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by bobboobles
Thu Mar 17, 2016 12:09 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Anyone repair anything today?
Replies: 1407
Views: 198291

Re: Anyone repair anything today?

Replaced two burners on the stove. Had a bad thermostat in the dryer a while back that I replaced for $16. Before that it was a $4 thermal fuse. I like not having to buy new clothes dryers!
by bobboobles
Fri May 03, 2013 9:22 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Why having a car DVR/camera is a good idea
Replies: 21
Views: 11266

Re: Why having a car DVR/camera is a good idea

Could have used one today. Got rear-ended by a big F-150 in my little Corolla and the jerk drove off. He pulled over until I put my car in park then whipped around me and drove off. :evil: Luckily he was only doing like 10-15mph when he hit me, but it still shook me up and my back is still tight. Fo...
by bobboobles
Sat Apr 20, 2013 2:50 pm
Forum: Networking
Topic: AT&T DSL Issue: Intermittent Lagging
Replies: 30
Views: 11291

Re: AT&T DSL Issue: Intermittent Lagging

Finally had time to test it out. No change at all in the attenuation/SnR when running straight out of the maintenance jack into the modem and straight to a computer. Guess that rules out house wiring once and for all. I was still getting dropped packets/timeouts while pinging google, youtube, etc.
by bobboobles
Thu Apr 18, 2013 2:09 pm
Forum: Networking
Topic: AT&T DSL Issue: Intermittent Lagging
Replies: 30
Views: 11291

Re: AT&T DSL Issue: Intermittent Lagging

That line attenuation is somewhat bad, you must be quite far from the DSLAM. I would bet the lag you are reporting is actually the DSL losing sync and resyncing. You should insist ATT sends a tech out to your house to check the lines both outside and inside your house. You can also test it by remov...
by bobboobles
Tue Apr 16, 2013 10:34 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Cheap (yet useful) gadgets
Replies: 15
Views: 4898

Re: Cheap (yet useful) gadgets

Magnetizer/Demagnetizer

Use it on your screwdrivers. It's like magic!
by bobboobles
Tue Apr 16, 2013 8:52 pm
Forum: Networking
Topic: AT&T DSL Issue: Intermittent Lagging
Replies: 30
Views: 11291

Re: AT&T DSL Issue: Intermittent Lagging

Thanks for the ideas and tips folks. I don't know anyone with a DSL tester. At work all we've got is T1/T3 stuff. I have replaced the modem, as stated, with no change in behavior. I'll have to try out the tracert + pinging up the line without the router connected tomorrow and see what turns up. Here...
by bobboobles
Mon Apr 15, 2013 9:43 pm
Forum: Networking
Topic: AT&T DSL Issue: Intermittent Lagging
Replies: 30
Views: 11291

Re: AT&T DSL Issue: Intermittent Lagging

Everything lags or whatever it is. The videos stop buffering and games stop responding. Sometimes we'll get a "this page cannot be displayed" message. I've got a new Netgear modem that didn't fix the problem. If it's packet loss, what could be causing it and why can't the phone company see...
by bobboobles
Mon Apr 15, 2013 7:52 pm
Forum: Networking
Topic: AT&T DSL Issue: Intermittent Lagging
Replies: 30
Views: 11291

AT&T DSL Issue: Intermittent Lagging

I hope someone here can help me out. I'm at the end of my rope with this problem. Please bear with me and this wall of text! Our AT&T DSL was fine up until the end of January. Now we're having an intermittent problem where the internet will stop functioning for 5-20 seconds and then come back li...
by bobboobles
Sat Feb 16, 2013 10:20 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Not quite Tunguska, but...
Replies: 40
Views: 7521

Re: Not quite Tunguska, but...

Fairly certain the damage was caused by the sonic boom and didn't have much/anything to do with the disintegration of the meteor. Jets breaking the sound barrier can break windows - this was just a really big and fast jet ;) Definitely wasn't from the smallish pieces reported to have made it to the ...
by bobboobles
Wed Jan 30, 2013 8:51 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Winter weather
Replies: 1521
Views: 200470

Re: Winter weather

70 with thunder storms and tornado watches today. :-?
by bobboobles
Sat Jan 26, 2013 11:54 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Extremely rare color photograpy of early 1900's Paris
Replies: 12
Views: 2572

Re: Extremely rare color photograpy of early 1900's Paris

Very cool. I just wish whoever scanned those used something better.
by bobboobles
Thu Nov 15, 2012 5:32 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Hotels and Internet
Replies: 17
Views: 4225

Re: Hotels and Internet

The times I've tried hotel wifi, all the APs had dropped down to "B" speeds. Useless.
by bobboobles
Sun Aug 19, 2012 3:35 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Identify A Pest
Replies: 8
Views: 3409

Re: Identify A Pest

http://bugguide.net/node/view/60

Try here. Might take some digging, but they've got most bugs covered.
by bobboobles
Thu Aug 09, 2012 11:03 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Lightning Damage Anyone?
Replies: 39
Views: 10312

Re: Lightning Damage Anyone?

Resident lightning magnet back with another field report. I drive around a lot for work and got caught in a thunderstorm from hell this afternoon. I was in it for like 10 miles doing 15-20mph and the constant lightning and 100 yard visibility sure made it exciting. I was coming up to a convenience s...
by bobboobles
Tue Aug 07, 2012 10:50 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Lightning Damage Anyone?
Replies: 39
Views: 10312

Re: Lightning Damage Anyone?

Hah wow! Clearly demonstrates the uselessness of those surge protectors against any power spike with some oomph behind it.
by bobboobles
Mon Aug 06, 2012 9:42 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Lightning Damage Anyone?
Replies: 39
Views: 10312

Re: Lightning Damage Anyone?

Neat stuff folks! While nothing so cool as a fulgurite was found I did notice an odd gray dusting on some chunks of clay. Through my macro lens it certainly appears to be melted something ... I don't think there's very much, but there are bits and pieces of quartz/sand which I suspect is where the g...
by bobboobles
Sat Aug 04, 2012 10:18 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Lightning Damage Anyone?
Replies: 39
Views: 10312

Lightning Damage Anyone?

I'm sure everyone's had something get zapped before, any one want to share? We just had a strike 50 feet from the house into a tree. There doesn't seem to be any major damage to the tree trunk, but there's an 8 inch deep trench running about 10 feet along a major root. I had just unplugged all our c...
by bobboobles
Wed Jul 04, 2012 10:21 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: dymt reloaded
Replies: 26465
Views: 2506383

Re: dymt reloaded

DancinJack wrote:
http://press.web.cern.ch/press/PressReleases/Releases2012/PR17.12E.html

Go Science!

Woohoo! I watched the stream of the presentation this morning and the guy was so excited throughout the whole thing you could tell that all he wanted to do was shout out, "we found it!!!"
by bobboobles
Sat Jun 16, 2012 9:02 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Spam Email, Phishing
Replies: 3
Views: 1363

Re: Spam Email, Phishing

Not I.
by bobboobles
Fri Jun 15, 2012 9:03 pm
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: Laptop for Runescape & Minecraft??
Replies: 7
Views: 3437

Laptop for Runescape & Minecraft??

I don't know a thing about laptops so I'm asking here. Move if needed. My sister and her husband play Runescape and their old laptop was no good even before their daughter spilled her juice on it. :lol: The old one had the integrated graphics on an i3 processor from a year and a half ago and would o...
by bobboobles
Fri Jun 08, 2012 8:52 pm
Forum: Visual Haven
Topic: General photography thread [img heavy]
Replies: 3037
Views: 734410

Re: General photography thread [img heavy]

Here are a couple shots of the Venus transit on Tuesday. Anyone else watch it or take photos? Clouds almost ruined it for me, but there was just enough space between them and the horizon to snap off a few shots before the sun set. If I was smart, I would've bought some solar filter material for bett...
by bobboobles
Fri Jun 01, 2012 8:06 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: B&N War and Peace E-book
Replies: 5
Views: 1743

Re: B&N War and Peace E-book

Groupulas... aren't those some sort of deep-sea creature? :lol:
by bobboobles
Tue May 29, 2012 6:10 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: dymt reloaded
Replies: 26465
Views: 2506383

Re: dymt reloaded

SPOOFE wrote:
... But then it wouldn't die in a fire. Thanks for the tip, though.

Sometimes I burn them after I pull them off. 8)
by bobboobles
Sun May 27, 2012 5:05 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: dymt reloaded
Replies: 26465
Views: 2506383

Re: dymt reloaded

Better to pull them off than burn them out. They like to puke into you before letting go if you burn their bums.
by bobboobles
Sun May 13, 2012 7:57 pm
Forum: SFF Station
Topic: ITX Options?
Replies: 10
Views: 10648

Re: ITX Options?

Just swapped the keyboard out for a wireless Logitech MK710 with the unifying receiver thing and fixed the long boot time. Wondering what the problem is with old USB and the bios...
by bobboobles
Fri May 11, 2012 11:00 pm
Forum: SFF Station
Topic: ITX Options?
Replies: 10
Views: 10648

My Recent Build

I was looking at this forum a week ago for info on building such a computer, but kinda had to figure it out on my own. We've been using my 8 year old Pentium 4 machine for the family computer for too long so I decided to build a new one. I thought putting together a mini ITX system in a tiny case wo...
by bobboobles
Fri Dec 02, 2011 5:58 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Anybody use Sleeping pills?
Replies: 40
Views: 4802

Re: Anybody use Sleeping pills?

No input on sleeping pills. I find if you exert proper physical whatever, like running and working out you will sleep just fine. A 5 or 30 min jog is better for you than any pill. Funny story about not sleeping that wasn't cured by working out. When I was unemployed after college I'd wake up, work ...
by bobboobles
Wed Nov 30, 2011 11:14 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Winter weather
Replies: 1521
Views: 200470

Re: Winter weather

I'd like to experience that sort of cold once in my life just so I can do like the fella in Brian's Winter and have my pee freeze before it hits the ground. :lol:

I was interested to note a couple years back that one morning it was 100 degrees colder than a July afternoon that got up to 112.
by bobboobles
Sun Nov 27, 2011 2:58 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: The perfect pitcher
Replies: 6
Views: 1064

Re: The perfect pitcher

what about something like this? http://www.amazon.com/Rubbermaid-3063-RD-WHT-Gallon-Covered-Pitcher/dp/B0000BYBYM We've had many over the years for juice and sweet tea. I don't guess it's as fancy as the one you linked, but it's got a lid that closes completely. I bet you can get one at Target or Wa...
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