Yearly Archives: 2015

My initial review of the KOHLER Touchless Toilet Flush Kit was positive… except for the part where the unit started to magically flush the toilet all by itself in the middle of the night. I called it the “phantom flush.” If you recall from my review, KOHLER promised to send me […]

Product Update: KOHLER Touchless Toilet Flush Kit Parts Upgrade

This entry was posted in DIY Home Theater & Automation Product Reviews Technology and tagged automatic flush Kohler phantom flush plumbing review toilet touchless toilet flush kit on March 29, 2015 by Steve Jenkins (updated 3316 days ago)

Linux Uptime — If you’re looking for the fastest and easiest way to get DMARC verification working on a RedHat (Fedora, RHEL or CentOS) mail server, I highly recommend OpenDMARC. I’m a bit biased, as I currently maintain the OpenDMARC package in the Fedora and EPEL repositories. This article will help you install the […]

Installing OpenDMARC RPM via Yum with Postfix or Sendmail (for ...

This entry was posted in Linux Reference Technology and tagged CentOS configure DKIM DMARC EPEL Fedora how to OpenDKIM OpenDMARC Redhat RHEL set up SPF on March 27, 2015 by Steve Jenkins (updated 3294 days ago)

For a few years now, I’ve been using a Linksys E4200 v1 router (running DD-WRT) as the main router at my house. However, because the WiFi signal from the router isn’t strong enough to reliably reach all the rooms in the house, I picked up a few inexpensive Belkin F7D3302 / F7D7302 […]

Adding Heat Sinks and Overclocking a Belkin F7D3302 / F7D7302 ...

This entry was posted in DIY Linux Technology and tagged Belkin cooling DD-WRT heat sink mod modding overclock router on March 24, 2015 by Steve Jenkins (updated 3319 days ago)

Something had been bothering me at the Utah house for a few years, so I finally got around to doing something about it this week. Take a peek at the photo below and see if you can find it: If nothing in the above photo bothers you, then move along… this blog […]

Upgrade your Bath Tub Trim – Fast, Easy, and Cheap

This entry was posted in DIY Videos and tagged DIY drain plug plumbing replace bath tub drain tub hardware tub trim WATCO on March 23, 2015 by Steve Jenkins

Like I say in the video, if you own a Ruger MK I, MK II, or MK III but don’t spend $15 on a Gunsmither Tools Pistol Pal… you need to get your head checked. This tool will save your finish, as well as your sanity.

Video: Field stripping a Ruger Mark I with the GunsmitherTools ...

This entry was posted in Guns Product Reviews Videos and tagged field strip Gunsmither Tools MK I MK II MK III Pistol Pal Ruger on March 16, 2015 by Steve Jenkins (updated 3328 days ago)

In this video, I walk through replacing the stock grips on a Sig Sauer 1911 Tac Ops with replacement Magpul MOE 1911 Grip Panels, and discuss whether this modification should be considered an “upgrade.” Magpul makes these available in a variety of textures and colors.

Video: Installing Magpul MOE 1911 Grip Panels on a Sig ...

This entry was posted in Guns and tagged 1911 grip grip panels Mapul modification MOE Sig Sauer Tac Ops TACOPS Upgrade on March 16, 2015 by Steve Jenkins (updated 3329 days ago)

Hydrogen sulfide gas smells like rotten eggs — If your hot water smells like rotten eggs, don’t panic. It’s almost certainly something you can fix on your own, and there are a few different ways you can try to fix it. First, to make sure your hot water heater is the source (and that this is the blog post you’re […]

How to Fix Rotten Egg Smell in your Water

This entry was posted in DIY and tagged plumbing rotten egg smell smelly water sulfur smell water water water heater on February 20, 2015 by Steve Jenkins (updated 2162 days ago)

MeteoBridge Push Services tab with MySQL query included. — In my initial review of the MeteoBridge weather station interface device, I discussed its basic features, and briefly mentioned that it also included more advanced functionality, including the ability to store weather data from your weather station in a MySQL database (or a MySQL-compatible one, like MariaDB). But after searching online for an […]

Storing Weather Station Data in MySQL from MeteoBridge

This entry was posted in Linux Technology and tagged Davis MeteoBridge weather station on February 15, 2015 by Steve Jenkins (updated 3358 days ago)

standard MeteoBridge hardware configuration — I’ve been a weather geek (or as weather geeks would write it: “Wx geek”) since 2001, when I bought an Oregon Scientific WMR968 weather station. Within a couple of years, I’d connected my weather station’s console via a serial cable to a dedicated computer in my basement running Windows 95 and Ambient’s Virtual Weather Station (VWS) software, which […]

Product Review & How-To: Using MeteoBridge to Connect your Weather ...

This entry was posted in Home Theater & Automation Linux Product Reviews Technology and tagged Belfryboy data-logger Davis MeteoBridge MeteoBridge review product review review upload weather station Weather Underground on February 3, 2015 by Steve Jenkins (updated 3102 days ago)