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I had a shitty day at work, and worked right up until dinner was ready. While eating dinner, we noticed that the table light wasn’t acting right.  It turned on and off seemingly randomly, and then started strobing a bit.  … Continue reading →

My home server uses dual Intel Xeon Gold 6138 processors. They’re getting a bit long in the tooth, so I decided to purchase some used Xeons of a newer generation, with more cores and a higher clock speed. This had … Continue reading →

I ordered a Mopar camshaft over the phone from the local Szott M-59 Jeep dealership.  I provided the part number to the parts rep and he said the part would be here the next day because it was in Cleveland.  … Continue reading →

2024 has been an especially hectic year. With Thanksgiving drawing near, and it also being my wife’s favorite holiday, I wanted to try to make it extra special for her this year. My wife does all of the cooking for … Continue reading →

The TJ started making a faint squeaking noise when going over any kind of bump. Anyone that knows me knows that I can’t stand squeaks and rattles. The noise was coming from the tailgate, because of the oversized spare tire … Continue reading →

I had a doctor appointment scheduled for this morning at 8a. It’s cold as hell, so I tried to remote start my truck. It did not start. No lights, no crank, no nothing. I drove the truck 2 days ago … Continue reading →

This is an ongoing saga that is not yet resolved… However, one thing that has been determined is that Frigidaire has the worst customer service of any company I have ever dealt with in my entire life. Update: After 35 … Continue reading →

I needed to replace the water pump and the lifters on my Jeep TJ. The lifters are quite involved, since you have to remove the head from the engine. I decided to do this job in the winter, since I … Continue reading →

A few weeks ago, I noticed that my ZFS array was resilvering, due to a HD failure.  This is the first time a drive has failed in my ZFS array, which is a little over 2 years old.  My ZFS … Continue reading →

So the night before thanksgiving, I’m doing some work in my office and I hear, “Dave…  The TV isn’t working.”  Great.  The DirecTV HD DVR in my living room evidently crapped out.  It locked up, and upon rebooting it I … Continue reading →