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25/25 FIOS Upgrade

I upgraded my FIOS service at home from 5/1 Mbps to 25/25 Mbps for almost the same…

Climate change and capital investments

A comment posted in response to an article on Boston.com that predicted yet another day of rainfall: Now you…

Fortune Cookie Service

Cdonner.com is giving away free fortune cookies! In order to include a fortune cookie in your blog,…

Free Sportsradar SR3600 Software

See the software in action Download instructions and hardware requirements

Power Factor and Compact Fluorescent Bulbs (CFL)

What is the power factor? What is the power factor of compact fluorecent bulbs? Do manufacturers of…

A low-cost traffic monitoring and data collection system

When I grew up in Europe in the 1970s and 1980s, there was a noticable shift in…

More Synology Rackstation Network Tests

In an earlier post I presented the network throughput results of my tests with the Synology RS-407…

Gigabit Ethernet

I wanted to know exactly how much throughput I get from my new switch (HP ProcCurve 1400-24G)…

Synology Rack Station RS407 – NAS with Benefits

I installed the Synology Rackstation last night and so far I like it a lot. . I…

TVersity and the Pinnacle Showcenter 200

After the initial novelty of my Pinncle Showenter 200 wore off 2 years ago, it has seen…

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