Going on a Google Diet

I wasn't naive and knew for many years that Google Search was too restrictive. I was aware Google wouldn't show some search results because others didn't want people to see them. For example, let's say you wanted to know how to copy television episodes from a Blu-ray. You might have a hard time finding good …

Xpenology Experiment – Norco RPC-3216 Case

What do you do when you have surgery and weeks of recovery with one arm out of commission? Start a tech project! This was not going to be easy and I could only spend short periods of time working on the project. I had sixteen WD Red drives in 3TB, 4TB, and 6TB capacities that …

5.11 HAVOC30 Backpack

I must admit that I'm a backpack hoarder, some of which have never been used. I love the utility of military style backpacks because they are durable and offer a lot of options for accessories. What I don't care for is the ready for combat appearance. I had a vacation coming up and I wanted …

MultiPar Batch Script

A friend and I use MultiPar to create recovery files for data to be backed up online. I found the process inefficient because I was not able to select a batch of files in a directory and have recovery files for each individual file. Doing that resulted in recovery files for all of the files …

Blue Iris: Decrease CPU Use

This post may be short lived for those that like to update to the latest and greatest. Blue Iris version 5 will be released soon and these instructions may not work on that release. I love Blue Iris surveillance software, but it can be a major CPU hog if not tweaked. You can really reduce …

Ring Home Security System

I purchased the "Iris by [b]Lowe's" home do-it-yourself security system in July 2018 for close to $500 only to have [b]Lowe's decide they were killing off that business in March 2019. [b]Lowe's also decided I would only receive a partial refund of $200 by Visa gift card, but this is a gripe for another discussion. …

Lowe’s is Killing Iris

I went to log into my Iris control panel this morning and got this message... Wait, I just bought my system in July of 2018 for close to $500. I thought that I would be getting most of that back since the system was six months old. I eagerly logged in and got a message that …