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Arcade cabinet modification time.

Adam Noah8 years ago01 mins

As Spring finally approaches here in the North-East, I think it is a good time to do some Spring cleaning of my game systems.  In particular, this year I want to focus on my arcade cabinet.  My goal is to add a full Windows PC, an XBOX 360 and a raspberry pi to the cabinet…

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If the power goes out, so does your local network if you use Eero.

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The big Nor’easter hit Connecticut the other day and we lost our power for a few hours.  We also lost out cable too: phone, internet and TV.  This was and is annoying, but I can understand how much work is involved to fix these things.  One new think I learned is that you lose your…

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New favorite podcast application/website.

Adam Noah9 years ago9 years ago02 mins

I am a big fan of podcasts and a longtime user.  I, like many, started with iTunes in my podcast listening, but quickly grew tired of how it handled feeds that I didn’t listen to in a while.  For many years as an Android user, I used BeyondPod for listening to podcasts and in general,…

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I wonder if today’s kids know why drive letters start at C

Adam Noah9 years ago01 mins

I was thinking about this the other day in the lab. I was thinking many people know about floppy drives and the a:\ drive being the default, but the b:\ drive?  That is a different story.  In the old days the OS would boot from the floppy and it was considered the a:\ drive.  I…

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My complaint after using the Apple Watch for 6 months.

Adam Noah9 years ago9 years ago03 mins

I got a Nike+ Apple Watch 3 with LTE for my birthday last year.  As a very longtime Fitbit user, I was skeptical of losing access to the social component of Fitbit.  I have always said that the back end of Fitbit is their greatest resource, and still believe this.  I liked my various Fitbits…

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Windows 10 Enterprise v1709 also has support for 4 sockets.

Adam Noah9 years ago9 years ago01 mins

Windows 10 Pro for Workstations is being talked up to allow individuals like myself to use high end hardware for workstation type tasks.  I have been waiting for this for years now and in the interim have become quite versed in Linux and Windows Server due to my requirement to use 4 sockets on the…

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Blanka is finally available in Street Fighter V.

Adam Noah9 years ago01 mins

I have been a huge fan of Street Fighter now for over 20 years.  I have purchased every revision of the game multiple times on multiple systems.  It was very disappointing that Blanka was not originally included in Street Fighter V, but as of yesterday, he is there!!  I played through his story mode and…

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  • Banks won’t prove who they are, but they’ll ask for your social security number anyway
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