Category Archives: New Toys

New Rig Finally Up

Posted on October 24, 2016 by larry

My new machine is up.  I recall reading an article earlier this year that MS will not support running Windows 7 on a skylake processor.  Sure enough something about Skylake that prevented me from installing Windows 7. First thing was … Continue reading →

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What An Amazing Sunday Night Game

Posted on October 23, 2016 by larry

What a day, a LOT of football starting with a London early morning game and finishing with an overtime in the night game for my beloved Seahawks.  Final score was 6 to 6, a tie.  Apparently this is the lowest … Continue reading →

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Working One Handed

Posted on October 22, 2016 by larry

I tried to work with one hand, it is just too hard. My hand is getting better, but certainly not there. Also, combine that with a busy day and little sleep, it adds up to an exhausted guy. Will try … Continue reading →

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Got All The Pieces

Posted on October 21, 2016 by larry

I have all the parts for my PC. I can get the base system done tomorrow.  Too tired to do today though. Also hand still hurts making it tough. Also got some new IP cameras, should have looked online, looks … Continue reading →

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Woke up to Painful Hand

Posted on October 20, 2016 by larry

My right hand was in a lot of pain this morning.  I got up at 4AM due to the pain.  Called doctor and they got me on gout medicine again.  Aleve also helped with the pain. Got mythtv working, kind … Continue reading →

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Revisit MythTV

Posted on October 19, 2016 by larry

It has been over a decade since I ran MythTV. I am going to give it another shot.  It is funny what they have as system requirements.  I am going to break from my usual CentOS linux and give MythBuntu … Continue reading →

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Realtime Transcoding of HD Homerun

Posted on October 17, 2016 by larry

About a year ago my HD Homerun Plus to transcode and play over the Internet http://www.apolonio.com/node/54 Unfortunately it was prone to overheating, and it finally died.  I was debating how I could replace it, then I came across the idea … Continue reading →

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Wrong About Storm

Posted on October 13, 2016 by larry

I thought the storm was going to happen last night, but seems to have started today.  We are also getting whacked with three storms, with with the third Saturday night that will be the toughest. It will be like a … Continue reading →

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Another Piece for my new Rig

Posted on October 4, 2016 by larry

So I got the motherboard and today I got a 500GB SSD Hard Drive.  Of course I went with the Samsung Pro line of SSD. Next will be RAM and finally the CPU.  

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New Monitor

Posted on October 1, 2016 by larry

I got a new monitor that can go in to portrait mode.  I like it, it works for what I do. I connected a docking station to it, at first there were some weird artifacts, but I determined it was … Continue reading →

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