Category Archives: New Toys

IoT Motion Sensor

Posted on December 20, 2015 by larry

This mod was so amazingly simple.  A couple of weeks ago I saw this ad in some Harbor Freight flyer I got. Since I had a coupon I decided to try one out.  I am sure glad I did, now … Continue reading →

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Wife’s New Phone

Posted on December 19, 2015 by larry

My wife finally got a new phone.  She got the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge. It looks like a fine piece of tech.  It is certainly faster, than our S3. I am thinking of getting the Note 5 myself.  

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Fried Pi

Posted on December 11, 2015 by larry

Today I think I fried my first Raspberry Pi. Not sure if it is truly dead because the Polyfuse may reset and my Pi may still be good. Also been have challenges building another boot USB.  I usually set the … Continue reading →

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Power Issues With ESP8266

Posted on November 26, 2015 by larry

I am not sure what I am doing wrong, but I really struggled with my ESP8266 and its connection with the Arduino.  After some troubleshooting I figured out it is probably signal quality on the ESP8266.  I cap’d it and … Continue reading →

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New Laptop

Posted on November 14, 2015 by larry

I started playing with my new laptop today,  they error-ed in my order, I got a 4310 instead of 6410. It is actually not a bad laptop and my original image does work with this laptop, so not much re-engineering … Continue reading →

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Laptop Died

Posted on October 9, 2015 by larry

So the new laptop I got just out and died.  Well the screen dimmed. Kind of frustrating, doing my part to return and get a refund.  Sucks, but that is the risk with ebay. Just doing pushups and situps.

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New Laptop Here

Posted on October 7, 2015 by larry

OK, I have 3 of the 5 laptops I am looking at getting. Although I have settled on Dell Latitude 6410’s I do have a single Dell 6400 and I am OK with that. I was not paying attention but … Continue reading →

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Got Some New Stuff In

Posted on September 25, 2015 by larry

My caddy came in for my laptop.  Now I am in the hunt to get couple of more Dell E6410 to finish off my training lab. When I get 5 of these Dells I will consider my lab complete. Good … Continue reading →

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Getting Windows 10

Posted on September 11, 2015 by larry

I have my two laptops and am still weighing the Windows 10 options.  I have gone through the install on one of them but am still 50/50 on truly moving on to Windows 10 from Windows 7.  Luckily I do … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 on Laptop

Posted on September 7, 2015 by larry

Finally got Windows 10 Pro upgraded from Windows 7 Ultimate on my laptop. Works pretty well. Now as I post I am installing Linux Mint 17.2 Cinnamon on it. I am going to have 4 hard drives, a Windows 7 … Continue reading →

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