XIDAX PixInsight Powerhouse Part 1 of 2!!

Intro It's been eight months since my last blog post or YouTube video. I'd planned to keep adding value-packed content based on Astro and technical stuff, but life and work intervened. It's been a crazy eight months, but I won't bore you with the details. I will just...

ASIAIR ANYWHERE

Intro So this question came up on the ASIAIR Facebook group about controlling your ASIAIR and Telescope equipment from California and all your gear would be in New Mexico. I thought I would tackle it with some information and also a little know-how since I love doing...

ASIAIR PRO + PI 5

Intro So I have officially gutted an ASIAIR PRO and replaced the internal board with a Raspberry Pi 5 with 8GB of RAM and the new Active Cooler. Based on the benchmarks from Core Electronics, the speed we are looking at is almost double from the RPi 4 to the Pi 5!...
A week in Gods Land

A week in Gods Land

Last week I spent a week at the Monastery of Christ in the Desert. It was a nice relaxing time for me to forget my busy life and focus on God and myself. If you ever get a chance to get away I would highly recommend it.

PLEX Media Center

PLEX Media Center

I have spent the better part of 11 years trying to set up the ultimate Media Center for home. It all started with the XBOX using XBMC back in 2003 and slowly worked my way into a Windows 7 computer running Windows Media Center using (2) XBOX 360's as extenders. I also...

Less than 2 months

Less than 2 months

And I am shaving with my Great Grandpa Fred's straight razor. It was an amazing day to say the least on Saturday the 26th of October! I couldn't believe just a proper stropping and the blade was almost 100% shave ready. I had to end up honing after the shave and will...

Straight Shaving Reborn

Straight Shaving Reborn

Well, it's been over 2 years since me and a straight razor have been hand in hand. Last night was a fantastic start. While I am no pro, I did have a decent shave which I can tell is the beginning of a beautiful relationship. Like all things, you need to start slow and...

S4 is it possible??

S4 is it possible??

After starting my Android journey on Virgin Mobile we have finally moved to Verizon and now I have a Samsung Galaxy S4. Finally a real Android device with a powerful punch. After rooting it and slapping CyanogenMod on it, it's the most beautiful cell phone I have ever...

Do Not Be Afraid

Do Not Be Afraid

A very short Teaching from Richard Rohr shared from The Work Of People. He has such thoughtfulness and a calm way of explaining things, very much worth the watch! https://www.theworkofthepeople.com/do-not-be-afraid

Samsung Galaxy Victory

Samsung Galaxy Victory

Well, it's time for a new phone and a damn sexy one at that! Currently, I am working on rooting the phone by cheating the update process using an OTA update.zip to allow for root. Once I get it rooted this way it will allow me to rip the stock recovery.img and also...

Vmobi is born…

Vmobi is born…

So from MTDEV to HTCDEV to now Vmobi. I have created a new developer site to integrate all the users from Android Forums that work on the Virgin Mobile phones to all assist one another. Since Virgin Mobile phones do not get a lot of love from XDA I thought it was time...

So you want to P2V with SCVVM using an OEM License?

So you want to P2V with SCVVM using an OEM License?

Well, this week I had a pain in the keister with SCVVM 2012 and ripping a physical Dell server with OEM Windows Server 2008 R2 to virtual. The problem is when I ripped then server I could not get Windows to activate to save my life. I tried and tried, but kept...