Monthly Archives: August 2017

New Silicondust HD Homerun

Posted on August 31, 2017 by larry

I got a new HDHomerun that has built in hardware encoding. I knew I wouldn’t have time today to get it setup, a three day weekend is coming up and hope I can get it up then. I purchased it … Continue reading →

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Hour Organizing

Posted on August 30, 2017 by larry

Spending several hours a day trying to get the garage organized. Slowly but surely it is getting to where I want. Today I worked on some of the power, got a new UPS.  Looking better Also will add some shelving … Continue reading →

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Cleaner Garage

Posted on August 29, 2017 by larry

Garage is getting cleaner, but came across some rat poop. Had to stop and take care of it then clean up thoroughly afterwards. Wiring looks good, but the black one is not acting right. Hopefully it is nothing.

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So close to finishing phase 1

Posted on August 28, 2017 by larry

I am so close to finishing the garage phase 1. I could the computers thinner VGA cables, drawback was it needed a gender bender.  But it looks better. But the huge one was getting the color coded network jacks. Looking … Continue reading →

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Garage Cleanup Phase 2

Posted on August 27, 2017 by larry

I pulled apart some shelves to get me access to all the rats nest of wiring. I did get it up.  Unfortunately, I unplugged something and when I replugged it in, the UPS went nuts and fried itself. Hope I … Continue reading →

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Organizing Garage

Posted on August 26, 2017 by larry

Today I really hit the garage, one huge thing I did was organize a lot of the cables. Actually labeled a bunch. Also trying to get rid of some switches, replaced two of them with this Looks like a winner. … 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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Failure To Repair Door

Posted on August 23, 2017 by larry

Today we tried repairing the sliding glass door.  Not sure why but it does not want to go high on the track. I think they sell track lifts, I may take a shot this weekend at another type of lift. … Continue reading →

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Stress Level Up

Posted on August 22, 2017 by larry

I got too much going on at the same time, although I am handling it pretty well, the break point is coming. Unless I can find a break. I feel like I need a good run. Maybe next week.

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