Category Archives: Geek

New Rig

I got it all wired up tonight. Tomorrow I fire it up and install XP.

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I saw the rings of Saturn

I broke out the telescope and set it up in the middle of the street. Thanks to a call to my sister I was able to zero in on Saturn. The nerd in me came all the way out tonight.

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Everyone can rest easy

I’m not going to go crazy. Jenni let the Newegg credit card out of the vault and I ordered my parts. I got everything in the previous post and Western Digital 750GB SATA Hard Drive x2 and a new video … Continue reading

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Time to upgrade the PC

So a lightning strike near the house caused an electrical surge to occur in only the ethernet cables and speaker wires. Before you even ask everything in the house is on a surge protector or UPS. When the strike happened … Continue reading

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Ramblings…

mySQL is now successfully installed on the laptop. I’ll be using it as my development machine from now on. I’m getting used to using a command line again. sudo is my new favorite word. I ordered a Bluetooth GPS for … Continue reading

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