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DXR-5 Video Camera is killing my wireless internet

I have AT&T Uverse and I’m mostly happy with the service they provide.  One of the issues that I’ve struggled with is their internet service.  You are locked into using their router / gateway, as the one device provides the connections to TV, phone, and internet (both wired and wireless). I have a desktop computer in one location that really doesn’t get the best wifi connection.  I also don’t have… Read More »DXR-5 Video Camera is killing my wireless internet

I don’t know much about bees

Over the past week, I’ve noticed a few dying or dead bees inside my house – maybe 5 or 6. I’ve never had anything like this before, and I really wasn’t sure what to do. Looking on the internet I couldn’t find a clear recommendation, so I decided to call some professionals. I figured I’d share what they have to say but I’m still not sure exactly what will happen. Exterminator #1… Read More »I don’t know much about bees

Win 8 keeps Grub from loading with dual boot Ubuntu on Dell Desktop – Solved

I spent more than a few hours trying to get Ubuntu to play nicely with pre-installed windows 8 on a new Dell Inspiron 660s.  Previously, it was fairly easy to install Ubuntu using WuBi.  Now, thought, there are issues with UEFI which is meant to be an additional security layer.  Also, it seems Windows 8 wants to take over a system’s bios and replace it with their own settings.  All in all, it… Read More »Win 8 keeps Grub from loading with dual boot Ubuntu on Dell Desktop – Solved

Garbage Disposal causes water to back up into second sink

I’m a novice when it comes to plumbing issues, but I did learn a bit with this episode.  We have a dual sink in our kitchen, and one side has a garbage disposal.  The sink seemed to be going down fine, but then when we ran the garbage disposal, the 2nd sink on the other side started to back up messy water filled with food bits.  I assumed the garbage… Read More »Garbage Disposal causes water to back up into second sink

Exact match domain and Panda 20 – how do they work?

I’m still very perplexed by the update that happened on September 28, 2012.  It seems all of my websites were hit, no matter how they were designed, how they were formatted, what the topics were, or how good the quality of the material was.  My sites all seemed to take a 50% hit in traffic.  It has now been four months and I’ve seen no consistent evidence of any change,… Read More »Exact match domain and Panda 20 – how do they work?

My sites got slammed September 28, 2012

When I first started this blog, I posted some thoughts on the Mayday Update of 2010 and how the Google Caffeine architecture was maybe a part of their ability to do some interesting things.  A lot has changed with Google since that time, with much of the recent interest being on the Panda and Penguin updates.  I haven’t posted much of my thoughts on those updates as neither had affected… Read More »My sites got slammed September 28, 2012

Lawnmower starts fine even with old gas

I realized it was finally time to break out the lawnmower.  As I was unloading it, I realized that I didn’t run out the gas last fall.  I started to worry that I may have mucked up the engine.  I did a little research (as I tend to do) and there are a few potential problems with leaving the gas in over the winter.  The most common comments online were… Read More »Lawnmower starts fine even with old gas

Getting my phone to set alarms using just voice commands

After listening to Howard Stern this morning talk about how he loves using Siri on his iPhone to set alarms, I figured I would see if android could do the same. On my XPRT running Froyo 2.2 I gave it a try.  It recognized my voice just fine but the screen gave an error message saying “set alarm…” in order to use this command you need to download the updated clock app”. … Read More »Getting my phone to set alarms using just voice commands

One source of mold in the attic

We had a warm spell a few weeks ago and I noticed that there were some large icicles hanging off the gutter on the back of our house.  I initially thought it was maybe an area where some leaves were clogging the gutter, so the water overflowed forming the icicles.  The weird thing was that I noticed water dripping out of the soffit vent in that area.  I of course… Read More »One source of mold in the attic

Unable to find a clickable link on Adsense

After I ran Argente Utilities to try to clean up my computer a bit, I noticed that I was getting occassional errors when browsing with Internet Explorer, but not with Firefox or Chrome.  The specific error was “An Add-On For this Website Failed to Run” and I noticed that some of the adsense ads weren’t loading properly.  Some banner ads were just blank rectangles and the link ads were plain… Read More »Unable to find a clickable link on Adsense

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