Category Archives: New Toys

Kingwin Power Supply Tester

Posted on December 5, 2017 by larry

Wasted enough time trying to find my power supply tester so I ended up buying one. I got the Kingwin KPST-01 power supply tester Not much documentation, but I will try to add some. Normally you would plug this in … Continue reading →

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Benchmarking Computers at home

Posted on December 2, 2017 by larry

I started tracking a bunch of passmark settings on my computers as home. Of course my personal rig is the fastest, but I was surprised which machines were second. Also my machine was a clear #1 in all categories, over … Continue reading →

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Outside Decorated and Cleaned

Posted on November 25, 2017 by larry

Worked on cleaning the outside of the house today.  Was surprised at how there is still a lot of leaves on the ground. While some of us were doing that others put some Christmas lights up. I also moved off … Continue reading →

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Starting Real Build of Server

Posted on November 22, 2017 by larry

Got a few things going today, one of the important ones was building the backup server. Will start putting it together now.  Targeting going live before the 4 day weekend is out. Also tried to get an old printer going, … Continue reading →

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New Backup Server Up

Posted on November 16, 2017 by larry

Yay, got the new back up server running. One thing I am really worried about though is the form factor, it is currently a tower sitting in the server room.  I think it would be better if it sat in … Continue reading →

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Playing with Macro

Posted on November 6, 2017 by larry

Been playing with my new camera today, one of the reasons to get it was for some close up pictures. Here is a normal shot of a breadboard. Here is a closeup where I did not shrink the image (just … Continue reading →

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Hauppage Rig

Posted on October 26, 2017 by larry

Here are some pictures of the CentOS rig running the hauppage cards. I have two cards connected via splitter. The bottom connector is for the FM radio. The cards are Hauppage HVR 2250 that have 2 recording channels each, so … Continue reading →

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Tiny Antenna Works

Posted on October 25, 2017 by larry

I have setup the new box downstairs with a tiny antenna. Surprise, it worked.  Got the channels I wanted.  Clearer than when it was upstairs. Should get more pictures tomorrow.  I am loading it with linux right now, originally it … Continue reading →

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Thinking Of Plex Server

Posted on October 24, 2017 by larry

With the impending end of Windows 7 and media center, I need to look at what is available to replace it.  I am thinking of a Linux box with 4 tuners. Was thinking of mythtv, but plex seems to be … Continue reading →

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Arduino GSM Works

Posted on October 20, 2017 by larry

I finally got around to getting GSM working with my Arduino. It was dang easy, the sample code just worked. I was able to send out an SMS to my phone Now I got an alternate way to send out … Continue reading →

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