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Installing a desktop environment on the HP Omen
`dmidecode | grep -A8 ‘^System Information’` tells me that the Manufacturer is HP and Product Name is OMEN Transcend Gaming Laptop 14-fb0xxx I’m provisioning a new piece of hardware for my eng consultant and it’s proving more difficult than I expected. I must admit guilt for some of this difficulty. Instead of installing using the…
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Some statistics from the router at the cabin
sip0 is a GRE tunnel between the router and the colo box in Seattle, the payload of which is encapsulated as ipsec traffic before being transmitted over the Ubiquity equipment to the switch that the CenturyLink DSL modem attaches to. I don’t get centurylink easter eggs in my search results when I use this interface.…
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Vacation Tasks
So, I’m taking vacation this week and next. Here’s a (partial) list of tasks that are left to do: Visit BC for NANOG 55 Work with Threshold Communications to verify interop is working as well as it seems to be Make sure the UTC has acknowledged receipt of our 2012 filing Complete move of storage…
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SJCARS blog
The San Juan County Amateur Radio Society (SJCARS) has created a blog. I’m excited. http://sjcars.wordpress.com/
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Putting new radios up in Everett
I’m happy to note that we’re putting up new radios in Everett. The plan is to provide free but limited Internet access to neighbors and sell service to those who need a “fatter pipe” as the kids say. We’ve been running a repeater for over a year now. It doesn’t provide access to the Internet,…
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Conversation with T-Mobile
You have been connected to ^Carsheena H. C.J. Adams-Collier: hi there! ^Carsheena H: Hi C.J. , welcome to T-Mobile live Chat. I’m ^Carsheena and I will be happy to assist you. Please give me a moment to review your question. C.J. Adams-Collier: heh, no problem ;) ^Carsheena H: Thank you for your patience, C.J. C.J.…
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Running a console cable to the radio
So, I’m attaching a radio to the chimney. I don’t want to have to bring it down every time I need to flash the firmware, so I’m also running an rs-232 cable up to it along with the PoE data/power cable. Since they don’t have anything pre-built, I wired one myself. I also made a…
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Everett Wireless first station
I’m putting together the first station for the Everett Wireless Network. To the right is a picture of the radio I will eventually put on our roof. I plan to attach an omni to the pole and drill another couple holes in the box (one for the 802.11g omni, one for the serial console over…
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State of the C.J. – 20060625
C.J. Blathers about recent major changes in his life. https://colliertech.com/~cjcollier/confidential/sateOfTheCJ20060625.ogg https://colliertech.com/~cjcollier/confidential/sateOfTheCJ20060625.mp3 Mail me for credentials.