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FM Radio with the Kids - So 2 of my kids want are interested in building a FM radio. The other one wants to build a R/C car that goes at least 55 mph. I order the FM radio kit yesterday. The R/C car is a future project. I looked at a lot of kits and diy radio books but because … Continue reading "FM Radio with the Kids"- New Lab Setup - So I’m working on setting up a new lab to learn Citrix Xen Desktop among other things. Here is how I’ve configured it to start. 1 – QNAP NAS presenting storage via NFS 4 – Hosts with 8GB RAM each 1 – GigE Switch This works out really well since I can get 3 – … Continue reading "New Lab Setup"
- Stone IPA Keg Kicked - So my wonderful wife purchased a 5 gallon keg of Stone IPA for my birthday and it is now kicked. After I quit screaming “NOOOOOO!!!!!”, I was actually happy that I had the opportunity to have kicked 5 gallons of Stone’s wonderful IPA. Best wife ever! If you run into her make sure to tell … Continue reading "Stone IPA Keg Kicked"
- BrewPi Manual Install on Weezy - So tonight I’m giving the manual path of installing BrewPi on a Debian Weezy VM. I want to see if I can get BrewPi up and running without the Raspberry PI and the BrewPi Shield. Nothing against the great BrewPi devs but I wanna see if I can make the setup so easy that not tech people … Continue reading "BrewPi Manual Install on Weezy"
- Is School Night for Scouts Good for September? - So last week was school night for scouting in our district. It went really well we more than doubled in size. But I had 2 parents ask about joining in January since their son plays sports in the fall. Now Pack 422 might be unique since our charter organization only allows us to meet one … Continue reading "Is School Night for Scouts Good for September?"
- Arduino with the Kids this Saturday - So this Saturday the wife is going to be out of the house for a significant part of the day so I decided to find some Arduino projects I can do with the kids. Not sure if they will all be a success but here are the ones I’m going to try. Arduino Projects for … Continue reading "Arduino with the Kids this Saturday"
- Mash Temperature or Fermentation Temperature? - Whis is more important Mash Temperature or Fermentation Temperature? So I’m thinking of getting into full grain brewing and as usual my brain starts working on trying to figure out “the best way” to put together the all grain brewing setup. The hot liquor tun or the sparge water tun which is the first step … Continue reading "Mash Temperature or Fermentation Temperature?"
- Belgian Wit Extract Recipe is Kegged - So the first beer I brewed for my wife is a Belgian Wit extract recipe. It is now kegged next to my 2x IPA in the beer fridge. It started 6 weeks ago with a DME kit from Alternative Beverage on South Blvd. This time I was looking for the “Her’s” brew to go in … Continue reading "Belgian Wit Extract Recipe is Kegged"
- Broke Double Digits of Twitter Followers!! - Hey, Good news for some record-breaking nothingness on the internet logs of some future pastime: I broke double digits of followers on Twitter! Now back to actual life.
- Ordered New Home Theater Remote - So what to do when the home theater remote you’ve had for 4 years needs to be updated and it turns out the cloud service that it requires has been shut down by the manufacturer? Well you don’t purchase another remote from that vendor. No you go online and find a different one.
