@rojoloco said in LONG range cordless phone (SIP):

@mattspeller said in LONG range cordless phone (SIP):

Bigger the antenna the better the chances.

That's what she said...

Ribbed for everyone's pleasure

I'm not convinced any of these features interest me outside of intelligent control of heating / cooling and hands free door operation. The last one would be very cool connected to an RFID reader so I can have my hands full and press my ass (wallet cheek) to it and the door pops open.

What's the draw with this stuff?

Bigger the antenna the better the chances.

Better still would be a repeater system or similar.

Better again would be wired links between repeaters.

When considering home IoT things - does it work without internet connectivity to the mothership?

Yes --> investigate

No --> dumpster fire, avoid

@nerdydad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@rojoloco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@mattspeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@mattspeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Crashing and banging from the unit above me until at least 3am, woke up to this delightful water blister on my bathroom ceiling. Hoping I have nothing required of me today beyond a zombie like level of functioning.

Run.

Its ok, it popped all over my towels - which is how I discovered it when done with my shower. I was extra pissed off having to walk to the bedroom and dry myself with a t-shirt.

You should have stormed upstairs naked, demanded entry, then stolen all your neighbor's towels.

FTFY

I thought that was implied, but fuck yeah that's what I should have done

@rojoloco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@mattspeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@mattspeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Crashing and banging from the unit above me until at least 3am, woke up to this delightful water blister on my bathroom ceiling. Hoping I have nothing required of me today beyond a zombie like level of functioning.

Run.

Its ok, it popped all over my towels - which is how I discovered it when done with my shower. I was extra pissed off having to walk to the bedroom and dry myself with a t-shirt.

You should have stormed upstairs, demanded entry, then stolen all your neighbor's towels.

Fuck sakes man why didn't I think of that

@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@mattspeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Crashing and banging from the unit above me until at least 3am, woke up to this delightful water blister on my bathroom ceiling. Hoping I have nothing required of me today beyond a zombie like level of functioning.

Run.

Its ok, it popped all over my towels - which is how I discovered it when done with my shower. I was extra pissed off having to walk to the bedroom and dry myself with a t-shirt.

Crashing and banging from the unit above me until at least 3am, woke up to this delightful water blister on my bathroom ceiling. Hoping I have nothing required of me today beyond a zombie like level of functioning.

Quick shout out to Sophos for making a decent antivirus with bitlocker integration that is seamless and awesome to manage.

Can you roll back the updates to salvage some of the boxes or are you totally boned by autoupdates?

@kelly said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@eddiejennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Listening to Jenova theme on loop while doing mundane tasks.

I'm a big fan of Two Steps from Hell for my working music.

Two steps from hell is occasionally descriptive of my project portfolio this year

@dustinb3403 said in FCC Net Neutrality Insanity Continues:

@mattspeller said in FCC Net Neutrality Insanity Continues:

@mlnews said in FCC Net Neutrality Insanity Continues:

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/10/fcc-chair-wants-to-impose-a-cap-on-broadband-funding-for-poor-families/

Is it just me or is this guy a gigantic useless tool?

The question is, which tool is worse? The one with the orangutan hair or Pai. . .

@mlnews said in FCC Net Neutrality Insanity Continues:

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/10/fcc-chair-wants-to-impose-a-cap-on-broadband-funding-for-poor-families/

Is it just me or is this guy a gigantic useless tool?

@gjacobse said in Stress Relievers:

@mattspeller said in Stress Relievers:

@jt1001001 said in Stress Relievers:

Hiking, outdoorsey type stuff with the family (or by myself safely when Family's stressing me out). Not to the extent someone like @MattSpeller does but there's plenty of "easy" trails within 15-30 min of where I live.

We tread the same paths my friend, I am no fitness buff

Fitness... I"m all about 'fit n ths' doughnut in my hand....

I prefer to fit those into my pie hole but you do you

@dustinb3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Today is the day that we are going to hit 50K posts in this thread!

Unless we're all really quiet.

I recommend the Oopsy Daisy

http://soundbible.com/tags-fart.html

@jt1001001 said in Stress Relievers:

Hiking, outdoorsey type stuff with the family (or by myself safely when Family's stressing me out). Not to the extent someone like @MattSpeller does but there's plenty of "easy" trails within 15-30 min of where I live.

We tread the same paths my friend, I am no fitness buff

@rojoloco I miss the Ali G show

@gjacobse said in Weekend Plans:

@mattspeller said in Weekend Plans:

My quest for a brown truck had at least partial success this weekend.

You suck... I wished there was a way to convince the boss that we need to move to Washington...

Wetcoast is best coast!

@mattspeller said in What Are You Drinking:

@dustinb3403 said in What Are You Drinking:

@mattspeller said in What Are You Drinking:

Put on two new batches of whiskey to ferment this weekend. Doing oatmeal / oat bran for one and the other is all ancient grains! I'm particularly stoked on the second one.

Who the hell actually makes their own Whiskey!? (I'm a bit jealous)

It's really easy, just takes a lot of time. Trust me when I say anyone could do it.

@dustinb3403 said in What Are You Drinking:

@mattspeller said in What Are You Drinking:

Put on two new batches of whiskey to ferment this weekend. Doing oatmeal / oat bran for one and the other is all ancient grains! I'm particularly stoked on the second one.

Who the hell actually makes their own Whiskey!? (I'm a bit jealous)