My Rantings, Ravings and Thoughts – Just my thoughts and opinions
Jul 142025
 

Just really documenting what happened last week with my sites. Really cannot believe it has been 3 years since I have started using duckdns.org for the free site dynamic DNS. I still use them, but last week, my sites went down. I initially thought it was my hardware (which is really getting OLD!) again, but […]

 Posted by at 1:08 PM
Apr 212022
 

Ok, finally giving up the ghost of dyndns which has worked for years, but never make any money off of my site so getting rid of it…found a completely free domain name server as long as you are ok with http://duckdns.org as a subdomain, which I am. So my weather will now be at http://BelAirMDWX.duckdns.org […]

 Posted by at 3:45 PM
May 212018
 

Just putting this out there. I have made a couple of Spotify Playlists that may interest a few people. A link is here http://hometownnerd.com/Spotify.php The first one contains music from the 70s, 80s, and 90s, that were more from popular music and stuff that just reminds me of growing up. It is 70s 80s 90s Music […]

 Posted by at 2:01 PM
Jun 012017
 

Just thought I would post this for those that may happen to show up on my blog. My son has created a remix of a song for a contest on wavo and he could really use some votes if you are so inclined. We would appreciate it. Vote here https://wavo.me/bigbeatrecords/remix-competition-autograf-feat-lils-you-might-be/autograf_you_might_be_feat_lils_shrkman_remix__20250281330510000 I think it may be better than […]

 Posted by at 3:11 PM
Apr 262017
 

Been a while since I had something to post about but over the past week I have found something of interest. I have FIOS through Verizon. I have been hearing complaints from my kids about the Wifi for a while but since I was using the generic router they give me and would not rent […]

 Posted by at 10:46 AM
Feb 012016
 
Just received a new Dell Precision M6800 Laptop for work

All I can say is wow, I had a M6400 for about 6.5 years and it worked great, Intel Core 2 Duo with 16GB ram and a 600GB SSD and a 1TB HD it was a decent little beast, but when work says we are getting you a new laptop, who am I to complain. […]

Oct 162015
 

Ok, I am a couple of days late, but there is a good reason for that, both builds had issues installing. I guess I will start with Mobile, when they released it Gabe mentioned the only upgrade path was from Windows mobile 8.1, so I had to make a decision, wait the week for the […]

Sep 162015
 

Well, late on September 14th, Gabe Aul (a great person to follow on twitter) and his team released build 10536.1004 onto what is called the fast ring, for insiders, people beta testing Windows 10. It was a very lengthy process to upgrade since they needed to give us two builds before the 10536 build would get recognized as […]

Books I am reading and have recently read

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  • 1. World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
    1. World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
    Finished:08/25/2025 (342 pages)
  • 2. Midnight Black (Gray Man, #14) by Mark Greaney
    2. Midnight Black (Gray Man, #14) by Mark Greaney
    Finished:07/31/2025 (518 pages)
  • 3. The Lost World (Jurassic Park, #2) by Michael Crichton
    3. The Lost World (Jurassic Park, #2) by Michael Crichton
    Finished:07/04/2025 (448 pages)
  • 4. Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1) by Michael Crichton
    4. Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1) by Michael Crichton
    Finished:06/14/2025 (466 pages)
  • 5. Journey Into Darkness (Mindhunter #2) by John E. Douglas
    5. Journey Into Darkness (Mindhunter #2) by John E. Douglas
    Finished:05/22/2025 (400 pages)
  • 6. Mind Hunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit (Mindhunter #1) by John E. Douglas
    6. Mind Hunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit (Mindhunter #1) by John E. Douglas
    Finished:03/24/2025 (444 pages)
  • 7. BioShock: Rapture by John Shirley
    7. BioShock: Rapture by John Shirley
    Finished:02/18/2025 (444 pages)
  • 8. Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3) by Liu Cixin
    8. Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3) by Liu Cixin
    Finished:12/23/2024 (604 pages)
  • 9. The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2) by Liu Cixin
    9. The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2) by Liu Cixin
    Finished:11/09/2024 (512 pages)
  • 10. The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1) by Liu Cixin
    10. The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1) by Liu Cixin
    Finished:09/20/2024 (472 pages)
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