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Monthly Archives: January 2008
Got A Sun SparcServer20 for free on Craigslist…
Gotta like free. This was a good one which, of course, makes up for all the less than optimal trades found on Craigslist. I haven’t booted it up yet but it’s got three 2GB drives, one 18GB, a bunch of … Continue reading
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Replaced my BMW E46 330i Camshaft Position Sensor All By Myself
…and saved about $200. This should clear up the ‘Service Engine Soon’ light problem I described earlier. The process was pretty easy requiring a modest technical skill set and tools. I think most people can handle it. The real tricky … Continue reading
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Changing the BMW E46 330i Oil at Home with the Pela PL-650 Oil Extractor
Shortly after buying my E46 BMW 330i I called around pricing oil changes. Wow. Everyone wanted between $80 and $120 for something I usually pay $30 – $40 for. Turns out, these machines require synthetic oil that runs at least … Continue reading
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Our daughter tearing up the ski slopes after six hours of training. Video 3
She’s the one in the pink hat and pink pants. She’s enrolled in the local Powder Pigs program and clearly it’s paying off.
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Our daughter tearing up the ski slopes after six hours of training. Video 2
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First YouTube Post: Our daughter tearing up the ski slopes after six hours of training. Video 1
She’s the one in the pink hat and pink pants. She’s enrolled in the local Powder Pigs program and clearly it’s paying off.
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Peake Research R5/FCX-3 OBC-II/OBC2 Reader for BMW Review
So the 2001 330i’s been a great car to date, even at over 100,000 miles, and at the rate it’s going I suspect it’ll go another 150k. That’s the goal anyway. Unfortunately, I’ve had a couple very intermittent idle stalls, … Continue reading
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Configuring XFS on a Very Large RAID Array
This was one of those times that you’ve got a huge task at hand and you get bogged down in some super small detail that consumes a full day… I’m setting up a new MythTV system and the first step … Continue reading
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Building a High Capacity, HDTV MythTV System.
We’ve outgrown our current home network/MythTV system. The front ends, in the living room and master bedroom, are great at standard definition. They have AMD Sempron 2200’s running at I think 1.6 MHz and while they churn through SD with … Continue reading
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There’s no minimum age for the XO OLPC Laptop…
Here’s our one year old crankin’ up Pippin for another hard core Python development session:
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