Monthly Archives: October 2015

If you ask someone “what’s your favorite holiday?” you’re sure to get a variety of responses. Some love the festive lights, music, and spirit of Christmas. Others prefer the smells, tastes, and family atmosphere of Thanksgiving. Hanukkah, Easter, New Years, and even Kwanzaa might make the list. But for me, Halloween will always […]

Why Halloween is an Australian Kid’s Favorite Holiday

This entry was posted in Personal and tagged Australia candy Halloween trick or treat on October 31, 2015 by Steve Jenkins (updated 2590 days ago)

After an unseasonably warm and dry Seattle summer this year, fall finally arrived. And with it, an abnormal amount of houseflies. In talking with my neighbors, I realized I wasn’t alone. I don’t know exactly why a warmer summer and later fall result in more houseflies (I’m sure there’s a […]

Review: Aspectek Electronic Indoor Fly Killer/Zapper

This entry was posted in Product Reviews and tagged bug killer bug zapper electronic flies fly fly trap fly zapper fruit flies insect mosquito review UV zapper on October 31, 2015 by Steve Jenkins

Steve Elliot's destroyed Ruger 9mm pistol — Last week, a friend of mine shared a public Facebook post on my timeline and asked me what I thought of it. So, after thinking about the post for a few days, I’ve decided to reply to the post (thereby answering my friend’s question about what I think about it) […]

Steve’s #ONEMOREGUN reply to Steve’s #ONELESSGUN

This entry was posted in Guns Rants and Raves and tagged destroyed gun Facebook onelessgun onemoregun Ruger Steve Elliott twitter on October 15, 2015 by Steve Jenkins (updated 3324 days ago)

Whirlpool inverter box — The most popular DIY post on my blog is, by far, How to Fix a Whirlpool & KitchenAid W10219463 / 2307028 Control Board for $6. As of this post, it’s received over 430 comments; the vast majority from frustrated homeowners who went online in a last ditch effort to find a way to […]

A Cheap(er) Fix for Whirlpool / KitchenAid / Kenmore Refrigerator ...

This entry was posted in DIY Reference and tagged compressor control control board digital inverter digital speed control DIY fix fridge inverter board inverter box JennAir Kenmore KitchenAid Maytag referigerator Repair replace W10133449 W10629033 on October 11, 2015 by Steve Jenkins

Bandwidth test as Sender — In the top-right corner of the Ubiquiti EdgeMAX EdgeRouter’s GUI interface, you’ll find a Toolbox menu with plenty of goodies inside (assuming you’re running a version of the firmware that has them, such as 1.7.0+). One of the menu items lets you test the Bandwidth to or from your router: Selecting […]

Using the Ubiquiti EdgeRouter’s Built-In Bandwidth Tester

This entry was posted in Linux Reference Technology and tagged bandwidth tool EdgeMax EdgeRouter iperf iperf3 networking router speed test toolbox Ubiquiti UBNT on October 10, 2015 by Steve Jenkins (updated 3330 days ago)

Ubiquiti EdgeMax EdgeRouter Lite — When I installed a UBNT UniFi Access Point Pro (UAP-PRO) in my house, I also decided to try out a new router: Ubiquiti’s EdgeMAX EdgeRouter. I chose their PoE version so I could run some powered web cams, but for most home or small office installations, I recommend their EdgeRouter Lite router: […]

Install an SSL Certificate on a Ubiquiti EdgeMAX EdgeRouter

This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged certificate custom certificate EdgeMax EdgeRouter EdgeRouter SSL self-signed SSL ssl cert SSL Certificate Warning Ubiquiti UBNT valid on October 7, 2015 by Steve Jenkins (updated 3045 days ago)