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What does RTIC cooler stand for? [SOLVED]

Thursday, 2016.09.01 J.D. H. 2 comments

Question: What does RTIC stand for? Is it an abbreviation or an acronym? Answer: RTIC is a play on “Arctic”, so you simply pronounce the RTIC brand name the same way as you would the word arctic. In other words, RTIC is not an acronym. However, they do make some excellent insulated tumblers and coolers 🙂 [adinserter block=”2″] Top Search Terms:https://www.jdhodges.com/blog/what-does-rtic-stand-for/ (86)rtic cooler (45)rtic (24)what does rtic stand for (12)rtic stand for (4)rtic coolers (4)what does rtic coolers stand for (2)artic coolers

Remove undeletable partitions from Windows 10 drives

Sunday, 2016.08.28 J.D. H. Leave a comment

Need to remove stubborn un-deletable partitions from Windows 10 or previous? Here is what those partition layouts might look like: Here is how to remove those same partitions 🙂 First open a command prompt and then proceed as follows: C:\Windows\system32>diskpart […] On computer: XWING10 DISKPART> SELECT DISK 8 Disk 8 is now the selected disk. *NOTE: make sure you select the correct disk! DISKPART> LIST PARTITION Partition ### Type Size Offset ————- —————- ——- ——- Partition 1 System 300 MB 1024

Remove pre-installed Windows 10 apps

Wednesday, 2016.08.24 J.D. H. Leave a comment

While I have kept most of my office systems on Windows 7, I do still have a few Windows 10 devices around. One of the most annoying things about Win10 (other than MS’s policies about user data collection etc.) is the number of apps that are pre-installed after a fresh install 🙁 Thankfully, there are ways to remove most Windows 10 built in apps: [Guide] How to Remove All Built-in Apps in Windows 10 – AskVGhttp://www.askvg.com/guide-how-to-remove-all-built-in-apps-in-windows-10/UPDATE: Tutorial updated to include instructions for

[SOLVED] Location is not available. Access is denied.

Sunday, 2016.08.21 J.D. H. Leave a comment

If you encounter the following error when you are trying to access a directory in Windows: Then here is a solution to try: Voila, you should now be able to access the folder!!! 🙂 Top Search Terms:nu vot (3)location is not available access is denied (1)location is not available access is denied usb (1)location unavailable access denied (1)

Exede real world download speeds

Saturday, 2016.08.20 J.D. H. Leave a comment

Real world Exede download speeds: Downloaded 8/20/2016 @ 10:58AM *Bandwidth speed conversion details here. We live off the grid (no power lines, no phone lines) and this download speed compares favorably with DSL in the nearest town (16 miles). Town DSL in the area is generally around 1.2 MB/s or 9.6 Mbps. However, please be aware there are significant drawbacks inherent to satellite internet (latency/lag, affected by weather, relatively high costs, limited monthly bandwidth). Top Search Terms:www exedr dawlod (1)

Reviewer plugin: php version may not be greater than 10 character

Tuesday, 2016.08.16 J.D. H. Leave a comment

While trying to activate the “Reviewer” plugin by evoG, I encountered the following error: Thankfully, after a little looking around I found where the PHP version is passed to the activation routine. By manually specifying a short PHP version (< 10 char) I was finally able to active the plugin 🙂 Here are the relevant sections to edit: /wp-content/plugins/reviewer/admin/includes/class-license-page.php NOTE: I recommend backing up your file before editing. If you encounter an error like this, I hope these tips will

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Eero wishlist

Monday, 2016.08.15 J.D. H. Leave a comment

Eero makes a rather splendid WiFi device, however, there is certainly room for improvement! As such, here is my wishlist for future Eero enhancements or revisions: Dual WAN failover option load balancing option PoE support Per device bandwidth usage statistics QR code or barcode scanning for setup (when bluetooth fails, manually entering a device ID is a pain) Despite the simplistic feature-set of the Eero, I do still like it. Here’s hoping they choose to enable some additional functionality for their faithful

NanoStation Loco M900 default IP address (192.168.1.20)

Sunday, 2016.08.14 J.D. H. Leave a comment

Recently I setup a point-to-point (Layer 2, transparent bridge) using two Ubiquiti NanoStation Loco M900 wireless (900MHz) devices. For reference purposes, here is the default IP address as well as the default username/password: Ubiquiti NanoStation Loco Default Login Info: Default IP address: 192.168.1.20 Default username: ubnt Default password: ubnt Overall, the performance and link quality has been excellent. Range and resistance to interference has also been superior to most 2.4GHz/5GHz implementations. 🙂 If you have experience with NanoStations, feel free to leave a comment!