Category Archives: Reviews

Linuxfest 2019 Day One

Posted on April 26, 2019 by larry

OK, we left Renton earlier this year, and got to Bellingham at a decent time. Unfortunately, the hotel I got was not what I expected. It is nice, but it is off near the airport, and my mifi signal strength … Continue reading →

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HP Slimline 260-A010

Posted on February 17, 2019 by larry

Yesterday I mentioned I got a new HP Small Desktop Its actually an HP Slimline, I am going to use it for testing UEFI booting and testing. Price was really cheap at $69 plus tax and it feels like a … Continue reading →

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Windows Installed

Posted on December 22, 2017 by larry

Finally the Windows are in, bringing to an end weeks of anxiety. I think I was afraid with how things were going to go down, the price seemed a little high, but when they were installing the new Windows, I … Continue reading →

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Asus Chromebit Review

Posted on December 19, 2017 by larry

Finally got a chance to unbox my Chromebit CS10 Not much to the box Here are the contents an HDMI extender about a foot long, power supply, some round stickies, and the device itself. I thought it would be the … Continue reading →

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First Star Wars Opening Night

Posted on December 14, 2017 by larry

I got invited to a vendor pitch for the Star Wars The Last Jedi Premier. It was pretty darn good.  Felt like s similar plot line to the original 3 Star Wars movies (Starting with New Hope), but there were … Continue reading →

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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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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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Tired Even After Rest Day

Posted on July 2, 2017 by larry

I have been trying to rest today but I think something is really screwy with my sleep schedule. I don’t think I have been sleeping right, tonight I hope to get some good sleep. Thinking of getting better sleep will … Continue reading →

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UW Night Market

Posted on May 13, 2017 by larry

Today was a long long day Went shopping, got our packet for tomorrows color run and in general was a busy. The finale of the night was the night market.  Went to UW for a night market thing, was fun, … Continue reading →

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