The main reason I decided on the Pioneer SBT-PM91 Power Meter is the extra data it provides. In addition to the real left/right balance that any true L/R power meter delivers, it also surfaces insight into stroke dynamics and “efficiency”. There are many options on the market, this video outlines the rationale and some basic things I’ve learned in the […]
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It’s really easy to replace the magnets that come with the Pioneer SBT PM91 power meter. I swapped them originally because I wasn’t happy with the placement/aesthetics of the non-drive side magnet (looked horrible), but discovered afterwards that the data quality has improved when riding indoors as well.
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Apple’s recent iOS12 release brought significant updates to the platform. The one I’m most interested is Screen Time. I was looking at an external parental control network device, for example Circle. iOS12 offers parental control, which seems to remove the need for an external device at least for iOS devices. Use In the past iOS parental controls were more atomized. […]
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After setting up a Pi-hole DNS server for my IoT network VLAN, it was time to configure the internal firewall so that devices on it wouldn’t be able to communicate with the other VLANs in an unsolicited way. Ubiquiti has an article posted on their site which lays the foundation for this goal, but it doesn’t quite meet my requirements […]
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I recently setup Pi-Hole on my IoT network following the instructions on Scott Helme’s blog. Unfortunately the JSON config that he suggested didn’t quite work on my network. Full disclosure the solution here is pulled mostly from the comments on his post, so this is more documenting the thing that I found, than the thing I figured out on my […]
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A member of my family recently realized that they had forgotten the password to their Windows 10 machine, mostly because they always used the PIN or a fingerprint to login to the box. Normally, I would fire up the Local Users And Groups MMC plugin, but that didn’t work because they aren’t running Pro (I know…). After a quick search […]
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Having recently upgraded to the Vizio P65-E1, we have been pleased with most aspects of the display – except for one really annoying problem where it would not negotiate a 10/12-bit UHD 4K resolution with any device whenever a longer HDMI cable was used. Vizio has been really helpful trying to run down the problem (even replacing the set), but […]
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After installing the Middle Atlantic DWR-12-32 wall cabinet, it was time to spend some time thinking about temperature control. Most of the time, our utility room is cool enough that there is no need for active cooling in the rack. But, with the furnace and water heater also located in the room it does get warm enough to worry about […]
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I recently started a project to try to use the space in our utility, er… server room better. A big part of this was getting a wall mounted rack that I could use for our server and the network equipment that also lives in the space. After a lot of research, and some help from my friend Adam who knows […]
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I didn’t think to wire in the humidifiers when I initially replaced the thermostats in our house for a pair of Ecobee 3. After the weather got cold, and dry, here in Chicago I quickly realized the error of my ways. Not that the existing install wasn’t working, it just wasn’t working as well as it could be, or connected […]
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