I had a 2008 VW GTI Turbo I had purchased new. It is posted HERE in this blog. The 2008 has been a wonderful fun car to own and drive. I really had no intention of trading unless there was a very good offer. Saying that, I just replaced it with virtually the same vehicle. Above are the pre 100 mile photos of the new 2012 VW GTI Turbo I just brought home. The same...
Continue reading...“Can you hear me now?”
In the last post I mentioned I would have to replace the wireless router/switch in my home network system. I just did that. I purchased another LinkSys (Cisco) wireless router, this time near the top of the line for non commercial routers, the EA4500. My old unit is the E3200. Both are nearly the same but the EA4500 has a bit more power and an extra radio channel. The set-up for both is also nearly...
Continue reading...Recovery Mission
I had a 250 GB hard drive connected to my router via a USB port. It served me well as a place to store backups outside of any internal computer drive. It was always there and didn’t need a computer or another server to be running 24/7. It used the router/switch to do that. About two weeks ago my home network must have taken another hit from one of the many electrical storms here in...
Continue reading...The Pasture
It has been weather peaceful here in Frisco for about a week. The severe rain turned into peaceful soaking rain for a day or so. Now it is just HOT again. That’s Texas. I got the grass mowed in the “north 40” yesterday (Saturday) as it was in need of semi serious attention. It was very green and a bit overgrown. I mulch mow so I don’t like to work with wet or tall grass....
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