Category Archives: Training

This is all items related to my physical training.

Long Day I am Tired

Posted on October 28, 2016 by larry

Got beat due to work today.  One of the applications I am involved with is in degraded mode, and we as an organization is trying to figure out how to fix things. I got to do something cool though, and … Continue reading →

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Signed Up For The Big Climb

Posted on October 27, 2016 by larry

Today I signed up for my first event in 2017, the big climb. Hoping to make it up there in under 20 minutes.  Really should start training again. So much to do though.   Not enough hours in the day … Continue reading →

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Stable System

Posted on October 26, 2016 by larry

I rebuilt my new rig to Windows 7.  I wanted to build it on an m sata disk, but I installed it on a 120GB disk for now, eventually I would like to get it on a 250GB MSata disk … Continue reading →

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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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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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Thrilling Seahawks Victory

Posted on October 16, 2016 by larry

Felt like a dirty victory, but I will take it.  There were so many calls against Seahawks in the past that I am not too beat up over the way we won. What happened was that Atlanta was on its … Continue reading →

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