Category Archives: Geek

“We’ve arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology.” –Carl Sagan

More Volvo Stuff

Posted on 13 December 2012 by matthannan

Sick of hearing about my car yet?
I never realized how broken down it was until now!

Center console rear panel is Volvo 9164054. Need to figure out exactly what color, but that number will get me in the ball park.… Read the rest

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Shedding More Light II

Posted on 13 December 2012 by matthannan

Started putting together a…wait for it…spreadsheet 😀 for all the different bulbs with OEM #, cost from the dealer, costs (and links) for third party vendors and discussed in forums alternatives. Started to see some trends.
The dash switches, like TRACS and the defroster, and the radio bulbs can all be replaced with bulbs that cost $0.59 each, so I ordered up ten of them.… Read the rest

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Shedding More Light

Posted on 12 December 2012 by matthannan

Sat in the car tonight and made a list of all the lights I could see were not working.

  • Headlight switch seems to only have one light on and could possibly have two. There are five bulbs in the radio! There could easily be two in a headlight switch!!
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    Let there be light!

    Posted on 12 December 2012 by matthannan

    The Volvo has always been a bit dark on the inside. Not that it is evil in any way, just that it has a lack of light. In reading the world famous Matthew’s Volvo Site, I am seeing that I have a lot of little light bulbs to replace.… Read the rest

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    Tumblr

    Posted on 14 November 2012 by matthannan

    Linked Blarg to Tumblr.… Read the rest

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    CCENT Exam Prep

    Posted on 4 October 2012 by matthannan

    This has been a long time in the works, but I just made a great break through.

    I started cobbling together a study lab in the engineering lab room here at work. It is fairly well isolated from the rest of the world.… Read the rest

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    802.11n

    Posted on 3 October 2012 by matthannan

    Oct 3:
    Well, I’ll be Bob’s monkey’s uncle.

    I opened up my lappy at werk (not my werk lappy) and what did I find?
    A THIRD ANTENNA CABLE SITTING THERE WAITING FOR ME!!!
    Trying to decide now if I go with an Intel 5300 or a 6300, which is about twice the cost ( ~$40).… Read the rest

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    802.11n

    Posted on 3 October 2012 by matthannan

    Oct 2:
    Been screwing with this for the better part of two hours. I love working from home!

    But, I can’t even get the laptop to see the adapter attached to the TV, let alone connect and then stream video.
    It may be that this adapter has been rendered obsolete by Intel.… Read the rest

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    802.11n

    Posted on 3 October 2012 by matthannan

    Oct 1:
    Never did find the HOWTO on installing a third antenna to get MIMO working on the netbook. Saw one jackass attached a massive 19dB antenna to the side of his 9″ netbook.
    He was severely abused for this.
    And he never got around to saying if it improved anything!… Read the rest

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    802.11n

    Posted on 3 October 2012 by matthannan

    Sept 28:
    Was asked today about loading DD-WRT or Tomato on the new router. Turns out Cisco decided to turn up their middle fingers towards those projects. They screwed with the NVRAM in a way that the third party Devs cannot work around.… Read the rest

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