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T-Mobile 5G Home Internet Review

Knowlesville Posted on July 20, 2021 by MattAugust 8, 2021

Short Review: It doesn’t work and I had to go back to my hated cable company. Read on for the long review. After hearing that AT&T bribed paid Michael Cohen (Trump’s former attorney and fixer who has since been disbarred) …  

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 5G, Ferndale, Home Internet, review, T-Mobile

Heritage Tile Review

Knowlesville Posted on August 13, 2019 by MattAugust 13, 2019
Scraping the mortar out tends to pop out tiles

Our main bathroom has been a work in progress for over a year now, as it was gutted completely including no ceiling and no floor. I’ve been spending the last couple of months doing the tile, first the walls and …  

Posted in House, Uncategorized | Tagged Bathroom, tile

Kinetic Sculpture Race 2019

Knowlesville Posted on May 25, 2019 by MattMay 29, 2019
Kinetic Sculpture Race

If you’re standing on a street corner, and a neon green brain, a psychedelic hippopotamus, and a fire breathing rainbow zebra striped unicorn pass by, it can only mean one thing; You’re in Arcata for the start of the 50th …  

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Kinetic Sculpture Race

Reregistering AT&T Handsets with a New Base Station

Knowlesville Posted on September 12, 2018 by MattSeptember 12, 2018
AT&T Phone

I’m mostly putting these notes here in case I need them again, but maybe they’ll help someone else out. About 8 years ago I bought an AT&T corded/cordless phone system for my home office and house. It is was a …  

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged AT&T, CL80111, CL84100, CL84200

Mr. Peanut’s Untimely Death

Knowlesville Posted on December 6, 2014 by MattMay 15, 2019
Mr. Peanut

Lori has been decorating our Christmas Tree which we decided to have at the studio since we spend way more time there than at home. (It’s 9:50PM as I type this at work) She was very dismayed to find that …  

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Unplug and Reboot – Troubleshooting Apple Airplay, a Yamaha Receiver, and Frontier DSL

Knowlesville Posted on May 14, 2013 by MattMay 14, 2013

If you’ve ever placed a call to a tech support line for computer equipment, you know that usually one of the first things they’ll instruct you to do is unplug the device, wait 15 seconds, plug it back in, and …  

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Airplay, DSL, Frontier, iTunes, modem, net radio, receiver, router, Yamaha

Let’s Make A Deal

Knowlesville Posted on July 7, 2012 by MattJuly 7, 2012

In Sam Harris’ book, The Moral Landscape, the author makes the point how hard it is to change someone’s belief, even when you present them with facts. To illustrate his point he provides the following example. Imagine that you are …  

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Comments

Knowlesville Posted on May 2, 2011 by MattMay 2, 2011

Today is one of those days where I’m pining for the Internet we had back in 1995. When I first found out about the World Wide Web it was a welcoming homey place. A place where you felt safe because …  

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Replacing the Del Sol’s Headlights

Knowlesville Posted on November 5, 2009 by MattNovember 5, 2009

After Lori’s accident with the deer I needed to replace the right headlight and turn signal. The first step was to remove the front bumper so I could fully assess what was going to be needed. Not sure how to …  

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Strike Two

Knowlesville Posted on October 30, 2009 by MattOctober 30, 2009

When I got home from the fire department drill last night the garage door for the Del Sol was open, which I thought was kind of odd. When I got into the house, Lori told me why. She had hit …  

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged deer, Del Sol, honeymoon

Worlds Worst Spammer

Knowlesville Posted on April 25, 2009 by MattApril 25, 2009

I just received this message in my mailbox: Hello, I am Steven, a respectable business man from Canada. I am indeed interested in your horse posted for sale. I want to buy the horse as a surprise birthday gift for …  

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Bargain Hunters

Knowlesville Posted on September 5, 2008 by MattJune 17, 2019
Vintage commode

The big bargain hunters garage sale in Ferndale was held again this weekend. Since I was busy painting Lori took some stuff down to a neighbors house that’s closer to town. We found out last year the crowds just don’t …  

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Roof Dancing

Knowlesville Posted on September 2, 2008 by MattJune 17, 2019
San Francisco Roofer

Lori and I got up to San Francisco with just enough time to eat lunch before her appointment. We grabbed some sandwiches and then walked up to the top of Alta Park to check out the view. Down the street …  

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Sometimes Regulations Suck

Knowlesville Posted on August 13, 2008 by MattJune 17, 2019
Spilled gasoline

In California’s drive to have clean air they have in the last few years outlawed your basic gas can. Now it has to have some type of spill proof attachment on it, because apparently people spilling gasoline while filling their …  

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Greedy and Stupid at the Same Time

Knowlesville Posted on May 29, 2008 by MattJune 14, 2019
Gas Prices

The North Coast has some of the highest gas prices in the country. While the average price for regular gas in the US still hasn’t cracked $4.00, we’re paying $4.46 for it in Eureka, and Ferndale is even higher than …  

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Hippypotamus

Knowlesville Posted on May 24, 2008 by MattJune 14, 2019
Kinetic Sculpture Race

Blake arrived last night for our annual Memorial Day Weekend ride, but in cleaning up some stuff in the garage for his arrival I managed to screw up my back. So instead of starting our ride today, we drove up …  

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Kinetic Sculpture Race

How did they know?

Knowlesville Posted on April 4, 2008 by MattJune 13, 2019
Hearing aid ad

I recently digitized all our old albums that we hadn’t replaced with CDs and loaded them on our iPods. Lori can’t really enjoy music too much right now but she can still recognize some tunes. After listening to Fleetwood Mac’s …  

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You can find everything on Ebay

Knowlesville Posted on April 3, 2008 by MattJune 13, 2019
Ebay ad

I’ve often said that if you can’t find it on Ebay, it probably doesn’t exist. But this ad that I saw recently online has me a bit worried, what with all the news lately about cloning people.

 
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What a Rip Off

Knowlesville Posted on April 1, 2008 by MattJune 13, 2019
Plagiarized text

While doing some Search Engine Optimization for the Aesthetic Design & Photography web site, I came across this site that copied some text from an old version of my web site. I don’t know whether I should be offended that …  

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There’s Snow In Them There Hills

Knowlesville Posted on January 28, 2008 by MattJune 12, 2019
Snowing in the Wildcat

As I was typing yesterday’s entry, Lori mentioned that it was snowing outside. I had seen it hailing earlier so I was figuring that was what she was seeing. However when I went to the window I could see that …  

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What’s Different In This Picture?

Knowlesville Posted on January 26, 2008 by MattJune 12, 2019
Kraftwerk Autobahn

I finished recording all my albums and as I was importing them into iTunes, I was grabbing album artwork off the Internet. I noticed that the CD artwork for one album, Kraftwerk’s Autobahn, was slightly different from the album artwork. …  

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Internet Explorer Sucks

Knowlesville Posted on January 9, 2008 by MattJune 12, 2019
IE Sucks

If you’re one of the stupid people who still willingly uses Internet Explorer, or if your boss won’t let you install a more intelligent browser, you’ve noticed a change on this site lately. I made a change to the menu …  

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Rippin’ LP’s

Knowlesville Posted on January 7, 2008 by MattJune 12, 2019
LP record player

I’m finally getting around to ripping our old LP records. Shortly after we bought our first CD player in 1985 our record player started acting up. When it would get to the end of the record the arm would lift …  

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SPOT

Knowlesville Posted on December 11, 2007 by MattJune 11, 2019
Spot

For my birthday Lori got me a SPOT, which is as much for her as for me. So what is a SPOT? It stands for Satellite Personal Tracker. The device allows you to do the following, as long as you …  

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National Cash Register

Knowlesville Posted on November 29, 2007 by MattJune 11, 2019

Now that I don’t have a retail operation anymore, I have a cash register I don’t need. It will eventually go up on Craigslist. But if you have the need for an antique cash register, it’s available for $1500.

 
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What’s She Going to Make?

Knowlesville Posted on November 13, 2007 by MattJune 11, 2019
Ingredients

When Lori and I got married my mom gave Lori a custom cookbook filled with recipes that I liked. Lori was planning the week’s menu so she pulled out the old recipe book and asked me if there was anything …  

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Boot Hill Cemetery

Knowlesville Posted on November 11, 2007 by MattJune 11, 2019
Boot Hill Cemetery

Lori and I went out to Sinkyone Wilderness today. To get there you go out to Shelter Cove and then take Chemise Mountain Road out along the Lost Coast. It turns into Usal Road which is the dirt road that …  

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Praying Mantis II

Knowlesville Posted on September 18, 2007 by MattJune 10, 2019
Praying Mantis

Spotted another (or possibly the same) praying mantis in the yard today, and this time I had my SLR and a macro lens handy.They do like hanging upside down. I tried turning it around to get a better picture of …  

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Spiderville

Knowlesville Posted on September 10, 2007 by MattJune 10, 2019
Spiders

It’s time once again for the spiders in our yard to start putting up the Halloween decorations. This time of year you need to have a stick handy whenever you go through an exterior door because that’s one of their …  

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Spiders

7 Years of Bad Luck (part 2)

Knowlesville Posted on September 9, 2007 by MattJune 10, 2019
Broken Mirror

During the garage sale we set the desk out on the driveway to catch the attention of people driving by. Unfortunately, it caught the attention of the wind as it picked up suddenly, and the tri-fold mirror came crashing down. …  

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Praying Mantis

Knowlesville Posted on September 8, 2007 by MattJune 10, 2019
Praying Mantis

While we were having our garage sale I was making use of the time cleaning up the iris bed by the driveway. A huge grasshopper caught my eye, but on closer inspection I realized it was a praying mantis. Never …  

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