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Reprogramming the Comcast Remote
Comcast swapped out my cable box to resolve an intermittent problem that has been occurring the past few weeks. They gave us a Cisco/Scientific Atlanta box. The universal remote that came with the cable box was platinum colored. The universal … Continue reading
Rebuilt the Stairs
On Good Friday I decided to start the rebuilding of the stairs in the house. The old stairs were made of popular / pine and were stained black. When we moved into the house, I had the carpet guys just … Continue reading
Installed Garage Doors
Two weeks ago I finished installing the second garage door. Since the first garage door came out really good, I decided to have some fun with the GoPro camera. The total job took just under 8 hours. I edited the … Continue reading
Now We’re Talking Squid!!
Victory is mine!!! I’ve been running the Squid proxy server in the house for the past two+ years. In our house if you want to get to the Internet, you have to point your browser to the Squid proxy. Otherwise, … Continue reading
AntiVirus Software
Anti-virus Software is universally accepted today as a necessity. Anyone using a PC without an Anti-virus software package is thought to be foolish or reckless. Most people are very good about installing Anti-virus software when hey first purchase a new … Continue reading
The Home Network
Lately I’ve been on a kick upgrading the computers in the house. Most of the machines are dual Xeons with 4Gb or 8Gb of ram. I just added a 1.5Tb drive to one machine that was running out of space. … Continue reading
Fireplace
One of the gifts we got for the house this Christmas was gas logs for the fireplace. We had been burning the artificial logs to be able to have a fire and keep the mess to a minimum. The artificial … Continue reading
Training Wheels – No More…
Well, Jill has finally got the hang of riding her bike. This past Wednesday, Jill talked MJ into removing the training wheels on her bike. It is nice that MJ knows how to do some of the mechanical tasks now. … Continue reading
Wii
The Petersen household has the Wii. If your like me, playing video consoles was about 15 years in the past back when the Sega Genesis was the leading edge. I have to tell you the Wii level sets the playing … Continue reading
New Furnance for the House
The old furnace finally gave out. I took it apart to find out the glow-bar starter had cracked. I replaced that to find out that the furnace would keep short cycling and not come up to temperature. Probing around with … Continue reading