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February 27, 2020March 4, 2020

Windows 10 Update Notifications – Sorta Broken?

Ok, so funny update to my post yesterday regarding Windows 10 update notifications. End of the day today and me and a buddy were talking while closing down for the day, and as he’s talking, I see his Windows 10 computer suddenly prompt for updates OUT OF THE BLUE. I think he was taken by surprised when I pushed him aside and rushed over to see if that was really the case,and sure enough, his computer was prompting. Why it waited until 5:15 I’m not sure, but I’m thinking it could be due to the “Active Hours” setting.

UPDATE 3-4-2020: Confirmed, that setting seems to have brought update notifications back to life for the entire organization!

February 26, 2020

Windows 10 Update Notifications: Broken

On the business side of things, it seems that when Windows 10 checks in with a WSUS server (internal Windows update server), Windows 10 does not notify users when updates are available. I spent a solid day working on this, thinking that perhaps I did something in a group policy somewhere that caused it, but lo and behold, even taking a freshly imaged Windows 10 1903 computer, with only a (new) WSUS group policy still didn’t work properly.

February 14, 2020

Teletype Fun with Arduino

Trying to get some new posts going as I’ve been slacking lately, but for a good reason; I’ve been crazy busy! One project that someone turned me on to was one found on Hackaday; specifically this project: https://hackaday.io/project/2836-arduino-teletype

January 29, 2020

Lenovo BIOS Simulator and Config Tool

Well here’s a nifty tool I didn’t know existed! If you happen to manage Lenovo devices, such as Thinkpads, Ideapads, etc and would like to have a preview of what the BIOS screens look like, perhaps prior to getting new models, or perhaps walking someone through changing a setting over the phone, then this is for you!

January 17, 2020January 16, 2020

Finally upgraded my Apple TV to AppleTV 4k

So yeah, the guy who practically -never- watches TV, finally broke down and bought a newer AppleTV 4k to replace my gen3 AppleTV.

I held off buying new, since I don’t really watch TV, I don’t really use it “that much”, however with winter kicking in I’ve been finding myself watching more Youtube vids, and with a new Pluralsight subscription thanks to a black friday deal, wanting to watch some courses.

January 16, 2020

Busy busy in 2020! Started off with a visit to Magfest!

Happy New Year! I’m frankly suprised it took me this long to put something up for the new year, but I’ve been busy at work and busy at home as well.

First off was a visit to the annual Magfest show in Washington, DC at the National Harbor.

December 27, 2019December 23, 2019

December 2019: Two Notable Losses in Computing History

With all the joy and happiness the holidays tend to bring (just hear me out), the computing world lost two notable figures this month, both of which have had quite an impact on technology…

December 23, 2019December 23, 2019

WebSDR.org – Listen to radio, anywhere (on anything!)

Earlier this year I discovered (maybe re-discovered) websdr.org, a site that hosts many online SDRs, or “software defined radios”, that allow you to stream radio from nearly anywhere. Perhaps streaming is the wrong word…

December 23, 2019December 23, 2019

Video Finale of the Wanamaker (Macys) Christmas Light Show – Dec 22nd, 2018 (Philadelphia, PA)

2018 Wanamaker Christmas Light Show Display

This day last year (2018) I took my nephew to the city, and we went to watch the Wanamaker Light Show. As we waited a gentleman offered to show us the organ console up close, and we got to hang out and watch the light show from the console, then witness the finale get played on the mighty Wanamaker organ in Philadelphia, literally the largest fully-functional musical instrument on the planet…

December 11, 2019May 1, 2020

TIL: Fail to Wire

Always interesting poking around Reddit to read how others deal with their daily battles. Today I came across this article On Reddit that mentioned something I’ve never heard of before: Fail to Wire.