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Hot water feed to humidifier connected! — The climate in Utah is particularly arid, both in the summer and the winter, and so I had my builder install a Lennox whole-house humidifier as part of our HVAC system in the Utah house. It helps keep us feeling comfortable at lower temperatures, meaning we save money on heating. […]

Installing a Water Pressure Gauge and Hot Water Feed to ...

This entry was posted in DIY Reference and tagged DIY ecobee hot water how to connect humidifier humidifier plumbing whole house humidifier on January 4, 2014 by Steve Jenkins (updated 4655 days ago)

I recently noticed that my /boot partition was at 95% full, so I investigated to see what was causing it. Apparently, it was filling up with older versions of the linux kernel as a result of upgrades. Because my system has been very stable, I decided to keep only the […]

Removing Old Kernels on Fedora, RHEL, or CentOS with Yum

This entry was posted in Linux Reference Technology and tagged CentOS Fedora kernel Redhat remove old kernel RHEL yum on December 27, 2009 by Steve Jenkins (updated 4496 days ago)

Honeywell EconoSWITCH RPLS741B — For years, I’ve used programmable switches at our Utah vacation house to turn exterior lights on at dusk and off at dawn. Having a well-lit exterior is a deterrent to potential thieves, and creates a nice visual setting when returning home at night. Previously, I used four Intermatic EJ500 switches, […]

Review: Honeywell EconoSWITCH Programmable Timer

This entry was posted in DIY Home Theater & Automation Product Reviews and tagged astronomical clock automatic timer EconoSWITCH EJ500 Honeywell Intermatic RPLS740B RPLS741B switch timer switch vacation timer on November 23, 2012 by Steve Jenkins (updated 5069 days ago)

Tools Required for Sight Replacement on a Walther PPQ — Sometimes I write product reviews on my blog, and sometimes I write about DIY projects. This post is a little bit of both. I recently purchased a pair of Walther PPQ 9mm pistols. I love them. I’ve owned a Walther PPK for years, and as much as I love it, […]

Installing Trijicon Night Sights on a Walther PPQ

This entry was posted in DIY Guns Product Reviews and tagged factory sights Meprolight night sights PPQ PPS sights Trijicon Walther Walther PPQ on January 30, 2013 by Steve Jenkins

The new ecobee3 — In 2009, Toronto-based ecobee released the very first “smart” thermostat and called it, not surprisingly, the “ecobee Smart” (see my original review of the Smart from 2010). Since then, they’ve followed up with the ecobee Si (which I call the Smart’s “little brother”), along with a handful of firmware and mobile app updates for […]

ecobee 3 Review

This entry was posted in Home Theater & Automation Product Reviews Technology and tagged compare ecobee ecobee 3 ecobee 3 review ecobee3 Lyric Nest product review review vs on September 19, 2014 by Steve Jenkins (updated 4339 days ago)

Gas Water Heater Timer with included timer — I own a whopping eight water heaters between five houses: two at the main house, two at the Utah house, two at the cabin, and one at each of two rental houses. The cabin and one of the rental houses use electric water heaters, so the majority of my water heaters (5 out of 8) run on […]

Product Review: Save Money with a Gas Water Heater Timer

This entry was posted in DIY Home Theater & Automation Product Reviews and tagged American Pacific gas control valve gas water heater timer home automation remote control smartphone water heater WeMo on June 30, 2014 by Steve Jenkins (updated 4314 days ago)

Gun parts in the CP1100HT — How one cleans and cares for their firearms is a deeply personal decision. Some take it to almost religious levels of zeal. For me, it’s always been about making it as effective, fast, and easy as possible; the easier the process, the more likely I am to reliably perform it. […]

Review: Crest CP1100HT Ultrasonic Cleaner for Firearms Cleaning

This entry was posted in Guns Product Reviews and tagged 1100HT crest firearms gun cleaner ultrasonic ultrasonic cleaner ultrasonic gun cleaning on September 8, 2012 by Steve Jenkins (updated 5150 days ago)

No pressure from hot water expansion tank — I’ve been on a plumbing DIY kick lately, and after recently replacing a hot water recirculating pump that had been installed incorrectly (upside-down!) by a professional plumber, I’ve been reminded that it’s never a bad idea to periodically test things inside your own house — even if they were installed […]

Testing and Replacing a Hot Water Expansion Tank

This entry was posted in DIY and tagged Amtrol DIY hot water expansion tank plumbing Therm X Trol thermal expansion water hammer water heater Watts on December 11, 2013 by Steve Jenkins (updated 4691 days ago)

Officially, Microsoft says a direct migration from a Windows 2000 Server Domain Controller to Windows 2008 R2 (or even just regular Windows 2008) isn’t supported. But I just did it… in about an hour. You can, too!

Migrating an Active Directory Domain Controller from Windows 2000 to ...

This entry was posted in Reference Technology Windows and tagged Active Directory adprep adprep32 DC dcpromo dhcp server domain controller FSMO FSMO roles transfer migrate promote R2 transfer FSMO roles win2k Windows 2000 Windows 2008 windows 2008R2 Windows Server on January 22, 2010 by Steve Jenkins (updated 4687 days ago)

The difference between saying you have a “home theater setup” vs. simply having a TV hanging on your wall is, of course, having the audio played back on something other than your TV’s built-in speakers. And for the budget and space conscious, Vizio has recently launched a family of “sound […]

Product Review: Vizio 42″ 5.1 Home Theater Sound Bar with ...

This entry was posted in Home Theater & Automation Product Reviews and tagged Bluetooth Bluetooth audio review S4251W-B4 sound bar soundbar speakers Vizio on November 11, 2013 by Steve Jenkins