Category Archives: New Toys

Weird Storm Day

Posted on October 25, 2014 by larry

Didn’t know it was gonna be a windy day, weather is going nuts. Wife and I decided to go to the movies and the power flickered in couple of the theaters and we decided to get a refund and return … Continue reading →

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Using the Right Tools

Posted on October 11, 2014 by larry

Amazing how fun projects can be when you have the right tool and a good work area. I been using a cordless drill to make holes in my projects, I finally used a drill press, and it is a JOY … Continue reading →

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Day Flew By

Posted on September 15, 2014 by larry

Did a lot today, felt like a Monday. Tried a new DVR, the Zmodo ZMD-DD-SBN8, it sucks, gonna return it. ALso got my new camera up. Cleaned some of the house… AND ran (just 1/2 mile and walked 1/2) Feeling accomplished … Continue reading →

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Busy Getting Firewall Up

Posted on August 30, 2014 by larry

Spent most of the day finishing up the firewall.  Snort seems pretty aggressive though ans seems to lock up the tablets. Maybe its doing its job. Anyway, slowly working on the rules, hope it fixes soon. Just did pushups and … Continue reading →

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Back From Vmworld 2014

Posted on August 29, 2014 by larry

Flew back to Seattle from San Francisco today.  On the way back I was treated with an awesome view.   I know I was going to post some vmware stuff, but when I got home I ate a quick lunch … Continue reading →

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Changing Firewall Strategy

Posted on August 28, 2014 by larry

I been using primarily linksys and what not as my firewall. But lately I been trying pfSense.  Installed with a few challenges, but nothing a relatively skilled IT person that works with Unix can deal with. Anyway, I may go … Continue reading →

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Documenting HD Homerun Internet Access

Posted on June 12, 2014 by larry

I was able to document how to remotely connect to my new HD Homerun. http://www.apolonio.com/node/54 I have the one that does h.264 encoding, also I found out that it can work with SSL. Pretty darn interesting. Just doing pushups and … Continue reading →

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So Many New Things

Posted on June 11, 2014 by larry

Wish I could review them all and post it here, but real quick. I got another HD Homerun, this time one that does encoding for h.264, I was able to get that on the Internet. Drill Press early father’s day … Continue reading →

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Planning New Poject

Posted on May 21, 2014 by larry

This weekend is a 3 day weekend and I plan to get my 8 track project off the ground. Couple things first though, I got the domain retrodvr for this project. Need to clean up my workbench Start research on … Continue reading →

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Raspberry Pi Media Center

Posted on May 19, 2014 by larry

I am really getting into this Raspberry Pi and it being an OpenElec media center. Got the card working, video runs smoot, even got IR. That is the most basic stuff. Now need to get the LCD display going. Then … Continue reading →

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