Lawrence "The Dreamer" Chen's Blog

Soon after owning the Surround Air XJ-3800, I found I didn't like it and had plans to eventually replace it with something else. That's because it uses a metal grid that require periodic cleaning, and that cleaning requires significant dis-assembly, c… more »

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 »

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 »

So, yesterday afternoon...there was quite the thunderstorm. more »

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 »

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 »

So, I finally gone and done it.I had been thinking of getting a new refrigerator pretty soon after I became a home owner. Hmmm, strange how that is...because something like that happened when I bought my first home, though the old fridge was much ol… more »

This time I got a Winix 9000. This is the air cleaner that I had originally intended to get years ago, but in reading reviews...found a comparable model (for same price) under the Kenmore brand at Sears, and Sears was having a sale at that particular mo… more »

The other day, as I was rebuilding my 5 disk RAID array (which I mean to blog about someday)...for the umpteenth time. A storm came in one morning....this made me concerned about losing power and breaking my RAID in some bad state (it had happened once… more »

I finally got a peephole, I don't know how or why I put off so long being without one...though it probably won't change my habit of not opening the door in the evening when I'm not expecting anyone, but it is a concern that I'm opening the door with no i… more »

Supposed to be a deep fryer without all that oil....which is what drew me to it.Over the years, I have played around with deep frying.When I first moved out, I lived in this neat apartment with a gas stove. And, I tried the open pan of oil and a… more »

Posting about having done my taxes for another year, after finding that I had blogged about having done so last year....made me remember another thing I blog about doing. Which reminded me that I had forgotten to do the last step of my bi-annual dayli… more »