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26 Apr, 2006

Simplification ... not so much

Posted by pwestbro 02:10 | Permalink Permalink | Comments Comments (1) | Trackback Trackbacks (0) | Computer

I know that I said that I was going to try to simplify things by getting rid of some hardware.  Well it seems like that is not working out as planned.

A couple of days ago, I noticed that all of the network speed that we were getting going to external sites was pretty bad.  It would fix itself when I rebooted the Airport Extreme.  I noticed that the activity lights on the WAN side of the Airport express were blinking like crazy.  I plugged my Linksys WRT54GS router between the cable mode and the Airport, and all of the problems went away.  I am not sure if this was happening because the Airport was spending a lot of CPU cycles on filtering traffic, that it was slowing down the outbound traffic, but everything is working now.

Also, yesterday the host running this site was down for several hours.  It seems that Tektonic is moving the management of the Unmanaged VPS unixshell#.  I am not sure if my VPS will move with this company, or even what the cause of the problems were.  But I do have the old server sitting in the garage.

26 Apr, 2006

Laptop love song

Posted by pwestbro 01:55 | Permalink Permalink | Comments Comments (0) | Trackback Trackbacks (0) | General

One of my friends asked me if I was going to get one of the new MacBook Pros.  Even though I would love to, I am happy with my 800Mhz PowerBook Titanium G4.  Then I heard "A Laptop Like You", and it sums up my feelings pretty well.

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26 Apr, 2006

iCarPlay

Posted by pwestbro 00:55 | Permalink Permalink | Comments Comments (1) | Trackback Trackbacks (0) | Electronics, Gadgets

I mentioned how the the TuneBase FM for iPod didn't fit my iPod when it is in my case.  When I returned it to Fry's Electronics, I picked up the Monster iCarPlay Wireless Plus for iPod.

I was unsure about how well this, or any other FM transmitter would work, with the interference from radio stations.  But it works very well.  I can hear the audio clearly, without much interference.  In addition to letting you listen to your iPod, it also charges it.

The one thing that I need to get now is a cup holder stand for the iPod to keep it in east reach. I am sure that someone make something like this, but I didn't see one at Fry's.

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