Mike Neir's Comments

Comment on 'S/PDIF Wishes and HDMI Dreams' by Mike

Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:50:21 -0400

Whoa, you're alive!

Comment on 'S/PDIF Wishes and HDMI Dreams' by Phildo

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:18:01 -0400

Mike - If you need any tuners, ir blasters, etc just let me know as I ton o' stuff to get rid of. :)

Comment on 'S/PDIF Wishes and HDMI Dreams' by Jonny K

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:11:06 -0500

You're definitely the man for the job. I have full confidence that you can be livin the dream pretty soon here. To think I thought I spoiled myslef by having Tivo, DirecTV with HBO, NFL Sunday Ticket and NHL Center Ice. I think your setup would top my tv extravaganza for sure. By the way, it's been in the 70's all year long here, haha.

Comment on 'S/PDIF Wishes and HDMI Dreams' by Michael

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:47:16 -0500

I just got a Bluray player and the video quality is awesome. I only have the TV in one room though.

Comment on 'S/PDIF Wishes and HDMI Dreams' by Justin

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 23:09:42 -0500

I fully support this post. That is all.

Comment on 'Thanks Mrs Veronica!' by Eddie

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:44:03 -0500

The same people who think Bush was a great president and Palin is smart.

Comment on 'Thanks Mrs Veronica!' by Erin

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:39:04 -0500

"The same people who think Nancy Pelosi is an excellent public servant."

fixt.

Comment on 'Thanks Mrs Veronica!' by Ardichoke

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:20:40 -0500

The same people who think Sarah Palin is an excellent public servant.

Comment on 'Floating What?' by sneezer

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:44:14 -0500

that is really funny - i like the udev especially. i had that problem once - but was able to reverse the procps and re-write the e2fsprogs to the root. That's when i realized that the floating point did NOT have an exception. Boy was my face red - I laughed for an hour!

Comment on 'Floating What?' by sneezer

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:44:04 -0500

Comment on 'Ten Times' by Spankey

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:06:19 -0500

To be more precise it is 10^(X dB/10) times. So 10dB increase is a 10x increase in power, i.e. 10^(10/10) = 10^1 = 10. 3dB = 2x is a good approximation, the actual value is a bit over 3dB for 2x gain.

Comment on 'He Breathes' by Shelby

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:11:01 -0400

You live! Congrats on the home purchase.

Comment on 'He Breathes' by Justin L

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:56:06 -0400

i was wondering when you'd come up for air and update this sucker :)

Comment on 'Streamlining the AoE boot process' by Greg

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 18:09:48 -0400

have managed booting XP from aoe and been trying to track down a solution for a variety of Linux distros. This is the first good hit I've had. Sounds great to me. Going to try it out asap.

Comment on 'Sleep Is Good, I Hear' by Justin L

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:25:55 -0400

a solid six months without an update, eh? you trying to best my record? :)

Comment on 'Xen + AoE + drbd = New Redundant Hotness' by Alan Woodland

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:57:07 -0400

Any comments on the safer way of doing things? This looked like an awesome solution until I read this.

I'm looking at ways of making sure things stay running for Xen, I have been testing Linux MD RAID1 on top of two AOE devices. This works fine, even as a root device (with some initrd hacking), except that now I think there is a scenario where by multiple xen guests could try and repair the same out of sync MD array with the raid autodetect!

Comment on 'Sleep Is Good, I Hear' by Dan

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 08:52:49 -0400

The more weight I put on - the more I snore and breath badly - the worse my sleep is - the more I feel like poop the next day - the more I pick myself up with a nice snack etc etc etc. Not saying it's the same for you but here's to sharing

Comment on 'Sleep Is Good, I Hear' by sneir

Wed, 27 May 2009 14:34:11 -0400

I think it's high time you updated your blog.

Comment on 'Nice One, Stupid' by mikew

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:34:37 -0400

Just did the same thing myself.. sort of..

You're the #1 hit on google for "switch sending spanning tree into cable modem"..

Mine was a bit more complex, since the switch two levels up was still sending STP.. Got that resolved, and finally had a good lok at my netgear to CM data on the 'sniffer'..

Bingo, I found that the little router appliance gets a little knotted up and doesnt NAT into the network on occasion..

Finally figured out one of the occasional 'web page hangs', and everything pings

Comment on 'Sleep Is Good, I Hear' by Mike

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:29:23 -0400

I definitely agree that it would help if I was having trouble falling asleep. The problem I'm having is that I can't get to a deep restful sleep, so my sleep isn't effective. I have zero trouble falling asleep, really. On most days, I actually feel like I could just lay down and be asleep in 5 minutes at any given point in the day.

My sleep study is scheduled, so things are moving in the right direction.

Comment on 'Sleep Is Good, I Hear' by Jonny K

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:05:07 -0400

Excercising helps you get a good night's sleep too. I know you're not big into that, but it does help. Excercising burns a lot of energy and releases stress, all of which helps you relax and fall asleep at night.

Comment on 'Sleep Is Good, I Hear' by Averyl

Sat, 28 Mar 2009 05:56:10 -0400

I've been an insomniac all of my life, however things improved for me when I realized that my body wants to be asleep by 10 and up by 4. I only need 5-6 hours sleep and I am good to go. Not everyone needs 7-8 hours. It's really the quality of sleep. Also, I take a short nap in the afternoon which also helps. I have also found that my diet affects my sleep quality. If I eat a lot of chocolate or sugar I do not sleep well at all.

Comment on 'Sleep Is Good, I Hear' by Jonny K

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:58:02 -0400

After I posted I realized that not only would drugs not solve it, but they could actually be dangerous since you have sleep apnea (you might stop breathing and be so out of it that you wouldn't wake yourself up to start up again). So, good idea, bad thinking. I just recommended it because it's worked so well for me. But, sleep apnea is much more severe than the occasional problem falling asleep that I've got. Do whatever you need to do to start getting a full night's sleep.

Comment on 'Sleep Is Good, I Hear' by Russ

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 03:02:05 -0400

I have been using a cpap since septemer. It really helps. The test is kinda cool and they can do it late night. Mine was done from 4 am in the morning to whenever I woke up They can schedule it for your normal sleep schedule. Don't let them change that it is important that you do it at the normal time that you sleep.

Make sure you have the cash. The sleep study was expensive and 20% of expensive is a lot. but still worth it. The cpap is a rental 110 and month they pay 80% but you have to take it in once a month for them to read the card to make sure you are using it enough so they will still pay for it. Kind of a pain in the ass.

We can talk about it anytime you want. Just let me know

Comment on 'Sleep Is Good, I Hear' by MikeN

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:19:40 -0400

I don't think drugs would help at all. If I've got sleep apnea (the signs point 'yes' on that assumption), I've got physical airway blockage that causes me to stop breathing for measurable intervals while I'm sleeping. No drug is going to fix that.

Sleep apnea is what Dre has, and why he wears the breathing mask when he sleeps now. I'm guessing one of those is in my future.

Comment on 'Sleep Is Good, I Hear' by Jonny K

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:23:05 -0400

Dude, sleep is the foundation of good physical and mental health. You need to get at least a solid 7 hours every night or you're not going to feel very good the next day. I recommend Ambien, and for your purposes Ambien CR (constant release - that one helps you to stay asleep throughout the night). Plus Ambien gives you a cool, trippy high every night, and it's perfectly legal.

Comment on 'Late Night Snow' by slacker

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:50:55 -0500

your thingie is not updated

Comment on 'Late Night Snow' by mom

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:32:01 -0500

I really think you need to update your thingie.

Comment on 'Late Night Snow' by sneezer

Sat, 14 Feb 2009 12:49:31 -0500

I had that problem once. I connected the AoE to the raid - The drbd was in full operation at that time, but the LVM and the vblade were not in sync. After a reboot everything lined up and cycled (zen on both sides!). It was only then that I could finally UPDATE MY EVENTS!

Comment on 'Late Night Snow' by mammy pammy

Sat, 14 Feb 2009 12:39:23 -0500

yea!

Comment on 'Late Night Snow' by Alex Smith

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 04:10:33 -0500

Yeah! update your events! what event is transpiring?!?

Comment on 'Late Night Snow' by Phil

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:09:18 -0500

That's when my normal workday begins. On weekends I sleep in until 4 or 5am.

Comment on 'Late Night Snow' by mom

Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:01:18 -0500

update your events.

Comment on 'Late Night Snow' by mom

Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:01:10 -0500

update your events.

Comment on 'Late Night Snow' by mom

Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:01:02 -0500

update your events.

Comment on 'Late Night Snow' by mom

Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:00:24 -0500

Comment on 'Late Night Snow' by Averyl

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:41:30 -0500

Phil- I'm up at 3:30...

Comment on 'What I've Been Up To' by Averyl

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:40:48 -0500

Hell yeahs!

Comment on 'Blinky Lights' by GT

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:34:09 -0500

I need to capture the lights on one of my customers database servers on a CLARiiON or DMX, that is some crazy blinkiness; though I highly doubt my customer would allow it.

Comment on 'What I've Been Up To' by Justin Lott

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:26:55 -0500

I fear the endless time suck that is EVE... viva la resistance! I sure do like the stories at their web site though... I mean, no! Stay away! Damn you!

... and if she is anything like my wife, youre a lucky man :)

Comment on 'Late Night Snow' by Mike

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:15:44 -0500

Got up? You're assuming that my day was beginning at that time... :)

Comment on 'Late Night Snow' by Phil

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:27:50 -0500

Nice picture. Why did you get up at 5am? I thought that I was one of the few that did that.

Comment on 'What I've Been Up To' by Michael

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 22:37:06 -0500

Congrats, I hope you both keep each other happy for a long time.

Comment on 'What I've Been Up To' by Mike

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 11:41:36 -0500

Thanks!

You should try EVE! :)

Comment on 'What I've Been Up To' by Mike

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 11:39:35 -0500

Thanks!

A hug and a handshake would be cool, but I'm not sure I could accept a reach-around!

Comment on 'What I've Been Up To' by Mysterious Me

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 05:32:35 -0500

I'll never tell, and neither will your logs! Mwuahahaha!

Oh wait... that's wrong.

Comment on 'What I've Been Up To' by Gordon K

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 23:52:52 -0500

Congrats Mike, glad to hear things are going well.. Happy Thanksgiving!

Comment on 'What I've Been Up To' by Mike

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:11:39 -0500

Who is this mysterious "Me"? Show yourself!

Comment on 'What I've Been Up To' by Kristen E

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:47:01 -0500

Yay for girl! Awesome! I'm glad you're happy. :) Hugs from me, and probably a firm handshake and a reach-around from Dan. (He's not here, so I just made that up.)

Comment on 'What I've Been Up To' by Me

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 04:37:00 -0500

<3 <3 <3