watching the cowboys OTA

I watched the Cowboy game yesterday in the van.  The basic idea is my old laptop functions as a DVR, pulling OTA (over the air) programming from a OTA reciver. Here is a pic of a previous game I was watching;  didn’t pause it for the pic so it’s a little blurry:

wrangling

Here is a pic of the birds gathering to eat the bread I mentioned earlier: Starlings first, then pigeons and doves came for the crumbs.  I did not do any St Francis -style preaching as they didn’t seem very attentive.

I have a weekend!

I had to work last weekend so I am catching up on housekeeping this one:

Prediction: windows lite –> linux

At some point, Windows (or Windows Lite) will be a slick overlay on top of linux, the way MacOS is a beautiful layer on top of Darwin/BSD.  MS is already moving toward subscription service model rather than “buy our OS” model, and making nice[r] with the linux community. There are many benefits to moving to

Thanksgiving 2018

Started the day early at the shelter, scooping poop and washing dog feedbowls.  Met this skinny, lovely pit.  Like many, she craved human interaction but was skittish anytime hands were near her head. She’ll put on weight while she’s waiting for her adoptive parents.  She ended up in my lap after about 10mins.  Maybe just

Critter sitting: 11/18

Lots of poop scooping on Sunday.  Dogs must have eaten burritos. Elaine, a medium-sized pit with brutally cropped ears and tail.  She was friendly but jumped at sudden noises.  I don’t blame her for being hypervigilant. This is Ginuwine.  Bulldog/Very friendly, gentle and

Bucket list: Big Bend

Big Bend has been #1 on my bucket list for a long time.  How can I have lived my whole life in Tx and never been here? There are actually two parks in the Area: Big Bend national park, which is what most people are thinking about; and Big Bend Ranch state park, through which

Article: MVNOs performance lags main carriers. Duh.

From this article: If you’re using an MVNO for your wireless service in the United States, you are likely saving quite a bit of money as compared to what you would pay if you were under direct contract with Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, or Sprint. That’s great! However, a new report from Canadian mobile quality metrics company

article: van-bashing

From 50 disappointing photos show what converted van living is really like, and article on Business Insider: Many photos of converted vans show little room for anything other than a bed and a few storage bins. That’s kinda the point.  Humans don’t need a lot of room to live happily.  They certainly don’t need 4000sq

Side effect of solar + alternator charging

A few months I noticed something odd about my isolator charging system.    Then started to see a pattern.  Finally figured it out and wanted to share since this issue could affect others.