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Comcast in my neighborhood runs on poles behind the property. The coax comes directly from the pole to the attic in the back of the house. The speed a cable modem can achieve is limited by the signal to noise ratio on the line, normal installations that include hundreds of feet of cable...

First thing I did when I got my Comcast service was swap in my own internet-only modem, connected directly to the wire flying in from the pole to optimize SNR.

My current plans for our next house (when the kid moves out) is just under 1,000 square feet without any compromises to quality of life. Of course, that doesn't include the 1,500 sq.ft. for garage/shop/off-grid utilities, but that is low-cost space.

This made me pause for a moment. They do rent modems with integrated router/wifi, so technically they are on your LAN. Has anyone checked if their TOS lets them sniff around there?

Not sure what you mean by "repeatable"? The camera seems fine after a day of playing with it, but my standards are clearly lower. Perhaps the 7DII shipping today already have the fix you alluded to? As for why I got another Canon, I don't intend to run two systems or sell/purchase all my...

Shame I didn't read that an hour ago, I had a salesman from AT&T come to the door mentioning they just put fiber into the neighborhood. Would love to know what the corporate line about that is. Of course, my ISP (Comcast) has their own issues.

Titan X arriving April 10. Not sure whether I'll keep it or sell it in a gaming rig, but availability is likely still going to be tricky. Might be some margin there.

24/1.4 has been my favorite lens for nearly a year. Easy to compose and easy to make pretty pictures. One of the big reasons for going from the 7D to the 7DII was the faster and more accurate autofocus. The hit rate @ f1.4 has at least doubled.

Yup, sometimes Amazon is just better. Ordered my 7DII Wednesday afternoon. On the table charging now. The 100-400 II won't arrive til the middle of next week, though.

No doubt he just ran out of the other stuff and didn't want to leave it empty.

The TEKTON arrived today (same box as the 7DII ;)), and it has significantly more bits than the iFixIT set I already have.

Reason #97,834,565 to not have people flying planes.

I just Googled, and there is a Harbor Freight about 7 miles away (straight into the bad part of town), but that would involve going into a physical shop, and that does go against every fiber of my being ;)

TEKTON ordered ;)

I just need to get around to replacing the heatsink. I keep forgetting to order a torx small enough to get the old one off.

I still don't have anywhere near the production you do...time to fix that second Titan...

Carnival doesn't have the best reputation, but they are also a victim of statistics. They are so much larger than everyone else, and run more ships and more passengers, that statistically it is significantly more likely that something bad happen on one of their ships. That being said, I wouldn't...

From all the research, Royal Caribbean seemed the no-brainer best. With the best ships out there (Quantum Class). Unfortunately, their presence on the west coast isn't as strong.

First company I looked at was Disney. Unfortunately, they don't have a cruise we are interested in at the time window we have. And as a plus to us, Carnival offers free unlimited daycare to kids over 2 whether they are potty-trained or not. With Disney, that only applies to 3+ and potty-trained...

The reason I haven't taken a vacation in so many years is that there isn't an acceptable contingency plan for me not being at work. I currently have someone part-time, but they aren't up to speed on all the services (and likely won't be by August). I'll need to have my phone with me and be able...

I've basically spent the day doing research. Several cruise lines offer services that will make this much more practical. The Carnival Cruise ship Carnival Miracle does a 7-night trip out of LA with a couple stops in Mexico. Direct flights to LAX leave MRY (12 minutes from our house) every...

My wife wants to take a vacation. I've held off this long, but it has been 7 years, so she isn't exactly being unreasonable. Traveling with a little kid (soon to be 2) has its own layers of difficulty and logistics, so I thought a cruise from a nearby port would be ideal. 1. No need to fly...

Done. 11x4Ghz cores assigned.

Just threw a 4960X@4Ghz and a Titan (non-X) at it. We'll see how that does.

Nope. Frankly, I'd consider them my competition on that end of the market. I just sell Lenovos to most of my customers, but on the really high-end I still build myself. My markup is roughly in-line with them, but their fit and finish looks quite impressive (provided their customer units look...

Is that a boot in my back? ;)

The 4-way video is just porn with no numbers, the 3-way shows an appreciable difference between 2 and 3 cards. Having those guys build the system I want would be about $11k; only ~$1500 in markup.

Not listed on Amazon yet...

I was hoping for a comparison with a pair in SLI....cheapskates ;)

Macallan 12 and frozen thin mints? Sure, why not!

I could get by with 10.

Evo 840 ~250GB

First application would be automotive, then possibly aviation, then home. I don't see how your configuration could get the mic audio back into the phone for handsfree calling? I'd love some help; but "help" might be an understatement. I'm not a programmer of any kind and I'm pretty poor at the...

The newest multi-GPU tech from both companies is super easy to set up. In the past it wasn't, but I haven't had issues in years.

Yup, just SSDs on the workstations, usually around 512GB. At home I have a 48TB NAS and at work I run a number of 72TB units.

I've been thinking about one of those. Currently have a more serious ODB tool specific for my kind of car and a high-end BT/GPS unit (Garmin something, 10hz). It gives accurate enough numbers, though a VBox would also be nice...

Wow, thanks for the info guys. I think I'll just sit back and watch this happen for a while. If I need to I can throw a <$1k 65" 1080P up there until things get sorted out.

An excellent point. Seems the 70" P-series Vizio has one input (port 5) that is full HDMI 2.0.

Thanks for the feedback guys. snowhiker, that comparison is particularly useful. I have no idea about the other features because I am 100% confident that I won't be using any of them. The receiver this TV will connect to will only have two inputs; one will mirror my wife's screen and the other...

After reading some reviews, I'm pretty happy with the Visio. Just not sure whether going from 65" to 70" is worth $500.

My JVC D-ILA DLA-X3-BU projector has picked up an occasional twitch since the bulb went a couple months ago. Works great 99% of the time, but about once a week it flickers a couple times and becomes unresponsive. Expect to see it FS here once its replacement is determined. On that note, I'm...

Not that I'm wanting for GPU power at the moment, but I'm wondering how it compares to the 2x Titan or 2x 290X I'm running at the moment.

HiFiBerry looks like a neat project. Should I be taking this idea to a rasberry pi forum of some kind? Does that seem to be the optimum solution? Thanks!

Indeed. At this point I'd be interested in commissioning some; I could personally use 4-5 and could easily sell another dozen. Anyone game for some software + minor EE?

That is damn sexy.

Got my wife a Samsung Galaxy Note Edge because it supports cards and battery swaps. Nice phone, not too much bigger than an S5.

You'd think this would be an easy thing. -Pairs to phone in both handsfree (HFP) and audio (a2dp) modes -has input for mic (XLR ideally but anything will do) -has output for speakers (RCA ideally but anything will do) In other words, I want just the BT part of a modern car head unit. I can't...

About a year ago I had good fun nearly completely disassembling our washing machine. One of the first Samsung units (10 years old now?). I'd done quite a number on the dryer a couple times in the past when converting it from Natural Gas to Propane and back. Funny that in my head they are still...

That is very respectable and offers a "4k" (3840x2160) screen. I'll be considering one of those when I sell the W540. Thanks for the link!

Apple laptops have some sexy hardware, and if you are looking for higher resolution screens in lower-priced units you could squint and make a value argument. They format and take Win8.1 just fine.