Author Archives: jasonyork

Dell Latitude D620 Running Windows 7

Posted on November 17, 2009

This is just a quick note for anyone running Windows on a Latitude D620. I had all kinds of problems trying to get the SPDIF output working properly under Windows 7. It wasn’t until I went back and installed the … Continue reading →

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… did you mean recursion?

Posted on July 23, 2009

This was just too funny, I had to share. If you don’t get it, you’re probably not a geek. Don’t worry about it. This has got to be a Google easter egg. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=recursion

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Using Public Keys With Dropbear SSH Client

Posted on April 8, 2009

I ran into a little bit of a hiccup getting my OpenWRT NSLU2 device to automatically rsync to a remote host. It turns out that the dropbear ssh client works a bit differently when attempting to use key based authentication. … Continue reading →

Posted in Networking | 14 Comments

Linksys NSLU2 OpenWRT NAS and Backup Solution

Posted on March 28, 2009

Until recently, I’ve had a dedicated PC running SUSE Linux serving as network attached storage and a backup server. I really wanted to get rid of the necessity of running another PC 24/7 with all the noise and power consumption. … Continue reading →

Posted in Computers, Electronics, Networking | 7 Comments

New PC Speaker Set

Posted on August 17, 2008

I was recently shopping around for a new set of speakers for my PC because I’ve been increasingly dissatisfied with my current low-end Labtec set. They’re not bad for what they are, they just don’t have very good low end … Continue reading →

Posted in Computers, Electronics, Home Theatre PC | 5 Comments

Free Suckers

Posted on July 7, 2008

So, the other day I took the girls to the store to pick up a few groceries. I carried the little one while the older got to push one of the special kids’ carts. These are just a miniature version … Continue reading →

Posted in Life with Kids | 2 Comments

Low Tech Solution for a High Tech Problem

Posted on June 30, 2008

If you have or have ever had an 18 month old child (and older) one thing you find is that they like buttons. Mine do anyway. They like to push them. Remote control buttons, computer CD-ROM eject buttons, elevator buttons, … Continue reading →

Posted in Electronics, General, Life with Kids | 5 Comments

DD-WRT to the Rescue!

Posted on April 15, 2008

We recently had a storm come through that knocked out our cable internet for a day. Adding to the torture of being without internet for almost the whole weekend, my router started to wig out when the connection did come … Continue reading →

Posted in Computers, Electronics, Networking | 3 Comments

Skype Dialog Killer

Posted on March 17, 2008

So, I’m a regular VOIP user now. I’ve been using Skype for over a year now to make PC to phone calls and I’ve been very impressed. Over the last few months I’ve been using it much more heavily and … Continue reading →

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Super Size Your Drive

Posted on January 1, 2008

Last week, my wife and I had the rare opportunity to go out on a “date” (which means do anything without the kids) to get some coffee at the bookstore. I picked up an audio book on clearance and decided … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Reviews | 2 Comments