Category Archives: Technology

Verizon bails on (Portland, Oregon) FIOS?!

Posted on May 14, 2009 by tpepper

Verizon’s FIOS broadband service offering has been absolutely stellar in the roughly three years I’ve had it. And I’ve been quite happy the last few months with FiosTV feeding CableCards in my Tivo instead of some random crappy DVR. There … Continue reading →

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TechShop comes to Portland area!!!

Posted on April 24, 2009 by tpepper

My feed reader delivered this amazing gem yesterday: TechShop is opening a Portland workshop in Beaverton just off Hwy 217 and Allen. The grand opening is tomorrow at 3pm. Their list of available equipment and classes is unbelievably awesome. I … Continue reading →

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Bitten by Bay Area network sabotage

Posted on April 9, 2009 by tpepper

I guess I’m a nerd and I had 9.5hrs of downtime on my server, but still I’m a little surprised there hasn’t been more press about this network sabotage. I guess because big players have geographic redundancy that makes then … Continue reading →

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Pre-1914 Motorcycle Rally

Posted on February 2, 2009 by tpepper

In addition to having a thing for Vespas, there’s something about the steampunkery of vintage motorcycles that makes them mesmerizing. Originally posted at advrider.com, I saw this English rally linked from the 2strokebuzz blog. Some of the pictures on the … Continue reading →

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Server downtime == me lame

Posted on January 22, 2009 by tpepper

I was poking at my server a week and a half ago and wasn’t happy with the state of something so I decided to power it off (at the PDU…I mean why have it consuming power and only logically off?) … Continue reading →

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PVPowered Data Collection Appears Secure-ish

Posted on January 8, 2009 by tpepper

My solar panels haven’t quite passed inspection yet (next week?…fingers crossed), but they’re producing and the data collection module for the PVPowered inverter is sending data out to the mvpvpowered.com web site. I want to be able to push the … Continue reading →

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ATT Travel Tips for Your iPhone

Posted on January 7, 2009 by tpepper

I find it really humorous that as soon as the iPhone 3G is unshackled ATT starts sending out regular emails and SMS’s with tips for travelling internationally with an iPhone. The email says “Tips to minimize international data charges when … Continue reading →

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OK so SketchUp can be made to run on linux

Posted on January 6, 2009 by tpepper

Since Dan Kegel commented on my blog, I thought I’d confirm the Windows version of SketchUp does work on x86 linux via wine. It’s a bit slow at times and goes into deep never-never-land at times only to return and … Continue reading →

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Slick user interface, runs Xubuntu

Posted on December 29, 2008 by tpepper

I saw this awesome video on CurrentTV this morning. Not that I follow the experimental musical instrument scene, but this is one of the slicker things I’ve seen lately for any type of embedded device, much less musical. Laptops are … Continue reading →

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Drafting for woodworking in Sketchup

Posted on December 28, 2008 by tpepper

I’ve been using Qcad for a year or two in order to do simple 2-d drafting for woodworking projects. It works just fine and I know how to get around in it efficiently. But it’s been a bit cumbersome at … Continue reading →

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