Category Archives: New Toys

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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New Washer and Dryer

Posted on October 17, 2017 by larry

House steadily getting better.  Replaced our 10+ year old washer/dryer.  I am getting tired of fixing things. Have a zero interest loan on this purchase  for 24 months.  Hope to pay it off quicker then that. I really hope by … Continue reading →

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New Nikon 5600

Posted on October 13, 2017 by larry

Got a new camera Here are the contents Pretty happy, we’ll see how it works.  

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8TB Mycloud

Posted on September 13, 2017 by larry

Decided to try and centralize all of my media on a NAS on my local area network. Yesterday I mentioned getting an 8TB disk, I got it.  With another expansion disk, I will have two 8TB shares. Hoping all the … Continue reading →

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New Silicondust HD Homerun

Posted on August 31, 2017 by larry

I got a new HDHomerun that has built in hardware encoding. I knew I wouldn’t have time today to get it setup, a three day weekend is coming up and hope I can get it up then. I purchased it … Continue reading →

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Organizing Garage

Posted on August 26, 2017 by larry

Today I really hit the garage, one huge thing I did was organize a lot of the cables. Actually labeled a bunch. Also trying to get rid of some switches, replaced two of them with this Looks like a winner. … Continue reading →

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New Zoneminder Rig

Posted on August 25, 2017 by larry

I never did a proper review of my new Zoneminder Rig which is based on an older Dual Socket Xeon Proc with 4 cores each. Currently this box has Dual Xeon Quad Core E5606 CPUs and 12GB of Registered DDR3 RAM … Continue reading →

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Disappointed in New Antenna

Posted on August 24, 2017 by larry

Had this sitting on the floor for months now Pretty disappointed at it though, channel 13.1 is so hard to get. I set it up on a cheap PVC pipe mount. Hopefully it will work better in the attic.  

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Starting Build of New Zoneminder

Posted on August 12, 2017 by larry

As of this posting, I am getting the build going for my new zoneminder. I am pretty sure I am going to replace the services it is providing, but I am not sure it will be all from this new … Continue reading →

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