Lawrence "The Dreamer" Chen's Blog

Last weekend, while checking my usual daily websites....I came across mention of a gadget on gdgt called WakeMate. I have been toying with the idea of getting one of these gadgets for years, decades? Definitely well before I learned of my sleep disorde… more »

A couple weeks ago, I got a new center channel speaker via Woot and while setting it up and readjusting my surround sound levels....I discovered that my rear speakers weren't working.I've been using an Accurian HomePlug Digital Audio Transmitter/Rece… more »

Here's a picture of the little corner where I go to sleep each night is looking like now.... more »

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This is my new avatar that is making its way around to some of the sites I'm on....And, who says I don't like who I am? :))This was actually kind of a hard picture to take.....it seemed like an eternity waiting for the 3rd alarm to go off… more »

I have picked up another fan....using Amazon Prime. Strange how lately after I order an item, Amazon is suddenly out of the item and projecting 1-2 months before they'll have it again. Makes it hard to get another immediately after if I find that I lik… more »

Well, here I am sitting in the dark....had to make some reconfigurations of stuff so I can still be online for the moment....But, this is like the 3 significant outage in the last couple of weeks. Didn't I get a letter earlier this year saying that… more »

I have been meaning to get a Duracell DPP-600HD Powerpack for some time, as a backup power solution for my CPAP. That's the intended primary use. Though I'm sure I'd find other emergency applications for it....While Amazon/Prime would be a cheaper… more »

Last night I experienced another Kansas Weather Event. Starting to wonder if I had known about these things, would I have called Manhattan, Kansas home?Last night it was rain, and lots of it. I may as well have been a solid water coming down everyw… more »

This morning, there was a loud beep along with a variety of other strange sounds that woke me. The power had gone out. I could still breath, so my PowerSource400 was doing its job.I don't yet have the humidifier plugged into the PowerSource400, but… more »

I went to another Penguicon, at Penguicon 6 I had earned whuffies which I used to get a shirt for that con and registration to the next one. At Penguicon 7.0, I earned just enough whuffies to get registration to Penguicon 2010 (I had purchased a shirt).… more »

On the weekend, I started finding it uncomfortably warm at night....particularly in the area under the headgear of my CPAP mask. I was resorting to turning the thermostat down.It isn't that warm and humid yet....could get really expensive if I'm goi… more »