I just wanted to share some photos after the recent storm that passed through Southern California.
Posts from ‘December, 2008’
Easy Kenmore Dryer Repair
We inherited an ancient 29″ Kenmore washer and dryer when we got the cabin.
$13.94 Outdoor Webcam Enclosure
I have a Panasonic BL-C30A wireless network web camera. It’s an indoor camera which I originally bought for indoor use, but then I decided I wanted an outdoor webcam. Webcams that were both wireless and outdoor rated cost more than I was willing to spend. So I ended up having the webcam inside a window, [...]
“Cold” Snap
With a cold storm coming down from the Arctic, it was raining all day and the temperatures never got above the 40s here in Southern California. This is the first time I recall in over 15 years that the daytime high never went above 50. The mountain areas have been in the 20s all day [...]
New Cell Phones
Our contract with Sprint expired at the end of November (actually, they had extended our contract for an extra year without our permission, similar to this story). Tera recently had problems with getting Sprint reception inside her new work building, so it was a good time to switch providers. We decided to switch to AT&T [...]
Easy Notebook Card Reader Upgrade for SDHC Cards!
I have a Fujitsu Lifebook N6010 with an integrated card reader. It read up to 2GB SD cards just fine, but wouldn’t read 4GB or 8GB SDHC cards – even worse, it would ask me if I wanted to format the card! The card reader is a Texas Instruments PCIxx21, which I understand is a [...]