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Latest blog posts from MrMatt57

Remote Control Extender, convert your IR remote to RF.
Are you sick of playing target practice with your remote controls? I tried several “remote control extenders”. Most of them relayed the infrared signal from one room to another. You still had to point the remote at the sensor and in most cases aim it. When I stumbled across the Next... Read more...
Published 3 months ago

Happy Earth Day
I couldn’t help but take this picture at lunch today. Read more...
Published 6 months ago

Business Cards » MOO Cards
I know this contradicts my recent anti-printer/paper post… I found myself needing small pieces of paper with my social coordinates on them. I tried offering to beam a vCard. Don’t ask me why… it just isn’t socially acceptable or in most cases even possible. So, I needed some cards. I... Read more...
Published 6 months ago

CSS Naked Day
No my site isn’t broken… Today I am observing CSS Naked Day to help promote web standards. Not that I am completely compliant, but who really is when you have browsers that don’t want to play nice. The topic of CSS for me always brings up the great debate of CSS vs tables. You will notice... Read more...
Published 6 months ago

Printing on paper is a bad habit
Photo by “sweetpea.loty30″ Why do we print things on 8.5�-11″ pieces of amalgamated fibers? It’s a valid question these days. We have trained ourselves over thousands of years to cling to something physical or tangible. I just call it stuff. The digital age has brought about new... Read more...
Published 6 months ago

Old Technology Meets New (XBox HD DVD » Asus Eee)
Just as the news that the Microsoft Xbox 360 external HD DVD drive was declared extinct, I found a use for it: load up my new Asus Eee with Windows XP. It is hopefully the last OS that has to be loaded from an optical drive and lets not forget about the F6 floppy driver loading routine... Read more...
Published 8 months ago

Movie: Into the Wild
You have undoubtedly heard about this outstanding book/movie. Well if you haven’t seen the movie yet, the consumer copy is being released on March 4th. This is a must see (and/or physically own if your primitive squirrel instincts are in overdrive). I will warn you; when I saw this movie in... Read more...
Published 8 months ago

Thank you Microsoft, Vista SP1 is Nice!
I just installed Windows Vista SP1 and so far have noticed quite a performance improvement. Nothing scientific here… just “click of the mouse” impressions. But everything seems more responsive and smooth. One tangible difference is network file transfers. While moving files, pre-SP1 to... Read more...
Published 8 months ago

RC Airplane Flight Box/Field Bag
click images to enlarge » Field boxes are an essential part of rc flight. As I graduate from backyard flying, the more I realize this. There is nothting worse than getting to the flying field close to sun-down only to realize you forgot something. Having the right tool/band-aid could make the... Read more...
Published 8 months ago

Webmasters: Don’t forget about DNS…
“A study conducted by IDC determined that only 41% of small companies and 35% of large organizations monitor Internet DNS response times.” “DNS failures account for as much as 29% of system downtime costing companies millions of dollars.” The Domain Name System (DNS) is arguably the... Read more...
Published 8 months ago

QOS for SOHO VOIP Solved, Tomato Firmware
Photo by “Scott” Whoa, easy on the Acronyms…. One of my biggest challenges setting up my Small Office and Home Office (SOHO) Voice Over IP (VOIP) network has been related to Quality of Service (QOS). Have you ever been on a VOIP call and had people complain that you sound like you are in a... Read more...
Published 9 months ago

Pet Fish Archive
I have had pet fish on and off ever since I can remember. I don’t currently have fish, but can’t wait to setup another tank. Here are some of my recent tanks. Three Red Belly Piranhas I started these fish in a 20 gallon long aquarium while I was waiting for the biomass to build in the 55... Read more...
Published 9 months ago