Monthly Archives: October 2016

Is Your Cat Eating Your SSD?

Maybe its not your cat, could it be Firefox?
This applies to LINUX as well.
If you’re running an SSD and using Firefox as your browser, keep reading.


rachael-chairI’m going to skip all the who, what, where, why, when and just dig into what you need to do.

Here is how to correct the issue–that I didn’t explain but I left links at the bottom so you can read up on it.

1) Open Firefox and in the address bar (not the search bar), type in (not using the quotation marks) “about:config”, then hit enter.
2) Select the blue box that reads, “I’ll be careful, I promise!”
3) Search for, no quotation marks or hyphens, “browser.sessionstore.interval”
4) Double click it and replace the 15000 with a number that you choose from the below chart–I’m running it at 900000 that sets the backup writes to every 15 min which I may changeaddress-bar to 30 min at some point.


Each tab you have open while using Firefox, will be saved/backed up every 15 seconds by default. To adjust that number, refer to the chart below.
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Below I have calculated some general numbers for you to choose from for a quick Firefox edit.
NOTE: When adjusting the millisecond numbers in the Firefox settings, do not searchinsert a comma or spaces, “number only” is the way it works.

 

Milliseconds to Minutes chart;

15,000 = .25 or 15 seconds
150,000 = 2.5 minutes
250,000 = 4.1 minutes
550,000 = 9.1 minutes
900,000 = 15 minutes
1,900,000 = 31.6 minutes


If you want to choose a different time option, then here is the link to the converter.

Information resources for further reading if you’re interested.

servethehome.com
pcper.com
davidtan.org

Have a nice day,

–heinz

24 hours after the storm

Eight hours before the storm was scheduled to hit my area, I decided lop off my lemongrass with the idea that mlemongrass2maybe this will help prevent it from winding up in orbit when the 100mpr winds touched it. Okay, so no storm and no wild west action just out side my back door however, upon checking on them not 24 hours after I had cut them, this is what I found. They had shot up a minimum of one inch and in some cases lemongrass3close to 1 1/2 lemongrass4inches. I was amazed. Prior to assembling this little grow rig, I learned about the soil requirements for lemongrass, of which one component is magnesium. From Home Depot I picked up the following: (50/50 compost/manure mix), potting soil, slow release all purpose fertilizer which contains magnesium, perlite so the soil would stay loose and I added about 2 cups of Epsom salt to each bucket to boost the magnesium levels which lemongrass (citrus family) really like. Each bucket started out with only 3 stalks of lemongrass that I picked up at a local Asian market, rooted them in Mason jars and water in the direct sun at the end of my driveway, which took about 2 weeks.

End of report

–heinz

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Cat, if you see this; are you sure you don’t want these plants?

2016.10.06:1700, Wind is starting to pick up. Feeder bands are coming in on a more consistent basis now. Around every 30 min the wind will really pick up and drop lots of rain, then calm for about 20 min. I wasn’t going to move these razor sharp plants, I sliced my arms up pretty good justplants putting them there. Cat, if you happen to stumble upon this post, they are still at the end of my driveway, come and get em, you still have time, last chance before the storm haha. Update, I’ve secured Rachael and Dexter inside the house, and moved two of the best cat beds into the closet in the bathroom for just-in-case emergency ops. Will check in later if the power is still on…..OUT.

–heinz

That Old Coleman Stove

Who remembers using a dual fuel Coleman stove? I remember the stove and lanterns when I was a kid, along with the poison ivy, bee stings, cuts from rusty barb-wire, getting slivers infected and everything else–at least I managed to escape my teens without broken bones and all my testove3eth. :-). Back in 2004 and 2005, a few storms had blown through Boynton Beach, FL; 2004 Sept 4th Hurricane Frances, 2004 Sept 26th Hurricane Jeanne, and 2005,Oct 24th Hurricane Wilma. I was lucky enough to find a Coleman Sportster II 533 dual fuel single burner stove at the local Walmart for around 45 dollars, if my memory is functioning. So today, 2016.10.06, Matthew is flying over for a visit. I dug out the Coleman stove that I bought over 12 years ago (with the same unleaded gas still in the tank from when I last used it), pumped it up and it poof, it lit on the first go! From what I remember, the sole reason I bought it, was to not be without coffee, and it worked perfectly. I must add here that I only remember buying one gallon of gas in one of those red plastic gas cans, and after 3 hurricanes, I don’t remember ever buying more gas for the little stove. In other words you can see that its suppstoveer efficient, having filled it only once and there is still gas left in it. Looking on Amazon I see its not much more, about $60.00. Just in case you’re wondering, yes I would buy it again. So here it is Thursday around 1040am and I can actually see the plants and trees starting to move around out there. I still have lots of stuff to secure so I’m trying to make this fast—will correct errors later, if I’m still alive…HA! So last night I had a buddy order the “Coleman 2 Burner Dual Fuel Compact Liquid Fuel Stove”, yes they gave it a long name, lemme find the model; (Item model number: 3000000396) or Colemen 2 Burner Dule Fuel 424. Sorry for being rambley, just trying to be thorough so you get the right info—or thoroughly confused. :-). So stove2based on the storm, I should have it Monday, although he bought it yesterday with 2 day shipping, the storm may delay it. I had him get it because he has free shipping—anything to save a few pennies, so I can buy more candles. I have info on candles, but not now, have to secure my yard, winds picking up! I’m in West Palm Beach. Just do a search on youtube regarding “making candles with crisco”. The real trick is, you need to use a small candle in the center or else the wick will fall over… Wind is picking up, will report back when able… OUT.

Nice review on this stove on YouTube HERE

–heinz

Hurricane Matthew; Are you ready for it?

waterAre you read20161004_183615y for a situation in which you wake up, and while trying to make coffee you find the water has been shut off due to the hurricane that blew over during the night that you just so happen to sleep through. Do you have a friend that likes to “drink”? Do you go on four-hour road trips, and like to have some ice cold, fresh water with you? The pictures should just about tell you what you should have been doing even before any hurricane was on the radar. Repurposing glass bottles is a no-brainier and should be something you would already be doing to store fresh water that you produce by ways of your own filtering system. If you are not filtering your own water by now, well….that’s a whole other story 20161004_183638altogether….yike20161004_18365320161004_190005s, I can’t believe some people still trust what comes out of their tap… Also, you should be storing some frozen water to use as ice-packs to toss in a small cooler which would hold your filtered water for a nice road trip. The glass bottles and home filtering system should be standard ops for anyone these days, at least those who live in South Florida. I use a CrystalQuest 10 stage filter system that includes an arsenic filter. I will update this blog post when I have time. Chime in if you have any other “water” ideas.

As per The Palm Beach Post found HERE
Current Status/ West Palm Beach area
2016.10.05: Tonight: 15 mph sustained, 25 mph gusts
2016.10.06: Thursday 6 a.m.: 20 mph sustained, 28 mph gusts
2016.10.06: Thursday noon: 34 mph sustained, 50 mph gusts
2016.10.06: Thursday 9 p.m.: 52 mph sustained, 72 mph gusts
2016.10.06: Thursday midnight: 64 mph sustained, 84 mph gusts
2016.10.07: Friday 2 a.m.: 68 mph sustained, 90 mph gusts
2016.10.07: Friday 6 a.m.: 45 mph sustained, 63 mph gusts
2016.10.07: Friday noon: 24 mph sustained, 33 mph gusts
2016.10.07: Friday 5 p.m.: 17 mph sustained, 24 mph gusts

End of report.

–heinz

 

Roman, the office mascot

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While drawing out this year’s Halloween display on our office backdoor/chalk board, Roman, the office mascot climbed into one of the characters and took control of the legs. We had to provision a portal for his tail to stick out. End of report.

–heinz

 

Early Morning Photo ops in Jupiter, FL

img_2224_5_6_interior-3junobeach2016.09.30, Friday; I set the alarm for (0420 Saturday) so we could get on the road by 0530, hopping it wouldn’t be an overcast sunrise for a photo snapping session at the beach in Jupiter, FL. As it turns out, it was overcast. It was however, also very calm with almost no wind at all which is unusual. If anyone shoots photos at Blowing Rocks Preserve or anywhere in that area, they’ll know what I’m talking about. There is almost always a pretty good wind from the East, blowing sea spray right into their lens. The blowing rocks area in Jupiter, FL almost always gives up some nice photos and today I was lucky enough to get a few HDR and a few singles. As always, I shooting with my standard setup; Canon 5D MKII, Canon 17-40L, almost always shooting at the wide end of 17mm, iso 100, F22. Some times I play with the iso to speed up the shots a little if the sun is taking its time to come out. We ran into some other photographers there, and one just so happened get a shot of me standing in the middle of a wave-explosion while I was framing a shot. We exchanged our contact info and I’m just on standby, waiting for him to send me the picture, of which I will post here. Some day I will have a functional gallery somewhere in this domain space. If anyone knows of any other interesting SeaScape areas between Jupiter and Miami, FL, let me know. End of report, will report back when able

–heinz

Which is your favorite method of taking kratom?

kratom-leafs-2Come on guys, lets hear everything you’ve got. What is your preferred method/amount? I read somewhere that 9 grams was the upper limit, and even then you may feel a little nauseous. On my first go at this, I used a whole tablespoon to make some very strong tea. I’ve got some serious lower back pain and that large dose really numbed the pain for about 6 hours, but it left me with a nasty hangover-style headache. Reading more on this, I see it was way over the normal dose to take. Should the amount very depending on the strain, of which there are too many to list/learn.

–heinz