My Commentary and Technical help

Someone showed me a computer this weekend with a virus that I could not even beat in safe mode.  All I could do was to re-install Windows.  ...

The Chaffee NY Hamfest was a little bigger than last year.  It is still one of the smallest ones that I go to.  Here are some pictures that ...

My daughters LCD TV recently died.  She said that it would have to warm up for a while before it would turn on and then finally it did not t...

Last night I finished building my DIY CNC pendant and tested it out.  I still need to add a manual jogger to it someday.  It is made out of ...

Last year I started a small raised garden.  I started the plants indoors in March and then moved them outdoors into two raised beds made out...

I am working on making my own Arduino powered CNC 3D printer and light duty milling machine.  It started off as just some pieces of Plexigla...

Years ago I was in Africa with my brother.  We were setting up a video Bible school and we purchased a large TV to show the video's on. ...

Last night I attended the RAWNY mini Hamfest in Tonawanda NY.  It was actually fairly well attended and I got rid of at least 3 boxes of stu...

I have taken a iRobot Roomba vacuum cleaner apart and made an Arduino Powered robot out of it.  There is a serial port on the Roomba, but mi...

I have been working on rebuilding a Robo Raptor to be controlled by an Arduino.  It is a key project in my latest book "Arduino Robotic...

I recently had a Toshiba L645 come in for a power jack replacement and a fan cleaning.  The power jack comes as a cable assembly that has...

I recently obtained an 8 by 8 three color RGB LED array to play with.  I set it up with three 74595 shift registers and an arduino.  It was ...

We recently had an application where we needed to remotely switch between two RF amplifiers.  I used Google and searched to find a solution...

A brief history of health insurance – or why some of us knew that obamacare would be a flop. **This is my personal opinion and is full o...

Radio Frequency FAQ’s I now work for a company called ComProd Communications.  You can find us at www.comprodcom.com    We specialize in...

Replacing the stove vent hood should be an easy thing to do.  However I wanted it to vent inside in the winter and then vent outside in the ...

My wife's Dodge Stratus developed a second heat control problem.  The heater fan only worked on high.  This has happened to me before on...

The heat stopped working in my van this spring.  That was not a serious problem for most of the summer.  Fall is here and naturally I had to...

I recently purchased a function/signal generator on eBay.  I bought it because my computer based signal generator was limited to a top frequ...