Archives for: August 2010

08/29/10

Permalink 09:02:47 pm, by The Dreamer Email , 5 words   English (US)
Categories: DVDs / NetFlix

DVD: Avatar

I rated this 5 stars. :rs::rs::rs::rs::rs: more »
Permalink 01:40:24 pm, by The Dreamer Email , 390 words   English (US)
Categories: Software, Networking, Cox HSI, AT&T DSL

ddclient & squid

apt-get source squidapt-get build-dep squidapt-get install devscripts build-essential fakerootcd squid-2.7.STABLE7vi debian/rules Add --enable-ssl \ to “# Configure the package” section./configuredebuild -us -uc -bcd ..dpkg -i squid… more »

08/14/10

Permalink 08:13:47 pm, by The Dreamer Email , 120 words   English (US)
Categories: TiVo HD / Premiere, Cox HSI

Wow Cox can be pretty snappy

So, I purchased the episode that I missed last night due to the storm taking out Cox from Amazon Video On Demand on my TiVo Premiere.And, later I noticed this big download spike for my router. At first I thought it was a 'bug' (overflow/wraparound/r… more »

08/08/10

Permalink 01:49:12 pm, by The Dreamer Email , 519 words   English (US)
Categories: Hardware, Computer, Furnishings, Storage

the 'gumby' upgrade, not so good.

actually, pretty bad....So, while I was looking at the items for the 'lhaven' upgrade...I happened to type other things I might want, and came across a PCI PS/2 adapter.The new 'gumby' is legacy free...which was causing problems working under my… more »
Permalink 12:24:22 pm, by The Dreamer Email , 199 words   English (US)
Categories: Hardware, Computer, BOINC

upgraded 'lhaven', second times the charm...

After having had some time to lick my wounds from trying to upgrade 'lhaven'. I decided to take the plunge and try again. So, I went back on to eBay....and bought another 1GB stick of memory, from the same seller as before...so that I could take the… more »

08/05/10

Permalink 08:55:15 am, by The Dreamer Email , 77 words   English (US)
Categories: General, Healthcare

Pepsi Refresh Update for Narcolepsy Research

If doing the same thing over and over again doesn't get you a different result, its time to try something different. Stanford’s Center for Narcolepsy plans to submit a new grant application for narcolepsy research in the $50,000 category. In order to… more »

08/04/10

Permalink 07:36:47 pm, by The Dreamer Email , 966 words   English (US)
Categories: Hardware, Software, Computer, BOINC, Storage

orac's RAID6 is back

Last Saturday, I woke to find lots of SMART dialogs on orac's screen. It wasn't happy about a lot of drives, I had expected to see one or two...the usual when it does its monthly mdadm checkarray....except it wasn't Sunday yet.I then saw that lots o… more »

08/01/10

Permalink 05:04:06 pm, by The Dreamer Email , 528 words   English (US)
Categories: Stuff, Home Theatre, TiVo HD / Premiere

I got a TiVo Premiere

Actually, I set it up last Sunday....and I bought two weeks before that.I got just a TiVo Premiere, figuring its stock 320GB(?) + 1TB would be sufficient (given that I have two TiVo HD's with their stock 160GB + 500GB each.) What I got immediately t… more »

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