I got a bunch of packages today including my 1000watt ups power supply. Bad news is my laptop LCD screen died 
Archive for the ‘Adam’ Category
Good news and bad news
13
Jul
Current Project List
13
Jul
So here is a glimpse into the current projects around the house:
- Paint the Dining Room, 3 Bathrooms, laundry room, hall, and at least one bedroom
- Install new 100″ theater screen
- Move Home Theater and Computer Equipment onto the new rack
- Mount 32″ LCD in the corner of the wall in the game room
- Relocate 2 Xbox 360 Media Extenders to the Rack, transfer HDMI video and IR over Cat6
- Relocate Comcast HD Box from the Game Room to the Rack, transfer HDMI video and IR over Cat6
- Relocate Comcast DTA Box from the gym to the Rack, transfer HDMI video and IR over Cat6
- Install APC 1000 Watt rack mount UPS
- Add 2 speakers to the theater for 7.1 sound compliance
- Add additional theater seating
- Complete some home automation tasks
- Wire cleanup
Sold the vette
12
Jul
No shocker to most of the people that know me…I am happy with the Range Rover for now. I may look for something else in the future. 
4 post rack
10
Jul
I picked up a 4 post server rack today that will replace my 2 post telco rack I have now. I have 3-4 servers and the weight is to much for the telco rack. Here is a pic of it. I will post more when everything is installed.
My Subwoofer died :(
02
Jul
My Klipsch 10″ Theater Subwoofer died the other day. Every time i put a fuse in and turn it on, it blows the fuse. I called and have to send the amp to be repaired. Once I took it apart, I found at least one, if not two, resistors blew up. There was black singe marks around it and it looked melted. Its gonna cost me what I paid for the sub to fix it
Theater room painted, looks awesome!
27
Jun
The pictures you are about to see do not do the room justice. It is great looking! Cant wait to get the 100″ fixed screen in so I can start using it. I did however blow a fuse in my sub speaker today…I hope its just a blown fuse and not an indication of a problem.
My Arduino Parking Sensor is Done! sort of
16
Jun
Well, the microprocessor is in the case and everything is wired. I am waiting on delivery for one more LED indicator for one parking spot. The sensor for the civic works great. The unit is turned on by an Insteon OutletLinc only when the garage door is open, and when the car reaches 42 inches from the sensor (the wall), the light lights up.
I just have to mount the controller box to the wall and clean up the mounts for the light and ultrasonic sensors.
Pre Ordered my iPhone 4
15
Jun
I was one of the lucky ones to be able to pre order my iPhone 4. Should ship to me on June 24. We will see.
Allergy Testing Today :(
15
Jun
Well, today I went to the allergist for testing. First was the 32 prong scratch test, followed by 32 needles. YAY! I am mainly allergic to Mold, Fungus, and possibly some feathery items like pillows and down comforters.
Not much new here
07
Jun
Not a whole lot going on here. Just relaxing a bit. Corinne and I watched Avatar (Bluray) and it was amazing. Great movie.
I received the last order of sprinkler system parts (hopefully) to finish the drip irrigation for the front landscaping. I will most likely attempt to install it in the next week or so. Whenever it isnt too hot outside.
My parking sensor is awaiting one more ultrasonic sensor and some brackets. I think its ready to go. I should have it mounted for testing by the end of the week.
I am modifying my homemade router/firewall at home to run Pfsense 2.0 beta on a hard drive instead of a flash card. This will allow me to run squid (http cache proxy), havp (anti-virus scanner), and other network monitoring tools. They cannot be run on a flash card since the card has a finite read/write life.