tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25852041839820358862024-02-29T21:40:10.573-08:00Tim Gatton's Basic BlogI routinely find fascinating things in life and technology ... and want to share that with the people I know (and many I don't ;-).tpghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11371164910816394761noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585204183982035886.post-66270111529927520662023-07-04T11:18:00.001-07:002023-07-04T11:18:06.251-07:00Verizon Pre-Paid vs Post Paid ... and the LTE Network Extender<p><span style="font-family: arial;">So I live in a rural area, and while the nearest cell tower is only a few miles away, due to all the trees between the tower and me, I usually have 1 bar of service at best. I literally have to go out to my garage, and lean against my table saw (left side) to get a signal that doesn't drop out. And since I work out of my home, my cell service is important to me. That lead me to "femtocells".</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">So the use of a "femtocell" seemed perfect. Per Wiki, a femtocell is </span><span style="font-family: arial;">a small, low-power cellular base station, typically designed for use in a home or small business. And the great news about that is that Verizon offers them direct, so there's little to no technical know-how required as their customer support will handle all the setup headaches (assuming there are some).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">To be clear, a femtocell, probably designed, offers a seemless transition and interface between your cell carriers network and a </span><span style="font-family: arial;">VOIP (via your internet connection)</span><span style="font-family: arial;">. Thus, whether on the road or at home, calls INTO or OUTOF your cellphone occur </span><span style="font-family: arial;">seamlessly ... nothing you have to do differently</span><span style="font-family: arial;">. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">So I left the Verizon franchise store and instead went to my Verizon company store, gave them my phone number (like you always have to do at a Verizon store) and bought an LTE Network Extender.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I took the unit home, plugged it in an immediately got no service, and instead started getting pinged to "call Customer Service". After 3 days of calling, getting transferred, broken promises of "call backs", promises of elevating this up the "tech food chain", and lots of shoulder shrugging, I finally reached a tech who said "you can't use it ... they should not have sold it to you because LTE Network Extenders are only for Post Paid accounts" (those are the accounts with long term contracts, whereas I have a Pre-Pay account which means I pay month by month).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">WHY IN THE HELL DID THEY SELL IT TO ME ???</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">So I take it back to the store where I bought it and spend an hour with various people there teaching THEM that I can't use it ... that they should not have sold it to me ... and watching them spend 40 minutes on the phone trying to figure out how to get my money back. They eventually sent me home with the promise of a refund, and a month later I saw the refund.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">So now I'm left with the original problem, little to no signal and a job that requires stable cell service. So since I'm an "eBay-Whore", I turned to eBay to search for "Pre-Pay LTE Network Extenders". I found several listings, but one buy seemed like the clearest ad so I reached out to him. He understood immediately what my problem was, and he had the answer ... an LTE Extender that works "out of the box". Bought the unit and as promised, worked out of the box. Now I have 4 to 5 bars all the time I'm at home.</span></p>tpghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11371164910816394761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585204183982035886.post-64526757744128286232022-12-25T12:01:00.001-08:002022-12-25T12:33:41.210-08:00World of Tanks (WOT) and how to play Artillery (arty)<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Each persons selection of tank types - those being light, medium, tank-destroyer (sniper), heavy, and self-propelled guns (artys) - is an individual selection as to what they prefer. Me, I have enjoyed playing the arty lines because it's slow, its un-appreciated, and it can really save the game IF you know how to play it. So let me offer some tips from my perspective.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The advantage I get from playing arty is that you can look down from above and see how everyone plays ... what works and what fails. That perspective will help you with other tank lines. Yes, watching QuickyBaby on Twitch also helps, but you gotta jump in and try yourself.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">So, what works ... for me.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">When I'm first getting into position, I look to see if there's a bunch of trees in my area. Because if there is, if I need to re-position, I don't need the red arty seeing trees falling and knowing where I am. So as I'm getting into position, often I will knock down most of the trees around me because at the very start, few pay attention to falling trees and you can do that with impunity. Take Prokhorovka as an example ... from North or South spawn points, on the west side of the RR tracks are lots of trees and I like to park in there ... and move around if I got spotted. By dropping the trees in my area at the very start, I can move around with impunity during the game as they will never see any "indicators" as to where I moved to.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Now that the shells are less accurate and less deadly, you have to select your targets carefully. So when someone is in a scrimmage with an enemy, you need to be thinking about both your lead times (cause those shells arc WAY high) but also where the enemy is going to go. When he starts to receive shots, typically they will hit the REVERSE key, so aim behind. Also, watch him for awhile if you can ... sometimes they will go FWD/REV/FWD/REV so you will need to shoot to the middle of them.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">One advantage of watching the game unfold is that you learn where people always perch / snipe. So at the very start, I usually put at least one shell (called a blind shot) into one of those areas ... and get about a 33% hit rate. Even if I don't see it HIT something, I suspect that at least 50% of the time, I cause damage to an enemy.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Another aspect of "watching" is knowing where to point your arty where you know the enemy always advance ... pre-aim or "getting ready". If you don't get ready, your reticle bloom will delay your shots by 20 or so seconds while the reticle calms down.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Change targets ... hitting someone on one flank, them moving to the middle gets them to all be careful because they really don't know where your aiming, so all of them think "he could be aiming at ME".</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Stop being an arty ... when the game is getting down to the final tanks and being an arty isn't of much value (map depending of course), put yourself in an aggressive mode and go and harass the enemy. A few days ago I had two instances where I did this. In the first case, I rolled in front of the enemy to distract them ... yes, I died, but my teammate killed them and won the game. In the second case, I was going up the hill to harass a "red" (because my team mate and a red were trying to "get" each other and both were on low HP). Well, half way up, my team mate dies, so I stop on the path and pre-aim at the path coming down as I figured they would come down that way (they knew I was there ... intuition). Anyway, some artys cannot aim straight ahead, so I backed up onto a rock to push my nose down, and waited. About 10 seconds later, the heavy comes down and I "shot gun" him and win the game.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Another tactic is watching your flanks and seeing which flanks are failing. Earlier today, I saw that the west flank "good guys" had all died, so I figured the enemy would come that way. I was able to move east and pre-position my shots to that location. Sure enough, my arty teammate (who would not follow me) dies as he lights up an enemy ... and I took him out.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Finally, watch the map carefully ... you can, but the other tanks cannot ... they are too occupied trying to not die and kill the "reds". When I see a flank die, I call it out and hit my HELP key (F7) ... sometimes it get's others attention and they re-position ... but I stress "sometimes", like 10% of the time. Usually your ignored but it's worth a try.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">And remember what Vince Lombardi once said ... "it's not like it's life or death ... it's much more serious than that".</span></p>tpghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11371164910816394761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585204183982035886.post-15925487992534261842022-02-21T16:32:00.001-08:002022-02-22T08:41:41.426-08:00Generator powering house using Conntek 60837-00 14-50P ... diagram<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><u>I am not an electrician ... just a hacker ... <br />NOTHING I say here should be taken as gospel !!</u></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A stand-by auto switching generator (thinking like a Generac unit) is well north of $10K ... doesn't make sense to me, so </span><span style="font-family: arial;">I bought a portable generator to run the house in the event that we lost power for long. In years past. losing power was common at my location, but with the build up in our area, it's not so common any more. And while it's nice that it's un-common, the down side is that portable gas generators needs lots of routine maintenance that I don't want to do any longer (mainly having to drain out the gas). So instead I bought a dual fuel </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Pulsar G12KBN generator (solid wheels ... no airing them up) that is rated to 50 amps at 240 VAC, or 12KW surge, 9.5KW continuous ... won't handle the A/C load, but everything else is covered (I use oil for heat, so not a big draw in the winter). With "dual fuel", I could use it w/ propane for short periods, but be able to switch back to gas if the "grid" is down for an extended time (note ... gas provides more power out, while propane de-rates the output power).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">HOW TO CONNECT THE GENERATOR ... <br />or how I did it ... <br /></span><b style="font-family: arial;"><u><span style="font-size: medium;">YOU SHOULD NOT DO THIS.</span></u></b><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I didn't want to invest in an auto switch-over circuit for the generator as that's thousands of dollars ... and now that power is so stable, I may never need to switch or at most, maybe once every 24-36 months ... but I want to be ready. So since I know "house power" and 240 VAC wiring fairly well, I setup a </span><span style="font-family: arial;">50 amp "camper outlet" outside on the wall, and I run a MALE TO MALE cable to connect them. I'm smart enough with house power that I'm careful with how to connect them, but if you don't know what your doing, THIS CAN KILL YOU !!! The simplified steps you take to connect it are:</span></p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Shut off house main panel breaker.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Shut off camper outlet.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Connect male to male cable.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Fire up generator.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Switch on camper outlet.</span></li></ol><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">To make using the generator a tolerable NOISE experience, I decided that parking the generator right outside the house sucked, so I decided I'd park it far away ... I figured 75' should do (to my detached garage). A little calculations showed that 75' needs a minimum of 6 gauge, but it was "iffy" so I went with 4 gauge wire (which is rated for 60 amps) for lowest voltage drop. This resulted in me buying a 75' section of 4/4 cable that is 1" in diameter. I bought some of the common 90 degree NEMA 14-50P connectors to put on the ends, but the 90 degree connectors makes flexing the 4 gauge cable pretty impossible. Also, the pins were no where near large enough for the 4 gauge wire.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Someone suggested a straight-in connector, so I bought two of the </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Conntek 60837-00 for $30 each ... and while not 100% perfect, it's about 99.9% perfect, which is close enough for me. They are rated at 12,500 watts, so a bit more than the peak of my generator.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3EkieeqYuzj1LD6Pipatu1krnpna-uQ--Wi4dVvTSBLtJ99d4N9AbCfpS3CZJfqPB4pzpghROaISApESleGrdVkTnaiv3u3AfHwKpzxp7hshXLTwgxTMfTKsu3g2NRWPvciGKNlgTrejzZN-v2ouDPauoh6qXBAeGCqbbu6ub7MjanUwPleCh9Gjd9g=s591" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="355" data-original-width="591" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3EkieeqYuzj1LD6Pipatu1krnpna-uQ--Wi4dVvTSBLtJ99d4N9AbCfpS3CZJfqPB4pzpghROaISApESleGrdVkTnaiv3u3AfHwKpzxp7hshXLTwgxTMfTKsu3g2NRWPvciGKNlgTrejzZN-v2ouDPauoh6qXBAeGCqbbu6ub7MjanUwPleCh9Gjd9g=w241-h145" width="241" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;">There's two little issues in my application with these connectors. The first is that the cable is 1 inch in diameter, and the "compression ferrule" on the Conntek is also 1 inch, so it's snug, but not too bad. Just makes it tight to screw on the compression stage.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The next thing that's a little iffy is the wire diameter. Ideally, the .24 inch diameter of MY 4 gauge stranded wire (charts say from .20 to .26, so I mic'd it) should fit into the pins just fine, (using drill bits, I find that the max size that you can fit is .25 or so ... a few pins are a bit larger then that, so I just documented the smallest).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">But unless you have tools for cutting big wire like this, using everyday handyman tools means that </span><span style="font-family: arial;">the strands come apart some and you can't get the wire into the slot without leaving "wire hairs" dangling out. So I decided to put a lot more thought into it, and get creative ... here's what I did:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg25Q4pKCb289PHiVR0RZGkNvx5XOnEzk8WCypbFvJHmFR9AHj8Ur3ydswfeejvTsOEIRhjlByDhvYSI-vhfVwqHXX8TeCooRv4atuu52tQVd_StOXx6og-p95-fPtoAYDNgpgCEV_jHKF41AFYVcWWLi1Nm5FmtFfCxmylTJ9MuyH47T_EDo8GAgKFNA=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg25Q4pKCb289PHiVR0RZGkNvx5XOnEzk8WCypbFvJHmFR9AHj8Ur3ydswfeejvTsOEIRhjlByDhvYSI-vhfVwqHXX8TeCooRv4atuu52tQVd_StOXx6og-p95-fPtoAYDNgpgCEV_jHKF41AFYVcWWLi1Nm5FmtFfCxmylTJ9MuyH47T_EDo8GAgKFNA=s320" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">I stripped off about 8 inches of the outer jacket, then took off 6" from the individual wires ... thus leaving 1 to 2" of "working room" (note ... 2" is the MAXIMUM). You need the 6" of bare copper so it stays TIGHTLY together.</span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiv4dpEplEFNaHcJbCL99GDhqK2zUcZ-P9-otTI2lAm-ONkLvzUerT4KlGco191YEvfDwf56i9bBUijgx6RCCTQE7WYN3GYudavwfOr8bwHgSgL5UtWnqryQneGJjK_sRueEX_jenCwV7Jf5jMttd2q8Ly7EsRTYX92FnOd6EW46TrUp6QwRsnyvEoMtg=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiv4dpEplEFNaHcJbCL99GDhqK2zUcZ-P9-otTI2lAm-ONkLvzUerT4KlGco191YEvfDwf56i9bBUijgx6RCCTQE7WYN3GYudavwfOr8bwHgSgL5UtWnqryQneGJjK_sRueEX_jenCwV7Jf5jMttd2q8Ly7EsRTYX92FnOd6EW46TrUp6QwRsnyvEoMtg=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The Conntek takes about 5/8" of bare wire into it's connection zone, so </span><span style="font-family: arial;">I took out a propane torch and soldered each wire so they were solid from 1/4" to 3/4" from the insulation end... this means you need to know how to solder, and it requires you to rotate the cable around and solder 2-4 times ... to expose the whole wire ... this makes sure that solder is all around on each wire ... the final result is shown here:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj783Y29EezK1P3ZtU8VSacwmrVKG2oICaIlph0u1qqE3s2ybLm6-QDJhTFvmrccdoyZ-W69Ea6Daa9qa8qaLRrG7Qq8b1k3OtJjkqiZ8Dkw7D5OTZbvv0ocSkBv4C7w_ebX3rgkSbl-W4DIthqY107pvUT_LJOT_OtJyFvloh2-DxmfeB8KPjTasXDIg=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj783Y29EezK1P3ZtU8VSacwmrVKG2oICaIlph0u1qqE3s2ybLm6-QDJhTFvmrccdoyZ-W69Ea6Daa9qa8qaLRrG7Qq8b1k3OtJjkqiZ8Dkw7D5OTZbvv0ocSkBv4C7w_ebX3rgkSbl-W4DIthqY107pvUT_LJOT_OtJyFvloh2-DxmfeB8KPjTasXDIg=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Then, cut through the soldered area leaving 5/8" of bare wire ... like this (I found a pair of pliers worked well for the 5/8" spacing and to hold the wire cause it get's hot while cutting it):</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiOuP9qnWeaYYABDO2nzmgm5cOzo7zL6IxpQ_yxMpsU_caZgdu12s1Ip6ReiSrngSWPfsOHeGnDXI1T8qsAbTVXwN-b9X4QyFKWxGJLfcLFIl202yFo3POJr_GFFU80tXmgYSQls7mpdDR6w4_USr7hr83gBLQo5lg9oc3gt0e68BrKsBWuP39dXHBAfQ=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiOuP9qnWeaYYABDO2nzmgm5cOzo7zL6IxpQ_yxMpsU_caZgdu12s1Ip6ReiSrngSWPfsOHeGnDXI1T8qsAbTVXwN-b9X4QyFKWxGJLfcLFIl202yFo3POJr_GFFU80tXmgYSQls7mpdDR6w4_USr7hr83gBLQo5lg9oc3gt0e68BrKsBWuP39dXHBAfQ=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;">Assembled:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgkTi0qIMWjfkmV7S2-VlJWaPjNFFnxBHlJbAXLs7HSE8_dNycbZiRxH3PAv3xfvIcVDKsWHkVSoupiJZDnE-2N-gC6jnHmRkijh8G9kyOtDu3PwrnoUzvNiqHUFQAdr5KLJvmEbpaTgUroHj0U7t235Q3FbnUASQtuhlg-qwzmN5U5IyCZfeVbf3g7tw=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgkTi0qIMWjfkmV7S2-VlJWaPjNFFnxBHlJbAXLs7HSE8_dNycbZiRxH3PAv3xfvIcVDKsWHkVSoupiJZDnE-2N-gC6jnHmRkijh8G9kyOtDu3PwrnoUzvNiqHUFQAdr5KLJvmEbpaTgUroHj0U7t235Q3FbnUASQtuhlg-qwzmN5U5IyCZfeVbf3g7tw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span><br />In case a diagram helps clarify, try this:</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Step 1 ... strip off 8" of jacket</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGM1YYdQ_eO6Ri6Af0kY7tSqT2GWDxo009XLHn0ru3HrE1ye5CmVOf1tScgW5zH6IoxHTEqg8IkOteBeVcP00jskLLbhYy8fMBvMayJ5BciOsFYBcjxfpFL1HWkMr7zIMaPGXVl_Xmr_tn2g63ipeB2-34sUlOLLa1Ij_3jpnitHmVOP4OScwClBuguQ=s1041" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="308" data-original-width="1041" height="95" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGM1YYdQ_eO6Ri6Af0kY7tSqT2GWDxo009XLHn0ru3HrE1ye5CmVOf1tScgW5zH6IoxHTEqg8IkOteBeVcP00jskLLbhYy8fMBvMayJ5BciOsFYBcjxfpFL1HWkMr7zIMaPGXVl_Xmr_tn2g63ipeB2-34sUlOLLa1Ij_3jpnitHmVOP4OScwClBuguQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div>Step 2 ... strip off 6 to 7" of insulation to show 6 to 7" of copper wire (depending on if you want 1 or 2" or working room).</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjLzxGG6Asoqbhlp-XWy3dv-quyZmYa6IU7NN-VnwwNB8iOav58uDPrEx4halV7TfTh5bomWjUJCcVUnu1GPPNwblBlcp7TGZV6mKyLBgobWS2YAhD1eIfn1MyURUI_Jn8Dl1VSxM8UaNOYr_b5s55hwFjIfLLuCixph3FTcJZmUTskauE7-JO3xrOY0w=s1042" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="298" data-original-width="1042" height="92" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjLzxGG6Asoqbhlp-XWy3dv-quyZmYa6IU7NN-VnwwNB8iOav58uDPrEx4halV7TfTh5bomWjUJCcVUnu1GPPNwblBlcp7TGZV6mKyLBgobWS2YAhD1eIfn1MyURUI_Jn8Dl1VSxM8UaNOYr_b5s55hwFjIfLLuCixph3FTcJZmUTskauE7-JO3xrOY0w=s320" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Step 3 ... tin the wires from 1/4" out to 1/2" out</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-WIplb6OHWpvzqwunTknbiH7ivAAVGKdkHzWIEM5Fax5Pv79Zqy3J898V50lq3YFfssZZXQ2mp-IIPiD8CtzHsAC7yM0V0D1_h0Fn6LWX-Vn-TOJn_hF00D8dSlTWJkI8D9oNp4SQAREsvPkVJmE5c_Jz814T_BDJINwDCipCFGg_n7v0z-d4l8n1uQ=s1004" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="284" data-original-width="1004" height="91" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-WIplb6OHWpvzqwunTknbiH7ivAAVGKdkHzWIEM5Fax5Pv79Zqy3J898V50lq3YFfssZZXQ2mp-IIPiD8CtzHsAC7yM0V0D1_h0Fn6LWX-Vn-TOJn_hF00D8dSlTWJkI8D9oNp4SQAREsvPkVJmE5c_Jz814T_BDJINwDCipCFGg_n7v0z-d4l8n1uQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Step 4 ... cut the wires off at 5/8" (I used a Dremel cut-off wheel).</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-MYvBZAXTaN6_hCIZRO-GQhg_0w3vYQ3NOulTZYnBjHCd1dI5QzL9H-GCCpoGmItGN6lSM0r-pdB8grNevxGVXc7ANpTwCNbN_8MKgsCjeLhMWePUaaowvlJz9w5nx2YYeOM3rNoaQ-4oiKvBPn_WPM_0MJ1Ih9XuGD8b26BSLmrAL4rpfFjiLJ-Stg=s1021" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="277" data-original-width="1021" height="87" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-MYvBZAXTaN6_hCIZRO-GQhg_0w3vYQ3NOulTZYnBjHCd1dI5QzL9H-GCCpoGmItGN6lSM0r-pdB8grNevxGVXc7ANpTwCNbN_8MKgsCjeLhMWePUaaowvlJz9w5nx2YYeOM3rNoaQ-4oiKvBPn_WPM_0MJ1Ih9XuGD8b26BSLmrAL4rpfFjiLJ-Stg=s320" width="320" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Step 5 ... and you are left with this</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjY7TakShfp_7QZXOCyRRTAxSRju1rwO4rr3ZsEyAshCb9DIin2bIE5iqqUHan_WjbQLNyPLDmZfShMiOwky-8rCn-jiKYZSf16y5Ko2Kdhj2AjDdMeIALPqokwHwqzjIYibe1SNfcWPls9RA3l1NxDjaS8vaDHn4qLiLb6pcPKS-G3L53muiV8sPHSvA=s1021" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="1021" height="86" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjY7TakShfp_7QZXOCyRRTAxSRju1rwO4rr3ZsEyAshCb9DIin2bIE5iqqUHan_WjbQLNyPLDmZfShMiOwky-8rCn-jiKYZSf16y5Ko2Kdhj2AjDdMeIALPqokwHwqzjIYibe1SNfcWPls9RA3l1NxDjaS8vaDHn4qLiLb6pcPKS-G3L53muiV8sPHSvA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span>This makes the ends nice and clean ... there may be burrs on the ends so polishing the ends with sand paper maybe necessary ... once you do that it goes right in.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgNyalyqHArju-J5aH3WB2EKQKvgq7s-xzCKgiDf5UjYJPTtt1ff5_hutxK_kZGHZ5pGVvMamDyI5DUV4_KBV1fRLhcicg5wAjKFsZ8U5l6fS0-WET2bGQ_pPjZRf0rZpzryNJ28rhXdQ_t3lYPABbI5sUVi9tO41VpOaHK6rDOo3ZOi1CMqF9f_olFzA=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgNyalyqHArju-J5aH3WB2EKQKvgq7s-xzCKgiDf5UjYJPTtt1ff5_hutxK_kZGHZ5pGVvMamDyI5DUV4_KBV1fRLhcicg5wAjKFsZ8U5l6fS0-WET2bGQ_pPjZRf0rZpzryNJ28rhXdQ_t3lYPABbI5sUVi9tO41VpOaHK6rDOo3ZOi1CMqF9f_olFzA=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">In case you don't know how to solder, and want to try a different approach, you can probably clip off some strands to make the wire smaller. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">The cable I bought says it uses 119 strands in each wire, so I figured that if 119 strands is rated at 60 amps, that's about 1/2 amp/strand, so 50 amps means no less than 100 strands. So you could probably clip off 9 of the strands and make it fit well. And 110 strands should be good for 55 amps, so that's a 10% tolerance. Is this the perfect way? NO !!! It's not </span><span style="font-family: arial;">perfect or MIL-SPEC, but it probably should work just fine. I was about to do that myself when I thought of this soldering approach.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Just a note ... my garage is on a separate line, so it's easy to look over to the garage from the house and if the garage outside lights are ON, then residential power is back. When that happens ...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><ol><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Switch off the camper outlet</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Switch off the generator</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Disconnect and wrap up the cable.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Turn the house main panel back on</span></li></ol><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p></div>tpghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11371164910816394761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585204183982035886.post-58370857897284059542021-10-16T16:39:00.007-07:002021-10-17T07:00:06.722-07:00Review: Vevor <p><span style="font-family: arial;">I bought the Vevor Manual Winch Stacker Material Lift 72" Max Height ... left the title as only "Vevor" so that more people might find this review. I figure most of Vevor parts will fall into this catagory of issues.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Vevor doesn't allow reviews on their web site, so I figure people who buy it need to publish the results.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I bought the unit so that I could easily remove/replace the 70 pound "over range" microwave ... at 70, the body is getting a little weaker, so I figure this would help. Also, the window AC/Heater in the garage is broke, so I need to take it in for service, and again, a little heavy for me.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3XWvxoWvDLQAKM50cDQgXFwCKvxri8rD230ggHnBvvvV_hpImqbwEkry5gdIl_vuQ0RIgJeFxZZeGtgGFejWbuE2hxjuMxLvfNUDYYnQGFBijr08ES_0VtKdDa4gvoFNgmXOsMAbfQt1r/s747/Capture2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="747" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3XWvxoWvDLQAKM50cDQgXFwCKvxri8rD230ggHnBvvvV_hpImqbwEkry5gdIl_vuQ0RIgJeFxZZeGtgGFejWbuE2hxjuMxLvfNUDYYnQGFBijr08ES_0VtKdDa4gvoFNgmXOsMAbfQt1r/s320/Capture2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">First time I ordered, for some reason Fed Ex returned it to the shipper ... no explanation ... but Vevor refunded my money within 1 day. So I re-ordered and it got to me in about a week.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Note ... 'googled' a bit to find "Vevor coupon" and found lots of places with $10 off coupon codes.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The parts inside the box are heavy, and are not secured ... they just bounced around while in transit. While each part was wrapped in paper-thin foam and very little paint scratching occurred, it destroyed the parts container inside so all the parts were floating around inside the shipping box ... which had holes in it from the heavy parts hitting the sides, so many many many of the nuts and bolts were lost in transit ... I had to dip into my personal inventory to put it together. Worst of all was the lack of a manual or parts list ... had to use the pictures to figure out how to put it together (even though the web site says it has a "user guide".</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMJiAmIAQRODsdEXQtpWMpQfDfFYBQBOqrS_Nqv83uOI5uI4W5duU3Z9oIfPwXRg9_tzCf465tGETuAvGpjFaNWdBvKLQXHCJkhMeetlEqdf0cqf2xwWGax93Vjzy2so76cu-lYK-Xd1rF/s465/Capture.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="web site extraction" border="0" data-original-height="260" data-original-width="465" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMJiAmIAQRODsdEXQtpWMpQfDfFYBQBOqrS_Nqv83uOI5uI4W5duU3Z9oIfPwXRg9_tzCf465tGETuAvGpjFaNWdBvKLQXHCJkhMeetlEqdf0cqf2xwWGax93Vjzy2so76cu-lYK-Xd1rF/w320-h179/Capture.JPG" title="Web Site preview" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Where's my manual !! ??</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">And NO, the manual is not on their web site.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I think there was a stamped flat wrench in the box "at one time" to put the wheels on, but it was missing ... and you really really need something like that. Anyway, once I put the wheels on, most pieces go together using the pictures as a guide. The two other things to note are:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">1) the hand crank mechanism "floats" on the rail ... there is no way to lock it in place ... so I'll probably hammer in a wedge to lock it down. It is possible there is some sort of locking mechanism that got lost, but no way to tell without a manual of some sort).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">2) my case came with an extra "A frame" piece that does not show up in any pictures ... just an extra piece of metal to float about and do more damage. It's about 18" x 24" and heavy, so it's not like I can overlook where it goes from the pictures.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The plywood base and back-drop are pretty flimsy but easy enough to replace ... if I like it, I might go to my sheet metal shop and get some replacements made with "diamond plate".</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I've written them on the parts and manual ... we'll see how they respond.</span></p><p><br /></p>tpghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11371164910816394761noreply@blogger.com0Washington, DC, USA38.9071923 -77.036870710.596958463821153 -112.1931207 67.217426136178844 -41.880620699999994tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585204183982035886.post-60242948790205581902021-09-14T06:10:00.001-07:002021-09-14T06:10:22.371-07:00How Stupid Are California's Recall rules ??<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> So Gavin Newsome need to get over 50% of the vote, or he is out. Well, do the math !!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Let's say 10 million people vote, and Gavin only gets 4.9 million of the votes to stay, and 5.1 million vote for him to be kicked out. Well, the rules say that the person that got the most of those 5.1 million votes is the winner.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">There are 46 people running, so if 45 of them each got 110,000 votes, that leaves Candidate 46 with 150,000 votes ... and WINS ... so 1.5% of the population gets to decide who is Governor ... how crazy is that ??</span></p>tpghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11371164910816394761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585204183982035886.post-1249028295375350372021-08-08T16:31:00.005-07:002021-09-14T07:15:22.586-07:00Getting a Third Covid Shot ...<p><span style="font-family: arial;">I was fully vaccinated seven months ago. I walked into a pharmacy this week and got another Pfizer shot. I didn’t tell the pharmacist it was my third; she didn’t ask ... but I did lie in that I said it was my second, so now I have TWO vaccine cards !! Since the U.S. has no central database of immunization records, the store had no way to know I’d been vaccinated at the local health department. I did not provide any ID or Medicare numbers (just checked the boxes that said "no insurance"), so I doubt I'm tracible. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Justification ... Israel’s Health Ministry recently announced that after five months a double dose of the Pfizer vaccine remains 91% effective at preventing severe disease but only 39% effective against infection. Israelis over 60 who received their last shot at least five months ago are eligible for a third dose. Germany said it will offer third shots to the elderly and sick starting next month, and White House officials told reporters they will soon advise Americans who are over 65 or immunocompromised to get them. I’m 69, so why shouldn’t I get one too?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">CNN Health reports that a</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> third dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine can “strongly” boost protection against the Delta variant – beyond the protection afforded by the standard two doses, new data released by Pfizer on Wednesday suggests.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The data posted online suggest that levels of antibodies that can target the Delta variant grow fivefold in people 18 to 55 who get a third dose of the vaccine. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Among people ages 65 to 85, the Pfizer data suggest that antibody levels that should protect against Delta grow 11-fold more than following a second dose.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The second dose cause a slight fever, 1 day of body aches, and a really sore arm ... but that's it. The third dose has caused a mild fever, a little bit of tiredness, and a sore upper arm at the injection site ... small price to pay.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Recently, Bloomberg published this chart about how the immune system reacts to the third shot:</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibJ6PzoBnF_HiN43_nfm2q6z1vFFELBJe2kRMfsogOUhHpxCxQn8H_5X8JlBbyA2RA0e1MQ8WJW8ffyYrX69eAUrj59bvJDeO8ZsLcuwW2O_1G62rZNR2Y9c0Bw0eBox8j86u75buUaNeQ/s832/thrid+shot.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="832" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibJ6PzoBnF_HiN43_nfm2q6z1vFFELBJe2kRMfsogOUhHpxCxQn8H_5X8JlBbyA2RA0e1MQ8WJW8ffyYrX69eAUrj59bvJDeO8ZsLcuwW2O_1G62rZNR2Y9c0Bw0eBox8j86u75buUaNeQ/s320/thrid+shot.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;">So I took the plot and inserted (in RED) 8 months ... so got mine at the 6th's month. You can see here (in RED) how I think the antibodies did.</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIP9AQysV4a3EmN_IhUB-Xb1G2L9xi3dvxfw4z7SsltULshfHVkGzAYZX4i2BlD10YxYVlW0x8FIjMKrBNrMSe7eKBliLuiVF2YbPvWARgIvNYxPWipBk-YB3MfJj2ZZckvhrKYp3Xjm8P/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="464" data-original-width="894" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIP9AQysV4a3EmN_IhUB-Xb1G2L9xi3dvxfw4z7SsltULshfHVkGzAYZX4i2BlD10YxYVlW0x8FIjMKrBNrMSe7eKBliLuiVF2YbPvWARgIvNYxPWipBk-YB3MfJj2ZZckvhrKYp3Xjm8P/" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p></div>tpghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11371164910816394761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585204183982035886.post-34583200764096445132021-07-12T15:05:00.005-07:002021-08-09T16:16:01.656-07:00Death of Dick Farrel, a longtime conservative radio host from West Palm Beach, Florida ... planetary IQ just shot up.<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Let’s be clear here … I’ve had my dual shots of the vaccine, and the “hard NO” vaccine people have made peace with themselves. Since break-thru Covid cases are very rare (recent UK numbers put the rates down in the 0.1% range) and the death rates even lower, if you’ve had the vaccine, then the morbidity of Covid is approaching that of the flu. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">When Covid first hit, hospitals were swamped and morgues were over-whelmed, we were all scared thinking “I didn’t sign up for this”. Then, science came thru and gave us the vaccine.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Now, if a MASS Covid event occurs and hospitals and morgues are again swamped, it’s the “hard NO” group and THEY DID SIGN UP FOR THIS. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">So, why should I care? I don't. This is Darwin at it’s finest … the dumb will die (like Farrel who try to convince others to NOT take it) and the smart will live. The immune compromised will hold onto their social distance behavior and wear face masks because they accept the risk Covid possess, and have come to accept the behavior that keeps them alive. "It’s not a pandemic of ignorance," quipped the Santa Monica Daily Press in an editorial about Los Angeles County's spike in cases and hospitalizations. "This is a surge of straight stupidity."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The smart will live and the dumb will die … seems about right. I just wish the hospitals would STOP giving the lung transplants to the un-vaccinated who recover ... they don't deserve them.</span></p><div><br /></div>tpghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11371164910816394761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585204183982035886.post-31487288117639128412021-06-20T13:40:00.000-07:002021-06-20T13:40:45.820-07:00EMR Telemetry ... the end<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Prologue:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Most of the people involved have passed on, and I’m one of the few remaining that was on the inside to witness the decisions. While this is my opinion, I will try to be as honest as possible.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Introduction:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">During my time at EMR, I met many talented and smart people, who shaped my time there to be something I recall with fond memories. People like Joe Keller, Jud Strock, Art Kelly, Gary Schumacher, Marvin Edgeworth, Bud Thurmond … the list could go on, but these guys helped me extensively and their memory will live with me always.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I landed my dream job at EMR Telemetry (aka; Fairchild-Weston) in 1983 as a Senior Applications Engineer. The company, located in Sarasota Florida, employed about 1200 people. In a town as small as Sarasota was back then, the company was a major force there. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">This article will highlight three times where decisions were made which helped destroy the company, with a fourth one at the end for the “final nail”. Sure, corporate decisions didn’t help, but the lack of success that these decisions caused forced the stakeholders to make decisions which eventually closed the company.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The Company:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">At the company were four Strategic Business Units … mine was telemetry (known as EMR Telemetry from its founding name), and the second borrowed ideas and product from EMR and it was called Signal Processing … they did classified projects for the “three letter agencies”. The third was the “black box” business for commercial airlines, and the fourth was Data Recorders (which then was mostly the old “reel to reel” magnetic analog units).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">EMR had provided equipment to all of the space programs up thru the 1980s, and commanded over 80% of the market … so indeed, going to work for EMR was fantastic … we had money … we had prestige … and we commanded the market.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The EMR Product:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Telemetry systems, were for the most part, a huge bank of “front end” signal capturing equipment, connected to a large “main frame” computer with disk farms, and custom software (the software alone often ran to six figures). As a result, most systems were in the one million dollar range (sure, today, a system that powerful is a Dell PC and a few plug in cards, but back then, we were in the stone ages).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">My First Act:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I had established myself there as someone brash enough to “fight the good fight” and “think outside the box”. I got that reputation, I think, because when I first joined, about 1 year in I was given the task of “Capture Manager” for a major pair of Request for Proposals (RFPs) from a major aerospace company. The first thing I did was tell the President, Joe Keller, that he was wrong, and that the Request for Proposals (RFPs) should be ignored … the spec was asking for something we could not do. In the end, we requested an audience with that company, made our pitch, and got awarded a major contract from them. I was a hero.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Myopia at its best:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A friend from the Data Recorders unit came to me one day and said “we have this huge RFP that involves recording lots of videos … you think outside the box, so how would you architect a solution?” (back then, video was an analog signal about 5 MHz bandwidth). So I spent a few hours and sketched out a diagram that showed a box converting the analog signal to bits, and using new high capacity disk drives to store the data. I told him that using his current analog recorders would result in an expensive solution that was based on aging technology, and that my approach was based on new approaches that were started to be embraced by industry. Note that neither of these products truly existed then, but today, video encoders, decoders, and digital storage are everywhere. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Anyway, my friend floats this up the chain of command, and shortly thereafter, our CTO comes into my office to explain to me that I clearly don’t understand video signals. If he had seen the wisdom in my approach, EMR would be “the name” in video encoding and digital recording. Now, I could have fought for the idea, but it was not my SBU, was not my project, and not my product line … so I just shrugged and got back to my work.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A House Divided:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">At one point in time, Signal Processing had been contracted to write “high end” software for their customer that did data visualization and data storage. While at the same time, the EMR Telemetry side had their own software … so sure enough, the two products were being pushed simultaneously to the same customer sets. So Marketing, Sales, Engineering, Customer Support, Training, everyone, was trying to figure out which product to invest time and resources into.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Finally, management called everyone together where the two different development teams got to pitch their product so that a winner could be chosen … so we would have one core product, one marketing vision, one product to train, and sales would know which product to support.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">At the end, management decided to keep both … support both … invest in both. The house was now divided.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Money Dried Up:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">In the late 1980’s, PCs were coming of age, and some OEMs were trying to develop low cost telemetry systems to compete with EMR. Their problem was that the customers had lots of money to buy “good” systems, developed by the professionals at EMR, so they didn’t get much traction.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">However, in 1991, the Cold War came to an end, and Congress started using the term “the peace dividend” to justify cutting DoD budgets. The result was that our customers, who had money before, now had little, and they were being forced to buy PC based systems instead of the huge “main frame” systems of before since they had little money, but a continuing mission.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">To address this, I assembled a few engineers, borrowed some software, and took some old signal processing hardware, put it together, and showed management how EMR could be the solution for PC-based telemetry systems … allowing our customers to have “the EMR brand for 5% of the cost of a main frame system”.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I can still hear the words … “Tim, I can’t keep 1200 people employed selling $50K telemetry systems”. At this point, I knew the end was near, and started looking for a place to move to. And indeed, it came to pass that they could not keep 1200 people employed while offering million dollar systems either.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Final Act:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">One of my last programs I led was a new data multiplexer, running what was, at the time, the incredibly high rate of 50 Mbps. It was successful, and management decided that they wanted to take that product, modify it for the commercial world, and market it to a new customer set. Well, in Product Management, we call that the “Launch Risk Matrix” … where basically, new product brought to new customers is the highest risk. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">At about this time, I decided to leave the company because after all the other stupid moves, and figuring this was just not going to work (IMHO), I needed to get away. They offered me the position of lead on that team, but I knew it was the wrong product to the wrong market, so I politely declined.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Indeed, after I left and they demo’d the new product to the new customer for the first time, it caught fire.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Epilogue:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Today, the SBUs are gone, the buildings are gone, and the only ones left in Sarasota are retirees.</span></p><div><br /></div>tpghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11371164910816394761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585204183982035886.post-7258131130264907672020-10-25T09:49:00.000-07:002020-10-25T09:49:05.516-07:00Texas boy, 3, dies after accidentally shooting himself in the chest at birthday party<p><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/texas-boy-3-dies-after-accidentally-shooting-himself-chest-birthday-n1244685" target="_blank">Original Story</a></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Until we learn that guns with ONLY split trigger safeties, like the GLOCK line, these things will continue to happen. It's why I love Rugers ... they have the split trigger for "dropped discharge" prevention, but also have a lever.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://grabagun.com/media/catalog/product/cache/c4c6fd50ccd89ba94f340f88fccf66b7/g/a/gag_res-rug03810_3_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="656" data-original-width="800" src="https://grabagun.com/media/catalog/product/cache/c4c6fd50ccd89ba94f340f88fccf66b7/g/a/gag_res-rug03810_3_.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p>tpghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11371164910816394761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585204183982035886.post-80907584531282089712020-10-03T05:17:00.003-07:002020-11-01T03:46:54.220-08:00Acesori A-World clock / charger<p> <span style="font-family: arial;">The device sorta works ... I love the display ... setting the controls via the instructions is difficult, but not impossible ... and having a CR2032 button battery as the backup is nice.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYTG1uL0looSC7dtW2D7ZLFuyYxlVyDLZBK7XGdH2sM9h0-BJhg0bb0tJz1ZIOgA1fZmxAgYb9v0lSftIPTDi6Zc86d8Z0J510N4p5v8CXB1Fl9xAHrmR6bdkqQlQlykGo62C9oYrrBKFz/s398/ACESORI+A-WORLD+CLOCK.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="296" data-original-width="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYTG1uL0looSC7dtW2D7ZLFuyYxlVyDLZBK7XGdH2sM9h0-BJhg0bb0tJz1ZIOgA1fZmxAgYb9v0lSftIPTDi6Zc86d8Z0J510N4p5v8CXB1Fl9xAHrmR6bdkqQlQlykGo62C9oYrrBKFz/s320/ACESORI+A-WORLD+CLOCK.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">However, if you use it to charge your phone, via the wireless pad or via the USB port, once your phone reaches 100%, it stops charging. Thus, if you do like I did one night, I connected my phone while it was at 90%, so in the morning about 8 hours later it was at 67%. This is because about 1 hour after I plug it in, it reached 100% and turned off the charger function ... and this happens if you use either the WIRED OR WIRELESS charging function.</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0727/6125/files/Acesori_Clock_Insert.pdf">Manual</a><br /><br /></span><p></p></div></div>tpghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11371164910816394761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585204183982035886.post-86571567828351859502020-06-23T08:02:00.007-07:002023-05-12T11:41:18.463-07:00My Favorite Sayings ...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">I've collected these few gems over the years ...</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;">--------------------------------------</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;">Augusten Burroughs</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;">I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;">--------------------------------------</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on">Isaac Newton</div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on">Truth is never to be found in simplicity.</div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br /></div></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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<span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Ralph Waldo Emerson said: </span><br />
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<span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you lived and lived well.”</span><br />
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<span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">God grant me … </span><br />
<span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>the strength to change the things that I can change,</span><br />
<span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>the tolerance to accept the things that I cannot change,</span><br />
<span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>and the wisdom to know the difference.</span><br />
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<span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">From the Persian poet Rumi, </span><br />
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<span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.</span><br />
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<span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Remember this when trying to teach someone who won't listen or learn:</span><br />
<span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">It's like trying to teach a pig to sing ...It wastes your time and it irritates the pig.</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><span style="font-family: arial;">--------------------------------------</span><br style="font-family: arial;" /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;">From StarTrek:</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on">There can be no justice, so long as laws are absolute. Life itself is an exercise in exceptions.</div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on">It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not weakness, that is life.</div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on">What we leave behind is not as important as how we lived. </div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">--------------------------------------</span><br /></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on">Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time we fail.</div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on">— Confucius</div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">--------------------------------------</span><br /></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on">Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.</div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on">— Nelson Mandela</div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">--------------------------------------</span><br /></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on">I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.</div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on">— Maya Angelou</div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on">--------------------------------------</div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on">Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.</div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on">— Samuel Beckett</div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">--------------------------------------</span><br /></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on">Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it’s less good than the one you had before. You can fight it, you can do nothing but scream about what you’ve lost, or you can accept that and try to put together something that’s good.</div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on">— Elizabeth Edwards, attorney and activist</div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">--------------------------------------</span><br /></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on">Enthusiasm is common. Endurance is rare.</div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on">— Angela Lee Duckworth, author</div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">--------------------------------------</span><br /></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on">Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.</div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on">— Helen Keller</div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">--------------------------------------</span><br /></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on">Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.</div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on">— Winston Churchill</div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">--------------------------------------</span><br /></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on">If your heart is broken, make art with the pieces.</div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on">— Shane Koyczan, poet</div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on">--------------------------------------</div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on">Grief and resilience live together.</div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on">— Michelle Obama</div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on">--------------------------------------</div><div><br /></div></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on">1. Money cannot buy happiness but...somehow, its more comfortable to cry in a Mercedes Benz than it is on a bicycle.</div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on">2. Forgive your enemy, but remember the bastard's name.</div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on">3. Help a man when he is in trouble & he will remember you when he is in trouble again.</div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on">4. Many people are alive only because it’s illegal to shoot them.</div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on">5. Alcohol does not solve any problem, but then neither does milk.</div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on">--------------------------------------</div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on">Vicki Harrison, author</div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on">Grief is like the ocean; it comes on waves ebbing and flowing. Sometimes the water is calm, and sometimes it is overwhelming. All we can do is learn to swim.</div></div></div></div>
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tpghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11371164910816394761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585204183982035886.post-80872094790231823772020-06-06T14:23:00.003-07:002020-06-06T14:23:37.071-07:0099% to 70% Alcohol<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Standard 70% rubbing alcohol is in short supply right now ... I most recently checked Walgreens, CVS, and Wal-Mart, and all were out. So I stopped in at the distillery down the street from me as they are making hand sanitizer (like many are right now) and I thought I'd buy some (didn't need it, but thought I should make sure I have some). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While chatting, I told them that 70% isopropyl is in short supply and they volunteered that they buy 99% isopropyl as part of their production process ... so they sold me a gallon. But 99% pure isn't all that valuable "as is" as it doesn't kill bacteria very well (lots of articles about why, so I won't go into detail). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I wanted to reduce it to 70% and re-fill the 3 partial bottles I have of 70%. So the formula (without getting into all the math) is:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4 parts water, then 9.7 parts 99% isopropyl gives you 70% isopropyl. If you want easy math, then:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4 parts water, then 10 parts 99% isopropyl gives you 70.7% isopropyl ... but weaker is probably best, so ...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4 parts water, then 9 parts 99% isopropyl gives you 68.5% isopropyl</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And yet another way ... you want a quart of 70% isopropyl, then it's 9.34 ounces of water and 22.65 ounces of 99% gives you a quart of 70% isopropyl.</span></div>
tpghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11371164910816394761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585204183982035886.post-20297187457290685572020-05-12T09:08:00.001-07:002020-06-06T17:34:11.205-07:00How to Win on eBay ...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We've all had it happen ... you find something you want on eBay and then lose it in the last few seconds of "open bidding". While frustrating, it's easily fixed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">eBay veterans call it "sniping" ... you wait until the last 3 seconds of the "open bidding" window and put your bid in just as it closes. This way, you "sneak in" under the wire and take it from someone who isn't right there at their computer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You can, however, buy software that will do that for you on your computer. I used to use that, but it's a maintenance hassle. No now I've found a BETTER way ... it's an on line service that does it for you ... called <a href="http://mybidder.com./">MYBIDDER.COM.</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You setup an account and it verifies that the name and password are correct. Then, you simply put in the item number and max bid, and within a set number of seconds before it closes, the software puts in your bid to steel it away from others. I won't say it's 100%, but my win rate has gone WAY up.</span>
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tpghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11371164910816394761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585204183982035886.post-52137780168191039822020-04-30T08:49:00.001-07:002020-04-30T08:49:21.569-07:00Website wants to show notifications ... ALLOW or BLOCK<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Seems that everytime you go to a web site, it ways "such and such website wants to show notifications" and you get to ALLOW or BLOCK. I find that so irritating ... and even if you tell them BLOCK on Monday, by Wednesday, they are asking yet again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To solve that, there is a plug-in called "No Thanks" that blocks this annoying feature. And the owner will even do "specials" for you (for example, I download some torrents and the search engine I use always pops up an advertisement for their VPN service. For 10 Euro's, he stopped it.</span><br />
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tpghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11371164910816394761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585204183982035886.post-88070757304637689852020-03-22T07:10:00.001-07:002020-06-28T06:29:53.758-07:00Why we Love Larry Hogan <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You've probably heard of "the Metro" ... the subway system that serves DC, Maryland, and Virginia (the DMV). Each line has a color assigned, and every budget item needs to be approved by the leaders of the DMV. Well, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Gov. Hogan earned my respect when he said he'd veto the Metro Expansion for the Purple Line ... said it was too expensive and we could not afford it. So what happened ??? The steering committee cut back on a few stops to make it "affordable" ... so then Hogan </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">approved it, saying "now THAT we can afford". </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Then when he disagreed with Ass-Hat Trump, well, couldn't love him more.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He's been very public with his cancer battles ... I</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">n 2015, Hogan revealed he’d been fighting skin cancer and appeared in public with his white mane gone and bandages on his face. “Before you get into speculation about what the other guy looked like, I wanted to tell you about it,” he joked.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Man's got a sense of humor !!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But what impressed me most, I think, is when in early March, he announced that he was signing over all duties of governor to his Lt. Governor because "running the state is easy when compared to fighting a pandemic, and as of today, that will be my only job".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The GOP governor took action while Trump was still calling the pandemic a ''hoax."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan went before the cameras last week and broke some bad news to his constituents — the state had recorded its first death from the coronavirus.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“We pray for his family,” Hogan said of the victim, a man in his 60s with an underlying condition. “Unfortunately, we are only at the beginning of this crisis and while this is the first death in Maryland it will not be the last.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hogan also noted that a 5-year-old girl was among the confirmed coronavirus cases in the state, a development all the more alarming because the vast majority of infected people have been older.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“This fight against pandemic is a race against time and we must take action now,” Hogan said. “We cannot afford to delay.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">That has been Hogan’s mantra from the start of the crisis. The Republican governor took steps to protect Marylanders on Feb. 27, when he first inked parts of emergency legislation to increase funds for the fight, cancelling out-of-state travel for state workers, establishing a help-line for the public and meeting regularly with his coronavirus response team. In comparison, on the following day, Trump called the coronavirus “new hoax” drummed-up by Democrats to damage him and his administration.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hogan also declared a state of emergency in Maryland on March 5 — more than a week before President Trump made a nationwide emergency declaration.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The end result is that Hogan and fellow governor Andrew Cuomo, Democrat of New York, have at times eclipsed Trump as a national leaders in the battle against the deadly pandemic. And the steps Hogan has taken in Maryland to combat the coronavirus have been as aggressive as those taken by other take-charge governors in hard-hit states like Mike DeWine of Ohio, who is also a Republican, and Jay Inslee of Washington and J.B. Pritzker in Illinois, both Democrats.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hogan hasn't been shy about criticizing the Trump administration’s slow response in the first days of the crisis or its inability to say for sure when badly needed supplies like masks, ventilators and test kits will be available.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“I can tell you that there's quite a bit of frustration on the part of all of the governors that we don't have answers to those questions,” Hogan said earlier in the week. “And the first answer is no, we don't have enough test kits and neither does any other state, and no, the federal government does not have an answer.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hogan’s frustration comes from a deeply personal place — he is a 63-year-old cancer survivor, putting him in one of highest risk categories for coronavirus complications. So his life depends on this.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But the fact that Hogan has been willing to criticize the Trump administration does not come as a surprise for people who have followed the career of a Republican who was first elected governor in 2014 and was re-elected four years later in a deep blue state.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hogan, who is only the second Republican to be re-elected in the state’s history, was “never a fan” of Trump and made that clear even before he won the GOP nomination in 2016, said Todd Eberly, associate professor of political science at St. Mary’s College of Maryland.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“What set Hogan apart from other Trump critics, however, is that most of those critics eventually fell in line behind Trump or left office,” Eberly said. “Hogan governs in a different manner and has rarely hesitated to criticize or disagree with Trump — sometimes forcefully and sometimes more subtly.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Last July, when Trump lashed out against revered Baltimore congressman Elijah Cummings, a Democrat, and called his Baltimore district “dangerous” and “disgusting,” Hogan fired back via his spokeswoman saying “Baltimore City is truly the very head of our state.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When it comes to Hogan's aggressive approach to the coronavirus crisis, none of the academics and journalists interviewed by NBC News found fault. "I haven't heard a whiff of serious criticism," said Josh Kurtz, editor of the Maryland Matters news site, who has covered Hogan for years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Gov. Hogan has been way ahead of the federal government in addressing and responding to the coronavirus,” Kurtz added. “He's been proactive and open with Marylanders. In his role as chairman of the National Governors Association, he's been involved in some of the earliest federal briefings on the virus and has been good about relaying that information to his team and to his constituents."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When NBC News reached out to Senate President Bill Ferguson, a Democrat who has sparred with Hogan in the past on various issues, Ferguson's spokesman gave an assessment of Hogan that could pass for praise in these politically fraught times: "We have nothing negative to contribute at this point," said Yaakov Weissmann in an email.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hogan, unlike Trump, was quick to recognize the coronavirus threat and quick to mobilize the other U.S. governors, Eberly said.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“As chair of the National Governors Association, Hogan was already in a leadership role and I think he used that role quite wisely to get people to understand just how serious the situation was,” Eberly said.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">How has Hogan managed to thrive in a blue state like Maryland during a period of intense political polarization?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Part of it is Marylanders just like Hogan, the experts said. He is married father of three, grandfather of four, and his wife Yumi Hogan is the "first Korean-American first lady in United States history," according to his official biography.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“He exudes competence and confidence,” said Stella Rouse, associate professor of government and politics at the University of Maryland.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And Hogan’s not afraid to tell off his constituents when he sees them straying from the rules that have been set in place to protect them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“Despite our warnings, despite rapid escalation of virus, some people are treating this like vacation with parties and large gatherings,” Hogan said during his Thursday update. “If you are engaged in this type of activity, you are in violation of state law and are endangering lives of fellow Marylanders.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Another reason Hogan thrives, Kurtz said, is that “Maryland isn't as liberal as people assume it is.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“Hogan has found the sweet spot where a lot of the voters are,” Kurtz said. “He's held the line on taxes and a lot of people like that. He's a pretty unassuming guy, and handled a cancer diagnosis early in his tenure with good humor, grace and grit.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In 2015, Hogan revealed he’d been fighting skin cancer and appeared in public with his white mane gone and bandages on his face. “Before you get into speculation about what the other guy looked like, I wanted to tell you about it,” he joked.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Rouse said Hogan is more a pragmatist and less of an ideologue, which is a rarity in the national Republican Party these days.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“The result is he has a lot of political capital in a state that is 2 to 1 Democratic,” Rouse said.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“He made clear when he ran for governor that abortion and marriage equality were settled law and he had no desire to re-litigate them,” Eberly said. “On gun control, he made no mention of dialing back what Democrats had accomplished.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Now, Eberly said, Hogan maintains a statewide approval rating that “seems to defy gravity.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Kurtz said there is already talk of Hogan running for Senate in 2022 when his term ends, but what might dissuade him is that he would have to take on Sen. Chris Van Hollen, who is a Democrat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“Van Hollen is pretty popular, and a Republican hasn't won a Senate race in Maryland since 1980,” Kurtz said.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hogan could also, conceivably, run for president in four years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“Hogan likes to describe himself as a John McCain/George H.W. Bush kind of a Republican,” Kurtz said. “If that kind of a Republican ever comes back in fashion, he could be a serious contender.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">28 June 2020 Update ... his last press release continues to be the man I want as president ... compare this to Arizona, Texas, and Florida:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">“While yesterday the United States saw a record number of COVID-19 cases, in Maryland, our key health metrics continue to trend in a positive direction. Our daily positivity rate reached a new low of 4.38%, and our seven-day positivity rate fell to 5.05%. Our total current hospitalizations have dropped to 511, their lowest level in 83 days. We have now conducted more than 600,000 tests, and have nearly 200 testing sites available across the state.</span><br />
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“As we continue to safely reopen, it is important to remember that this crisis is still not behind us. More than 65,000 Marylanders have been infected, and more than 3,000 Marylanders have now lost their lives to this deadly virus. We mourn each and every loss.</div>
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“Because of our early and aggressive actions, Maryland is better positioned for an economic comeback than nearly every other state in America. Our unemployment rate is more than one-third better than the national average. We have led, and will continue to lead, on the road to economic recovery.</div>
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“Now more than ever, as we begin to come into contact with more people, we must all continue to remain vigilant. Our health and economic recovery depends on all of us continuing to exercise personal responsibility in order to keep ourselves, our family members, our neighbors, and our coworkers safe. We encourage all Marylanders to get tested, wear a mask, and practice physical distancing.</div>
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“Throughout this crisis, Marylanders have been strong, resilient, and they have never lost hope. And now, while we still have miles to go on our road to recovery, I have no doubt that the people of our great state will continue setting an example for the rest of the nation.”</div>
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tpghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11371164910816394761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585204183982035886.post-75378519167385155102020-03-21T05:27:00.001-07:002020-04-21T13:15:38.793-07:00Obtaining a Handgun Qualification License (HQL) in Maryland<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's pretty straight forward ... and I applaud the process ... I am all for ownership rights, but also all for keeping guns out of the hands of assholes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Bought a handgun from <a href="http://grabagun.com/" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="color: red;"><b>grabagun.com</b></span></a> ... good price and reviews gave the gun I choose good marks for the price. They cannot ship you the weapon (either handgun or long gun) ... it has to go to an Federal Firearms Licensed dealer in your area. Grab A Gun has a good link to ones in your area, so use their list. The FFL will receive the gun and you go in with your HQL and Drivers License to get it handed over. The FFL I choose charges $50 for a long gun handover and $100 for a handgun.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Anyway, the process is straight forward ... get your training on handgun safety ... you can find places that can do the process<span style="color: red;"><b> <a href="https://emdsp.mdsp.org/verification/"><span style="color: red;">here</span></a>.</b> </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I did not need to do this as I am ex-military, so I used my DD214 to get it waived.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Then, go <a href="https://emdsp.mdsp.org/egov/Login.aspx"><b><span style="color: red;">here</span></b></a> to get the process moving with the Maryland State Police (you need to setup an account). Only thing to note is that the web site is not very intuitive ... just note the menu system on the left of the page and you won't have any issues. I found one person / site that said you needed to use Microsofts browser, but I use Chrome and had no issues.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You'll need to input your DD214 or Training Certificate information while filling out the application. Once that's gone as far as you can, you need to get finger printed via the "LiveScan" system ... you can find all the people who can do it <a href="http://www.dpscs.state.md.us/publicservs/fingerprint.shtml"><span style="color: red;"><b>here</b></span></a>. You can also use Google Maps, bring up your area, and search for "Live Scan" ... you'll find tons of groups that do it in your area. They all should charge around $50, and some require appointments, but for myself, I found one in a small town and was able to walk in ... zero wait time. You get a receipt that has your file number.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">NOTE: That file is only available to the Maryland State Police for a few days, so don't delay (at least that's what I was told).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Now, go back to your application site</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><a href="https://emdsp.mdsp.org/egov/Login.aspx" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">here</span></b></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> to continue ... input your fingerprinting receipt number, answer 20 questions (like "am I nuts" ... yes / no) and then you can PAY FEEs ... $50. Careful on the questions ... you get into the habit of answering NO, then at the end it asks "are you a US citizen" and "is everything the truth" so I'd advise switching over to YES for those two (but that's just me).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Wait up to 30 days and the license arrives (assuming you did everything right). But, your not yet done.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You now need to complete your form 77R at the Maryland State Police Licensing Portal. So yet another web site <a href="https://licensingportal.mdsp.maryland.gov/MspBridgeClient/#/register"><b><span style="color: red;">here</span></b></a> ... and there you input pretty much the same information, except now you need to input your Handgun Qualification License number. Within an hour, you will get an email with your PIN number. Take that PIN number to the FFL where your handgun is located (or about to be bought) and you AND they fill out a form to submit (and pay the transfer fee). From there, you wait 7 days and THEN you can take your gun. Note that 7 days is not 7 FULL days, but 7 days, so if, like me, you fill out your paperwork on a Tuesday at 3 PM, you wait thru:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So on the following Tuesday, you can pick up the gun.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The following is done on a Windows 10 machine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The new W4 statements [Form W-4 (2020)] </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">you have to fill out were created with digital signatures, so when you look at permissions, you find:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Changing the Document: Not Allowed</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Document Assembly: Not Allowed</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So I wondered ... how do you unlock "signed PDF" files ... you can only input where they allow you to input ... pre-set form fields! Personally, I find this un-acceptable ... I have my signature in a pre-scanned TRANSPARENT PNG file so that (since I have Acrobat), I can drop in that signature so the form is complete.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In the past I just printed it to a PDF, but digital signatures retain the security of "NOT ALLOWED" ... sigh. Well, i</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">t took me a few hours to figure this out, and "technically" your not unlocking it ... but instead "re-creating it" (which, if I'm being honest, that is what I do when I PRINT to a PDF and then put in graphics and text boxes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Anyway, to do this, </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">do a PRINT to your standard printer, and you:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1) in the PRINT dialog, click ADVANCED</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">2) click the boxes PRINT TO FILE and PRINT AS IMAGE ... I choose 600 DPI</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">3) OK it and print it ... and it prints to a PRN file.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">4) PRN is Post Script, so change the extension to .PS</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Now, go to the web site: </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">www.ps2pdf.com ... you don't need to install anything (but I was so impressed, I did install the CHROME extension) and you upload the PS file ... and in about 1 minute, I was able to download a PDF. </span><br />
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tpghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11371164910816394761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585204183982035886.post-74152432459042910282020-03-03T07:38:00.002-08:002020-03-03T07:38:40.618-08:00Wendy's Breakfast Sucks ... <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as of 3 March 2020 ...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First shot try got both sandwiches wrong ... and found shell in the egg.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Second try got us soggy bacon, and "cheese" seems to be put on with a paint brush. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I find the sausage patty too spicy and my last bite of sandwich (only could stomach half) found under cooked egg.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fries/Potatoes under-whelming.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will say, however, that I do like the Honey Chicken Biscuit ... that was good ... you can actually smell the honey when your un-wrapping it.</span></div>
tpghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11371164910816394761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585204183982035886.post-42893177112671996112020-02-01T05:19:00.002-08:002020-02-01T05:19:55.100-08:00Free Faxing<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can pretty much do free faxing if your willing to use 2 sites. The only limitation is that "free" on the sending means 1 page. Please note that I have NO FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENT WITH EITHER SITE. This information is based on using them over the past year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For sending, I use "gotfreefax.com". The "free" means you need to send only 1 page, which I have found FITS just fine ... just be careful and clear. Just about all my needs fit on 1 page.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can send PDFs, Docs, and JPGs. Never used JPGs, but DOCs and PDFs work just fine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you use the FREE approach (red circle in picture), you get 3 emails from them ...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1: Verify your email address (I have never gotten SPAM from them).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2: It's in process</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3: It's done.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However, if you need to send multiple pages, you can buy blocks of pages ... see the black circled item ... 100 pages for $10, so 10 cents/page. I bought a block over a year ago and I'm still using them whenever the FREE doesn't fit my needs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I tried the Bio-Advanced 2-in-1 Moss & Algae Killer & Cleaner on the front half of my Cape Cod style house (I live in Southern Maryland). I killed all the algae, turning it all yellow. However, to get up to the top of the roof (which is really needed on the back of the roof), I needed a jet spray attachment ... and that is where Bio-Advanced said NO. Their position is that you must use it with the hose end sprayer it comes with. Now, I respect that, but it's too dangerous for me to get up on the pitched roof (I'm approaching 70 !!).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So then, I repeated the experiment with my Ortho Sprayer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Of course, I had the sprayer off the original Ortho base ... and dipped the hose into the solution (same 25 ml) and timed it. Found that the 4 ounce setting got the same time ... 10.03 seconds.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The algae on the front and back died, so then I had a "roof cleaner" come out and sweep off the roof and spray their own chemical ... it wasn't needed, but that was the agreement.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Anyway, I then decided to spray my driveway where I needed to walk it without a hose available (it's 600 feet long), so I used the same Bio-Advanced Moss & Algae Killer & Cleaner, sprayed it into a large container then poured the resulting chemical into a hand pump sprayer and walked my entire driveway killing algae ... worked like a charm.</span><br />
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tpghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11371164910816394761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585204183982035886.post-88669195843091562552019-03-17T05:45:00.003-07:002019-03-17T05:45:39.959-07:00Happy St. Patricks Day<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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tpghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11371164910816394761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585204183982035886.post-78279335085121996632017-12-31T16:10:00.002-08:002023-02-02T06:58:25.747-08:00Spondoolies SP-20 and Spondoolies SP-35 cleaning<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="MsoNormal"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">DISCLAIMER: BOTH THE 20 AND 35 HAVE DIED.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal">
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you can do when the OEM goes out of business).
These are the steps I took … didn’t use ESD precautions, but I know how
to handle parts, so I was not too worried.
Your mileage may vary.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">The SP-20 is the hardest to do from the perspective of “how
to take apart” while the SP-35 takes a lot of hours.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">For orientation, when the unit is lying on a table, the RJ-45
is at the top edge. So, take out the three
screws at the top of each side and remove the top. Now, you will see two ribbon cables running
into the controller card … slide those off … there are no clips … just pressure
holds them on.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">Now with the cables off, take out the next three screws (from
each side) and the sub-assembly that holds the controller card with the RJ-45
connector is now loose … but ... be careful to ensure that the ribbon cables
don’t get in the way as your removing it, and “hinge” it towards the rear as
the rear fans are wired to the controller card.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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loose. Look at the stamped metal you
removed … there are guides there that the two miner cards go into during
re-assembly … remember them. Now, remove each miner card and set them aside.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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controller card assembly, and blow off the miner cards.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and blow the dust off. Clean the old
thermal grease off the heat sinks with 99% isopropyl alcohol (70% will do, but
99% is best). Then, clean the old grease
off the chips … properly cleaned, the chip tops should look like little mirrors. Never touch either the chip or heat sink with
bare hands … and remember that all surfaces are only clean via an alcohol wipe
down. I used Nitrile gloves to ensure
that no skin oils got on any surfaces.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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razor blade, spread it out over the entire surface. It goes far so you only need a tiny
amount. Once you spread the compound out
via the razor blade and the top is fully covered, re-install the heat sinks
onto each chip … first screw is turned a few turns to set it, and then the
other screw is fully screwed in. Once the
second screw is screwed all the way in, finish the first. These screws should NOT be tight … just turn
until it stops.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">Once both boards are done, re-seat the boards back in place,
in their guides and all way back so their power connectors stick out the
back. Then, put the controller card back
into place, making sure the ribbon cables are routed through their cut outs and
re-connect them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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boards are into their proper position.
The controller assembly metal needs a little bit of force to get the
screw holes lined up … the pressure is to ensure that the boards stay in place
during movement. Get each of the 3
screws of each side in … and don’t tighten any until ALL SIX are installed …
and THEN tighten them. Now, put the top
back on and put the last 6 screws back in.
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back about ½ inch and remove it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">But first, by the power supplies you will see two metal
plates with 4 screws in each. Those
connect (or link) the power supplies to the processor boards. Remove all 8 screws (2x4) and remove the
links.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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each) and blow the dust off the heat sinks.
Clean the old thermal grease off the heat sinks with 99% isopropyl
alcohol (70% will do, but 99% is best).
Then, clean the old grease off the chips … properly cleaned, the chip
tops should look like little mirrors.
Never touch either the chip or heat sink with bare hands … and remember
that all surfaces are only clean via an alcohol wipe down. I used Nitrile gloves to ensure that no skin
oils got on any surfaces.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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be about 10 of them. Remove those, and
notice that by the power supply is a shielded ribbon cable … remove it … no
clips … pressure fit only. Lift out the
platter and sit it aside.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and blow the dust off. Then clean the
old grease off the chips and sinks. You
can remove the bottom platter if you want … I didn’t.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the dust off the platters … then wipe the chips off in case any dust got on
them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">Apply a small dab of new grease on each chip, and using a
razor blade, spread it out over the entire surface. It goes far so you only need a tiny
amount. Once you spread the compound out
via the razor blade and the top is fully covered, re-install the heat sinks
onto each chip … first screw is turned a few turns to set it, and then the
other screw is fully screwed in. Once the
second screw is screwed all the way in, finish the first. These screws should NOT be tight … just turn
until it stops. Do this to both
platters. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and the power links. Screw the platter
back in place. NOTE: I found two of the stand offs that the top
platter sit on were stripped out from (I assume) poor production processes … so
I just left 2 screws out as I didn’t want to disassemble and tap the threads.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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tpghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11371164910816394761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585204183982035886.post-70346979511025910522017-01-18T13:32:00.005-08:002022-01-04T07:54:06.108-08:00Torrents and Seedboxes ...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Many people on line have tried downloading torrents, and then using a torrent engine like utorrent (read: microtorrent) to download a file (maybe the latest HOT movie?). And inevitably you stumble upon a copyright holder who will file a C&D (cease and desist) against your ISP ... which get's you cut off (because your ISP tracks your IP address and times assigned).</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Then, you think "I'll use a VPN and log in thru Hong Kong" so they can't track me ... and that is correct. But the problem is that setting up a VPN and monitoring it 24/7 takes a lot of time and technical "know how" (at least in Windows it does). When I tried a VPN, I found that often it would drop off, and my network connection would resume "in the clear" without notifying me ... very frustrating.</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Finally, I found the best solution ... a seedbox. If you don't know what that is, <a href="http://seedboxgui.de/guides/what-is-a-seedbox/" target="_blank">this article</a> describes it better than I can. But in brief, it is your 'friend' in some "non-tracking country", say The Netherlands, where privacy laws will keep you from ever being disclosed or discovered. They download the file you want, and you FTP it from them, and since no one can track the contents of FTP activity, no one ever knows you downloaded a "copy-righted" file.</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I used UltraSeedBox for over a year, and found that, while they had good pricing, over the last 6 months their Customer Support went to total crap ... so after they LOST my RSS feeds twice, I gave up on them and switched to EVO ... only $5/month, super support (at least at first), and you can even pay them with BitCoin if you REALLY REALLY REALLY want to stay anonymous (I don't, but you can). But their stability went lacking after a year (they got a virus and wiped out all my RSS feeds and all the files I had stored there ... and offered no way to get them back ... even a "screen grab" to remind me of the files lost would have been nice ... but they just wiped my account and said "sucks to be you"). Also their web interface kept getting hosed up when I would load in a bunch of torrents ... so I switched to <a href="http://SEEDBOX.IO">SEEDBOX.IO</a>. ... yes, it's $10/month for the basic package, but well worth it for the stability, speed, and super fast customer support.</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Final note ... if you don't use SEEDBOX.IO and decide to use something else, make sure you ask about PUBLIC versus PRIVATE trackers. I tried one where only after signing up did I find that they would only work with PRIVATE trackers ... and you don't want that as the options available in the "private" torrents is pretty limited (IMHO).</span></span><br />
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tpghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11371164910816394761noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585204183982035886.post-29350420310697507712016-11-20T05:00:00.000-08:002016-11-20T05:00:25.985-08:00Dryer Blower Wheel Stripped ... a quick solution<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My dryer blower wheel shaft "spins out" every few years and rattles when the dryer runs. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can tell that blower wheel is lose, or stripped, pretty easily because when you turn off the dryer, you can hear the wheel spinning still ... because it's not really attached to anything now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's easy to see why ... plastic wheel ... metal shaft ... the plastic is going to lose every time. They tried to make the wheel more resilient by providing a spring clamp that fits over the plastic hub, but it's still not enough pressure.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since I needed to get my dryer "back on line", I devised a pretty good solution. I will order another one and install it but will do this same thing on the new wheel.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Take the old one off (you'll need some snap ring pliers ... like these):</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Using a Dremel Drill motor with a 90 degree elbow accessory and an abrasive disk</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I opened up the slots that are in the center hub, kind of shows here:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The black marks in the middle show where I opened up the slots. Then, I put it back onto the shaft, and took a piece of snap blade (about 1/2" long)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and hammered it in between the flat side of the shaft and the wheel (be careful ... sharp ... I used the Dremel grinder wheel to grind the outside straight so I could tap it in). Then, I took a small hose clamp with a 1/4" bolt head (don't know the exact size as it was just in my junk bin)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and put it over the plastic hub and tightened it. You'll need a 1/4" closed end ratcheting wrench like this to do the tightening:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yes ... I know it says 3/4" in the picture ... get one that fits your clamp ... usually 1/4" ... got mine from Harbor Freight.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyway, once tight, reinstall the snap ring and put it back together ... good as new ... should last 10 more years until the actual motor burns out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">cheers</span><br />
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tpghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11371164910816394761noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585204183982035886.post-83599977536586492722016-11-17T12:35:00.000-08:002016-11-18T07:01:02.116-08:00The AWS-3 Auction and the Spectrum Reallocation Fund ... ITC2016<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I attended the 2016 International Telemetry Conference in Glendale Arizona. On Tuesday the 8th of November 2016, Mr. Derrick Hinton honored us with a presentation on the funding that is occurring due to the AWS-3 Auction and the impact of the Test Ranges. I was so impressed with the presentation, I contacted Mr. Hinton and asked for a copy of the presentation and permission to post it on my blog so that it got some additional distribution. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I guess it starts off with a bang in that the USG thought it would bring in from 10 to 18 billion, but instead it brought in 43 billion. So from that, funding is working it's way to the ranges.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/clouddrive/share/GbvgK7QPF7wQJeAxMy3Qe3bDb19j6FykAhgoOsBM5ml?ref_=cd_ph_share_link_copy">PDF File is here</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This is shared by permission of it's author, Derrick Hinton, and retains all copyright.</span></div>
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