The way this is done is as below!
1) Orange/White wire
2) Orange wire
3) Green/White wire
4) Blue wire
5) Blue/White wire
6) Green wire
7) Brown/White wire
8) Brown wire
Make sure the stupid wires don't move in the plug and make sure you see the copper leads at the end before you crimp!
Done this way too many times......
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Lan cables SUCK!
Well crimping them at least. :s
Warning: I am getting my Geek on!
Yesterday, we had people come in and install some in wall LAN cables. For this purpose, I supplied some Cat6 cables, the 8P8C connectors that are spec'd for Cat6 as well as Cat6 modular plugs.
For those who knows, all of this is for Gigabit Ethernet. Since we wanted to lay cables in the wall, I figured we might as well. Plus I have the Windows Home Server which really does benefit from Gigabit Ethernet especially with multiple computers accessing it at the same time!
But at any rate. We have some (actually a lot) of extra wire (kinda bought a 1000ft spool of Cat6) so I figured I would make patch cables using the (tons of) spare Cat6 cables.
In order to do this, you have to crimp the cable once you sort it out based on which arrangement you want to use. But the Pain In The Ass (PITA for short) part is inserting the arranged wire into the modular plug to be crimped.... Somehow, the wires tend to get everywhere and sometimes not even lining up correctly when in the connector. The Heartache!
Crimping sucks. I need better plugs.
Warning: I am getting my Geek on!
Yesterday, we had people come in and install some in wall LAN cables. For this purpose, I supplied some Cat6 cables, the 8P8C connectors that are spec'd for Cat6 as well as Cat6 modular plugs.
For those who knows, all of this is for Gigabit Ethernet. Since we wanted to lay cables in the wall, I figured we might as well. Plus I have the Windows Home Server which really does benefit from Gigabit Ethernet especially with multiple computers accessing it at the same time!
But at any rate. We have some (actually a lot) of extra wire (kinda bought a 1000ft spool of Cat6) so I figured I would make patch cables using the (tons of) spare Cat6 cables.
In order to do this, you have to crimp the cable once you sort it out based on which arrangement you want to use. But the Pain In The Ass (PITA for short) part is inserting the arranged wire into the modular plug to be crimped.... Somehow, the wires tend to get everywhere and sometimes not even lining up correctly when in the connector. The Heartache!
Crimping sucks. I need better plugs.
Monday, July 7, 2008
The Buck Stops Here!
Image from WikipediaAnd this is one of the rare times that I mean it both literally as well as figuratively. :o
I have been spending waaaay too much lately. The latest cause of cash expenditures? PC/Cooling upgrades... :s
Things I just bought for my setup:
1) 850w UPS (had a nasty brownout the other day, scared me shitless) Has my PC, Server, TV and consoles hooked up to it (though can't run em all at once due to overload LOL).
2) PC Cooling galore. New rad ($$$ Thermochill - stupid British Pounds to USD forex), new Pump (MCP655 - 1200 Liters per Hour, 50ft of Head Pressure - AWESOME!), 3 quieter powerful fans (tired of feeling like my room is in a Boeing 737), tubing (expensive Tygon).
3) PC Hardware interim upgrade galore. New CPU (Core 2 Duo 'Wolfdale SLAPL'), new ram kit (2x2GB PC8500 ram).
And that crap was only the major stuff I bought last week!
Refrain!
Stop spending!
I have been spending waaaay too much lately. The latest cause of cash expenditures? PC/Cooling upgrades... :s
Things I just bought for my setup:
1) 850w UPS (had a nasty brownout the other day, scared me shitless) Has my PC, Server, TV and consoles hooked up to it (though can't run em all at once due to overload LOL).
2) PC Cooling galore. New rad ($$$ Thermochill - stupid British Pounds to USD forex), new Pump (MCP655 - 1200 Liters per Hour, 50ft of Head Pressure - AWESOME!), 3 quieter powerful fans (tired of feeling like my room is in a Boeing 737), tubing (expensive Tygon).
3) PC Hardware interim upgrade galore. New CPU (Core 2 Duo 'Wolfdale SLAPL'), new ram kit (2x2GB PC8500 ram).
And that crap was only the major stuff I bought last week!
Refrain!
Stop spending!
Moving sucks but....
It is a cool kinda suckage (if there is such a thing).
Kinda lets me start fresh. No crap. When I left my apartment, I had like 2 mounds of crapola that was destined for the dumpster.
Yet it sucks coz of the down time (I was deprived of Internet for over a week!). No Air-Conditioning (YET!) so my PC had to stay off to prevent internal combustion of my room due to high heat (no I do not need 400+ watts of heat from my PC - yes it is a space heater). That and my idle temperatures were way too high.
My PS3 was my sole confidant throughout all of this (again with no internet connection).
We did some semi-massive renovations. My brothers repainted their rooms (though I did tell them that the purple pink combo and the all pink walls suited both of them), we have to replace/cover up drywalls, mounted my dad's 52' LCD HDTV, we still need some A/C (eventhough the temperatures have tapered off - I made a point that it's pointless to feel like shit in your own home - even if it is just for a few months of the year), we need some Cat6 LAN cables laid into the walls so that the PCs can enjoy gigabit ethernet (what can I say, there is a resident computer geek in the house - that and a Windows Home Server), and some random little things here and there.
Kinda lets me start fresh. No crap. When I left my apartment, I had like 2 mounds of crapola that was destined for the dumpster.
Yet it sucks coz of the down time (I was deprived of Internet for over a week!). No Air-Conditioning (YET!) so my PC had to stay off to prevent internal combustion of my room due to high heat (no I do not need 400+ watts of heat from my PC - yes it is a space heater). That and my idle temperatures were way too high.
My PS3 was my sole confidant throughout all of this (again with no internet connection).
We did some semi-massive renovations. My brothers repainted their rooms (though I did tell them that the purple pink combo and the all pink walls suited both of them), we have to replace/cover up drywalls, mounted my dad's 52' LCD HDTV, we still need some A/C (eventhough the temperatures have tapered off - I made a point that it's pointless to feel like shit in your own home - even if it is just for a few months of the year), we need some Cat6 LAN cables laid into the walls so that the PCs can enjoy gigabit ethernet (what can I say, there is a resident computer geek in the house - that and a Windows Home Server), and some random little things here and there.
Anyways, PICS!
Side view of the house. Note Apple Tree and view of my 'Man Cave'
Side view of the house. Note Apple Tree and view of my 'Man Cave'
Front shot of the house with all the cars in the drive way
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
I <3 my PS3
The Playstation 3, is my absolute most favorite piece of electronic hardware ever! Never has a console been so versatile, so user friendly, so powerful, and so feature rich!
It has been over a year since I've had a PS3 (left it behind when I moved out here). And my how much has changed! There are more features added.
Among my favorite is that the PS3 now detects Windows Media Servers. In this case, it detected my Windows Home Server and from there, I can stream my MP3s and watch my movies through the PS3. Awesome!
The Playstation Store has been revamped as well. I can't wait to try stuff out and play around with Remote play... :D
It has been over a year since I've had a PS3 (left it behind when I moved out here). And my how much has changed! There are more features added.
Among my favorite is that the PS3 now detects Windows Media Servers. In this case, it detected my Windows Home Server and from there, I can stream my MP3s and watch my movies through the PS3. Awesome!
The Playstation Store has been revamped as well. I can't wait to try stuff out and play around with Remote play... :D
Word Definition of the day
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Busy Busy Busy!
Tons of stuff are going on. :o
My family is here, we moved all the way from Kansas to Seattle, WA in pretty much a non-stop drive. Crazyness.... 1800+ miles non-stop.
Today, the parentals just signed on for the house so we are the official owners. We will be taking possession on Monday and now I have already started moving some of my bills over to there.
The family's Earthly possessions are all on a truck thats going around the country. All we know is it will be here in ~2 weeks.... Yeap... Slow...
Moving sucks.
I am know also pretty much broke. Kinda went nuts this month. Bought a new axe, bought a MGS4 80GB PS3 bundle, and all the costs inbetween (lost wages due to flying - and the cost of air fare itself). Tight! Next month doesn't look to be too nice either. Hoping to buy a Mesa Boogie combo tube amp and I suddenly have the itch for the Epiphone Slash Signature model (this time with selling my Ibanez off though... :p ). Argh. I need to stop spending...
Can't wait for our 3rd PS3! MGS4! WEWT!
My family is here, we moved all the way from Kansas to Seattle, WA in pretty much a non-stop drive. Crazyness.... 1800+ miles non-stop.
Today, the parentals just signed on for the house so we are the official owners. We will be taking possession on Monday and now I have already started moving some of my bills over to there.
The family's Earthly possessions are all on a truck thats going around the country. All we know is it will be here in ~2 weeks.... Yeap... Slow...
Moving sucks.
I am know also pretty much broke. Kinda went nuts this month. Bought a new axe, bought a MGS4 80GB PS3 bundle, and all the costs inbetween (lost wages due to flying - and the cost of air fare itself). Tight! Next month doesn't look to be too nice either. Hoping to buy a Mesa Boogie combo tube amp and I suddenly have the itch for the Epiphone Slash Signature model (this time with selling my Ibanez off though... :p ). Argh. I need to stop spending...
Can't wait for our 3rd PS3! MGS4! WEWT!
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