by larry

Body sore from those laps yesterday. Also wanted to get my new build up. Granted this is a budget build, but I am pretty disappointed with the performance. Motherboard is an ASUS PRIME A320M-A so I can go faster with … Continue reading →

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Elgato HD60 Pro

Posted on January 26, 2018 by larry

Recall that my capture card has been KIA and it was sent out for repair. Yesterday there was a sale on an Elgato HD60 Pro and I got an HDMI splitter as well. First is the HDMI splitter, not to … Continue reading →

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Last Sam’s Visit

Posted on January 20, 2018 by larry

Went to Sams today, stood in line for two hours. Not much there There wasn’t much on the floor either, they closed off some areas as well. I did get a cool weather station Will do a review on this … Continue reading →

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New Color Laser Printer

Posted on December 27, 2017 by larry

Installed the a new Color Laser Printer in our house today. It is the Samsung C1860 Kind of have a weird problem with wifi though, it is not going in to sleep mode properly.  I recall an Eco mode, maybe … Continue reading →

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My Late Christmas Present

Posted on December 26, 2017 by larry

Got this for myself this Christmas, I new video capture device It was pretty nice, tested out and it works. One thing it does that made me go for it was its ability to do VGA, but the cable is … Continue reading →

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Christmas 2017

Posted on December 25, 2017 by larry

White Christmas it is really felt Christmassy today But spent most of the day setting up my son’s new gaming rig.  First AMD Ryzen in the house Second fastest one too.  Mine is fastest though.

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Windows Installed

Posted on December 22, 2017 by larry

Finally the Windows are in, bringing to an end weeks of anxiety. I think I was afraid with how things were going to go down, the price seemed a little high, but when they were installing the new Windows, I … Continue reading →

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Asus Chromebit Review

Posted on December 19, 2017 by larry

Finally got a chance to unbox my Chromebit CS10 Not much to the box Here are the contents an HDMI extender about a foot long, power supply, some round stickies, and the device itself. I thought it would be the … Continue reading →

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More Shopping Today

Posted on December 9, 2017 by larry

I was able to get a 50% coupon on everything I purchased today at Goodwill. I got some cool stuff, one of them was a projector for $20, looks new two. But the big disappointment was some monitors I got.  … Continue reading →

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