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Router Update

me — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:50:03 +0000

A while back I updated an old Linksys router with the fancy pants Tomato Firmware. All has been well over the last 6 weeks. No need to reboot, everything has worked out great. The biggest slice of traffic the router sees is VPN, VOIP, and basic web browsing. We are not big downloaders, freepers, frappers, or anything else (get your mind out of the gutter). Including Tivos, computers, printers, NAS, and a few other wifi enabled devices - our home network can see on average of 10 networked devices. It has worked great with segregating out the VOIP traffic (giving it priority).

If anything changes I will update the site, but for now Tomato on a WRT54G router is working great.

The Holidays

me — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:42:00 +0000

Image by Pink Sherbet Photography via Flickr

Prelude: This is more of a rant than anything else . . . thanks for listening.

So “The Holidays” are officially here. Thanksgiving came and went in a furry of activity. All I am left with is memories of a turkey that was. Soon Christmas will be upon us, gifts will be given, come January it will all be a distant memory. It’s the time of year when families attempt to get along with one another. Fake hope is trotted around. Many forgot the reason of Thanksgiving and Christmas. How often do we really slow down and give thanks for all we’ve been blessed with. Some times during “The Holidays” I can find myself in a real funk. Brought on by the fakeness of all. The hustle and bustle.

Router Fun

me — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:17:29 +0000

A little over a year ago, I switched routers. I went from my trusty Linksys WRT54G to a ZoneAlarm (CheckPoint) Z100G router. My wife would be working from home now and I wanted a beefed up router for our home network. The Check Point router had all kinds of bonus features for small office use. It was really rock solid. Over time though, I found its many shortcomings. There is no QoS. Running video and VoIP - I really needed a router that had good QoS. The number of connections are limited. At any one time I can have up ten devices on my network, and this box limited the number of outbound connections to 5. I soon had to buy more seats. With network printers, NAS, computers, and Tivos - you can run out of 5 seats rather quickly.

I finally had to give up on the Z100G router. Last night, I dusted off my trusty Linksys WRT54G and flashed the router. Afterwards I immediately loaded the Tomato firmware on it. The routers has been happily running, it has great QoS built in to the firmware. I’ll do another post more in depth on Tomato firmware later with links to helpful sites.

Cold

me — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:15:33 +0000

Sorry for the lack of posts over the last week. I have a head cold that has me down and out. I can not seem to shake it for nothing.

Testim Update

me — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:00:16 +0000

I promised no more updates. But the posts keep getting so many search hits - I figured I would give more. I am a giving kind of person. Give - give - and never take. meh.

About the same as last time. I seemed to have peaked. Blood draw should be soon. Body composition seems to be changing slightly. Testim seems to work well - my only gripe is the drying time. I hate to put that stuff on if I am running late in the morning.

Another Testim Update

me — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:41:10 +0000

There shouldn’t be too many more updates. I feel like I have reached a stable level in my system now. I have not counted - but I am around week six or so of the treatment. Initially when starting supplemental or exogenous testosterone you get that added benefit of what little your body was making plus the newly added testosterone. In my case my body by itself was pathetic at making test. My last blood draw was in the range of 305ng/dl. My understanding is that my body once it senses the exogenous testosterone will seek to keep things balanced and quit making even less. So now that initially rush of all the extra testosterone I have settled in. I have a blood draw again in a few weeks - I’ll let you know how I am coming along.

I need a vacation to recover form vacation

me — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:01:47 +0000

Why is it I am worn out after a vacation. I need a rest period to recover from vacation.

More GTD

me — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:41:27 +0000

After finding the GTD category at Alltop the other day, I have come across several good sites. One of my new favorite GTD sites is Did I Get Things Done?. I have also enjoyed The Daily Saint blog as well as Geeks Guide to GTD.

If you are a GTD adherent I highly recomend those sites. Or if you are like me and losely follow GTD - you will learn a lot!

Testim Followup

me — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:38:22 +0000

Just a quick follow up. I have been on Testim now for a little over two weeks. What I have found so far - is a definite increase in energy and focus, much improved libido, and slight agression.

Olympics

me — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:35:45 +0000

Olympic fever has taken my wife and I by storm. We are staying up much later and usual to catch all of the action. I have noticed at work too a good number of people are very tired (watching the olympics too).