What I’m working on

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Assess, coordinate, and remove excess equipment

Wargaming.net management was looking for ways to reduce cost at the Bellevue location. The solution chosen was to move out of our current location and secure a more cost efficient office. With the lock downs in effect as a result of the pandemic the Bellevue office was completely work from...

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Smoking Meats
Cooking

After moving from Texas up to Seattle, I have discovered that Barbecue doesn't mean what I grew up thinking it means, Hamburgers and Hot Dogs is not a Barbecue, those are Hamburgers and Hot Dogs. Barbecue in my mind is smoked brisket, pork or beef ribs, and pork shoulder. Right...

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Retro Stereo Build
Audio

Table of contents My Goals for this proejct The Beginning Down the Rabbit Hole But Wait, There's More... It Doesn't End Bringing the Retro Stereo Into the Modern Age The Upgrades Continue... What About the Original? Future? My Goal My original goal was to clean out my study closet to...

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Build personal computer
Personal Computers

The goal of this project is explore technologies, and abilities of new computers. I cannot afford always buying the best, or every sample of CPU, graphics card, memory, etc. However I can buy different brands, and upgrade once in a while to see what is out there. I am admittedly...

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Make use of VLANs in Home Network
Home Networking

The goal of this project is secure my home network and learn more about networking in a real environment. The Cisco router I have makes using VLANs fairly easy, but I want to do more with it. I would like to separate all network infrastructure from the current VLAN for...

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Raspberry Pi
Home Lab

The goal for using nRaspberry Pi's to explore Ubuntu and create neat little everyday usable projects. These projects include: Audio streaming receiver Receive bluetooth signal from phone or other device and play music through either RCA or Optical to stereo Play music from my Apple iTunes library to my stereo...

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Upgrade Home network
Home Networking

My goal in this project was to create a robust and capable home network that had the expanse of a low level enterprise environment where I could manage all aspects and be reasonable sure it is as secure as I can make it. When our wireless home router decided to...