Category Archives: Reviews

Arduino IDE 1.6.7

Posted on December 28, 2015 by larry

Today I loaded up the Arduino IDE 1.6.7, I liked how the way it updated my libraries, but something in the built in wire library seemed broken. That was a show stopper. Here is a simple sketch that puts text … Continue reading →

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Star Wars VII

Posted on December 18, 2015 by larry

Saw the new Star Wars today, I liked it although one of my favorite characters died. That was in the morning,  this afternoon I took our dog to the vet and this evening the family and I are out and … Continue reading →

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Going home from vegas

Posted on July 1, 2015 by larry

It was a nice trip, I am now waiting for the plane home. Am tired and feel like time waa well spent there. Did pushups and situps knowing I will be on a plane headed home late.

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First Day In Las Vegas

Posted on June 29, 2015 by larry

Although we got in last night, I consider this the first day. Flight was great coming down here, it was scheduled for 6:55 and we got to the airport pretty early. I been playing this myvegas games in order to … Continue reading →

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Meetup at Fairwood Library

Posted on May 4, 2015 by larry

We had another meetup today, this time at Fairwood in Renton. I got to say, it is a NICE place, hope the Cedar River(massive remodel) and Highlands (completely new building) ones come out as good. Parking was a little cramped … Continue reading →

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Son’s First Cross Country Meet

Posted on September 6, 2014 by larry

This was exciting, my oldest son ran his first cross country meet.  It was really motivational too. I talked to one of the coaches and he said that parents can run the open portion of the meet as well.  If … Continue reading →

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PAX 2014

Posted on September 1, 2014 by larry

Wow, this was more fun than I anticipated. The big one was the cosplay, still I usually don’t post individual photos here on my blog, but the crowds were pretty significant.     Total fun. Also I did not just … Continue reading →

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Visited Some Libraries Today

Posted on June 28, 2014 by larry

I checked out three Libraries today,  they all seemed to have a place that could accommodate my presentations. I visited Renton Highlands, close, but small, very little property parking but seemed to have ample street parking. Then I went to … Continue reading →

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Big Climb 2014

Posted on March 23, 2014 by larry

Wow, first big event in 2014, the Big Climb. While we were in line to start we got a good look at how high this thing was. Finally got to the start point and it did not hit me that … Continue reading →

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Getting Some New Hard Drives

Posted on September 19, 2013 by larry

Finally, getting NAS drives for my file server.   I have previously used desktop hard drives but these drives pcitured above are specifically meant for NAS.  It has TLER (Time Limited Error Recovery) and higher MTBF (Mean Time Before Failure). … Continue reading →

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