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1954 Lionel Set

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This is the Lionel set my Dad had growing up. It was purchased by my Grandfather in 1954. We used it around our tree and was in storage for the past 10 yea...

iPhone 6s+ case, a year later

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Amazing what a year will make. This navy iPhone case has been through thick and thin, and protected my iPhone from countless drops. It took a beating, but ...

Arris (Voyager) DVR and HDMI-CEC fix

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Happy New Year; The hack I did to the HDMI cable for my DVR stopped working this morning, so we couldn’t change the volume (Error from Sony TV: The TV Volume...

A Month with Google Home

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Casa Karpinski picked up a Google Home during the Black Friday sale from Best Buy (god their shipping is horrible compared to Amazon Prime). It found its wa...

Migrating Arq to Google Coldline from Nearline

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I’ve been a long time user of Arq Backup; since they introduced their Amazon Glacier storage. I later migrated to Google Nearline once available due to the ...