Yearly Archives: 2012

In celebration of a positive annual 2012 physical, I decided to do a follow-up VO2 max test with POTENTRx in Seattle. The test today went great, and I learned lots of new things about my personal fitness, and fitness in general, just as I always do during these tests. I’d […]

Knowing Myself Part Deux and Updated VO2 Max Data from ...

This entry was posted in Fitness and tagged cycle elliptical heart rate POTENTRx spinning test VO2 max on May 16, 2012 by Steve Jenkins (updated 4501 days ago)

I’m writing this blog post after getting home from my annual physical. The results were great, and my doctor is almost as proud of me as I am of myself. I’m down 30 lbs, my resting heart rate is 30 points lower, and he reduced my cholesterol meds for the […]

Want fitness results? Know thyself.

This entry was posted in Fitness and tagged exercise fitness heart rate Polar VO2 max weight loss on May 15, 2012 by Steve Jenkins (updated 4573 days ago)

I’ve been noticing some wonkiness with the admin area of our WordPress blog at CheatCodes.com EXTRA!. Through some experimentation, I noticed that all of the issues went away if I put CloudFlare into Development Mode. This, however, isn’t a long-term fix, so I decided to create a CloudFlare Page Rule for […]

Fixing WordPress Admin Issues with CloudFlare Page Rules

This entry was posted in Reference Technology and tagged cache CloudFlare Page Rule WordPress on May 7, 2012 by Steve Jenkins

This is one of those blog posts that’s almost 100% for my own benefit, since twice a year I have to fumble around with my phone system trying to remember how to adjust the clock to and from Daylight Savings Time. Of course, this would be easier if I knew […]

How to Adjust the Clock on a Panasonic Hybrid Phone ...

This entry was posted in Reference Technology and tagged adjust clock daylight savings time hybrid Panasonic phone phone system programming time on March 12, 2012 by Steve Jenkins (updated 3910 days ago)

As you may be aware from one of my previous posts, I decided to ditch both of my analog phone alarm companies in favor of digital monitoring using my Envisalink 2DS adapter which connects my DSC alarm panels to my in-home networks and, along with a host of other features, […]

How to Disable Phone Options on a DSC Alarm Panel ...

This entry was posted in Product Reviews Reference Technology and tagged 2DS alarm disable telephone DSC Envisalink Eyez-On panel on March 6, 2012 by Steve Jenkins (updated 4643 days ago)

Man – this post saved my bacon today: http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/rebooting-magic-way Was able to reboot a CentOS box with what appears to be a failing (failed?) file system. We had backups, but we’re evacuating the server now. 🙂

How to Reboot with a Bash Input/Output Error

This entry was posted in Linux Reference Technology and tagged bash error Input/Output Linux reboot on February 14, 2012 by Steve Jenkins (updated 4664 days ago)

Here’s a copy of an email I just sent (on Feb 11, 2012) to the customer service email address and my salesperson at Bedroom Furniture Discounts, from whom my wife and I recently purchased new bedroom furniture. They were fantastic to work with on the sales side, but I think […]

Bedroom Furniture Discounts & Exel Direct’s “White Glove” Delivery Service

This entry was posted in Product Reviews Rants and Raves and tagged AICO Bedroom Furniture Discounts Exel Exel Direct Michael Amini Furniture Villa Valencia on February 11, 2012 by Steve Jenkins (updated 4643 days ago)