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Wifi The Real Tier
We’ve been talking quite a bit about wireless and how things to get going. It is amazing how many APs are just happening with just T-mobile. There is a top down strategy from: * Seattle Wireless – Connecting People To Wi-Fi. This has gone from a free for everyone into a pay service. * “Surf…
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Lake Washington Elevation and Weather
Rivers: Lake Washington. Kind of a fun site. Tells you water conditions and levels in Seattle. Amazing what they put on the web these days. “NOAA Seattle”:http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/Seattle/. The source of all weather. Actually, in many ways more interesting that watching the news or weather.com.
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Bi-wiring and Speaker Cables
I’m in the middle of changing the cables I have in my home theater. There is quite a bit written and it is a little confusing. I have an incredible mismash of cables and they are coming apart. I want to make them neat and clean. Here are some relevant things to look at: *…
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Calvin's Sayings
Calvin has been just incredible at his little pearls of wisdom this year. There are two that are posted on the board in his classroom right now. Great to remember. Maybe everything we learned was in Kindergarten? Everyone is good in their own way If you don’t fail you are not trying new things
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STP 2003 or Bust!
Cascade Bicycle Club: Group Health Group Health Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic. “Hoops”:http://scbhooper.com has done it a million times. I wanted to do it last year, but had a bike accident that put me out of commission, but I’m healthy this year and here we go. It’s 200 miles long and there were 7,170 riders…
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Long range Wifi
SeattleWireless: Hardware Comparison. Hoops was asking about how to bridge from one access point to another so you can get WiFi coverage where you don’t have an Ethernet port. It is hard to find this, but Seattle Wireless does a great job of noting the important hackazoid features. Like how much power these things really…
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Breaking the 100 meter barrier
I’m trying to get a run down about “100 meters”:http://www.mcpprep.com/WebHelp/ccna/ccna_obj_56.htm down our hill. The main issue is that there are plenty of limitations of Fast Ethernet (technically called 100BaseT). So I’ve been looking at alternatives: h4. Using Fiber Optic Cable. This option basically means upgrading to a 1Gb link (wow!) CABLExpress Technologies – The Network.…
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Ethernet distance limits
Ethernet Distance limits and cable types. A good summary of distance limits for various types of cable. I need about a 400 foot run and this is just outside the 100 meter limit of standard 100BaseT (a.k.a. 802.3) on Cat 5. See the table for more information.
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What Happened to the Iraq Army?
War in Iraq. A good analysis of what might have happened to the Iraq Army. I would love to know the real story.
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Flight Risk Update
The Agonist: Flight Risk. How does the Agonist get his information. More enticing details about this woman who has run away.