22 December 2015 I have just recently moved my Weather Station, which posts data to NOAA through the CWP and to Weather Underground, to a new “old” machine. I’ve tried, but the software I have is old and I cannot…

We recently upgraded both our TV to a new Sony 43″ 4K HD and TiVo to a new Bolt that is also 4K capable. There are many options now for watching cable and streaming so in some ways sticking with…

All of my old fashion flashlights are beginning to fail. I have held off on new LED ones since what I have used so far have not been impressive and the buggers are expensive! I did get one 2D cell…

A while back I ran across an organization in Holland that helps folks repair devices rather than throw them away. I like that idea, and have thought of trying to get such a thing started here. You need a space…

I got a new machine to replace the old one that was working fine but low on sophistication and pretty noisy. The new comes with a modem for compliance monitoring and so the settings can be made remotely. Duh, this…

5 January 2014 I thought I had the right cable to hook up the video card on Serrano2 but turned out I missed again. But I had another one on order and arrived in the mail. So I gave it…

1 January 2014 I am still trying to get audio out of our old Toshiba TV. The right channel analog output died long ago. But it has coaxail digital audio out, and so does the new Blueray payer. So I…

29 December 2013 I decided it is time for a new cable modem. We were early adopters of Internet by cable so there have been lots of improvements. I also decided to purchase one and not pay the rental to Comcast. I…

12 December 2013 Still getting OL 393 error when I try to pay bills with Quicken Bill Pay. Called again, and this time she tells me it is fixed and I have to put the spaces back in the account…

9 December 2013 Making progress. I gave up on getting the printer to work on the new/old machine and went to reconnect it to Serrano and then when I gave it a shove to turn it around to change the…