Very disappointing....

K0akm

Heritage House

Heritage House of Rochester

225 First Av NW
Rochester, MN 55903

Phone: 507-286-9208
Alternate Phone: 507-288-4692
susanlemke@prodigy.net

Eating a sausage taller than he is.

Stamps.com - I'm not impressed - I DO NOT RECOMMEND>

Very expensive at $15.99 per month. 
VERY hard to cancel too.
It borders on a scam unless you do a LOT of Package mailing.

wake me up

Hello world

windows 7 note

http://www.winsupersite.com/article/windows-7/clean-install-windows-7-with-upgrade-media


and http://forum.notebookreview.com/hp-compaq/120228-clean-vista-install-no-activation.html

Can't get to windows update on XP machine? Try Hitman Pro

Getting a DNS error trying to go to windowsupdate.microsoft.com?  Hmmmmmm?


VERY annoying, but check out Hitman Pro 3.5.

CLEANED up my issue.  Had some quite disturbing malware on this old machine.
Working much better after Hitman fixed it up and found a local proxy issue and pci.sys rootkit issue.
Yikes!

Bike

3.731 g at 3.639
97492
131.9

Bike

97360 
4.31 g at 3.739
128.1

Random stuff

You've probably noticed I sometimes post random numbers or facts...stuff that I need to remember...It's like a HUGE notepad for me. :)

040580819201

040580819201

Speedtest.net Mobile Result

very good 4 g coverage at the top of the hill in schmidt park ...Rochester MN

Test Date: Apr 24, 2011 1:47:36 pm
Connection Type: EvdoA
Server: Wichita, KS
Download: 7150 kbps
Upload: 959 kbps
Ping: 347 ms

External IP: 184.250.56.32
Internal IP: 184.250.56.32
Latitude: 44.06785
Longitude: -92.45778

A detailed image for this result can be found here:

http://www.speedtest.net/android/48459207.png

Ookla operates Speedtest.net using a massive global infrastructure to minimize the impact of Internet congestion and latency. With millions of tests performed every day across hundreds of servers, Speedtest.net is the ultimate resource for bandwidth testing and related information. Visit it on your computer today to find out why.

203.3  mi on 13.43 g. E85.
Comp says 15.3 mpg

Cold and crappy today

The momma.

Larry's exchange with Momma:

Momma: Who the HELL are you?

Larry: I'm Owen's friend.

Momma: Owen doesn't have any friends!

Larry: That's because he's shy.

Momma: No he's not. He's fat and he's stupid!

Cold!

22695

22117

Miles

Happy New Year!

21526  42.75 @2.859

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At Flying J in Sioux Falls! On the way to Brookings.

Scott County Law Enforcement Memorial Scholarship

Shameless plug for this:

www.scott-co-law-enforcement-scholarship.org

A committee and fund dedicated to recognize the future of Law Enforcement, while remembering the past, for those who died while serving on active duty within Scott County, Minnesota.

A brief history of the committee:


•The Scott County Law Enforcement Memorial Scholarship fund was established in 1983 by private citixens from a variety of communities within Scott County.

•The committee was formed to memorialize deceased LOCAL law enforcement officers who died while on active duty, by establishing a scholarship fund.

•The fund is designed to promote law enforcement careers for LOCAL residents that reside or work in Scott County


Link is here

Dee's recipes.....so they don't get lost.

November 25 at 3:57pm Reply • Report

Sunday Brunch Bake

12 large eggs
1/3 cup sour cream
1 lb. pork sausage
1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
1 onion, chopped
2 tomatoes, chopped
1 pkg (8 oz.) shredded triple cheddar cheese

Heat oven to 400

Beat eggs and sour cream with whisk until well blended. Pour into greased 13X9 baking dish. Baked 10 min. or until egg mixture is softly set. Meanwhile, cook sausage, mushrooms and onions in large skillet on med heat 6-8 min or until sausage is done. Drain. Reduce oven temp to 325. Spoon tomatoes over egg layer, cover with sausage mixture and cheese. Bake 30 min. or until center is set.



Roast recipe

3 to 4 pound roast beef or round steak
salt and pepper
1 small onion, chopped
1 pkg. brown gravy mix
1 cup water
½ cup catsup
2 teaspoon dijon mustard ( i used reg mustard and a little worchester sauce)
½ teaspoon garlic powder
½ cup red wine (optional)
Place meat in slow cooking pot. Sprinkle meat with salt and pepper. Combine remaining ingredients; pour over meat. Cover and cook on low 8-10 hours.
If desired, add small peeled potatoes and carrots. Sauce can be thickened with 2 tablespoons flour dissolved in ¼ cup of water.
I usually skip the potatoes and carrots and mix the roast or round steak with egg noodles.

PDANET and USB cables for the HTC Evo...thought it was a driver problem.

First off, I'll say I'm successfully using PDANet on my Win 7 laptop with my Sprint EVO. Composing this post with it, in fact.

Initially, I was having problems getting my laptops (XP and win 7) to recognize my Evo. "Unrecognized Device" or something like that.

Downloaded the HTC/Sprint sync software hoping that would install an appropriate USB driver...but the sync software wouldn't work at all. It should work fine on Win 7 (professional in my case). Then I started looking around the net for ideas. One chap recommended trying a different USB cable...so I did. Went back to the HTC cable instead of the cheapo generic one I bought on ebay. Instant success and no failures since.

APPARENTLY, SOME OF THE CHEAP MICRO USB CABLES are not fully compatible with the Evo (or possibly other devices). It seems to charge just fine on the laptop, but not so good for data transfer.

If your phone doesn't work on your laptop, try a REAL cable with the HTC sticker on it.

Bike riding today.

Got some bike time today running errands.

 

97232   125.6
2.859
Chester MN!   

Yes.... Chester, MN  

I remember we used to joke about Chester being near Rochester in 6th grade MN Geography.

 

Gas

12.24$ @ 2.699
97108 miles
Rochester

Frightening that this was an issue as recently as 1973

(excerpts from)
MINUTES
MANKATO CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING, MONDAY, APRIL 9, 1973
................................

Applications for renewal of all existing on-sale club liquor licenses
were considered. Mr. Schulze questioned the policy of the Elks, Eagles and
Moose Clubs concerning racial discrimination. Al Barnett, appearing on behalf
of the Elks Club, and Tony Smetana, manager of the Eagles Club, stated that
their local clubs favored abolishment of the ''whites only" clause in club
constitutions. Further consideration of this category of licenses was
postponed to later in the meeting in order to notify a representative of the
Moose Club.


................

With the appearance of Elmer McCargar, manager of the Moose Club,
consideration of on-sale club liquor licenses was resumed. Mr. McCargar
stated that Minnesota Moose Clubs have petitioned the national organization to
strike the ''whites only'' clause from their constitution and that locally no
racial discrimination is practiced. After further discussion thereon, Mr.
Schuster moved that all existing on-sale club licenses be renewed. Motion
seconded by Mr. Schramski with Councilmen Brown, Mocol, Schramski, Schuster,
Berg and Mayor Lundin voting aye, Councilman Schulze voting nay, motion
carried.
..................
.

I couldn't resist...

After haircut!

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Before haircut

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Pic test

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hmmmm

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic329797.html

The Ipox5 system is designed to transfer audio from your radio system and or computer users. You can use it as an intercom in an office envioronment AND have a dedicated area for your radio access.

http://aacnet.eu/pmr/

test from gmx email

1 and 1 internet rocks!

I have a few domains on 1and1.com

I had to call them tonight for a tech support question...

I was VERY impressed...they answered quickly, politely, and handled my question immediately and correctly.

This was the best tech. support call I've had in YEARS.

WAY TO GO!

I'm glad Sean pointed them out to me!

Dirt cheap domains and they even come with a free starter website.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED by "yours truly".

Link to 1 and 1

Free forums

bizhat.com!

k0uc.com

I registered k0uc.com and put up a minimal site on it. Not sure what I'll do with in the long term. Ham radio related something or another.

www.k0uc.com

6m FM

Well I finally connected up my 6m 1/4 wave groundplane. Have it on the Midland Syntech FM rig scanning 22 channels! Pretty much just noise tonight. The only repeater that I had any luck with in the past was the Burnsville machine. It doesn't appear to be working at the moment....so I had a simplex converstation with myself on the Cherokee AH-50..hi hi. At least both radios worked. Might have Doug go out for a drive with the AH-50 and see what we can do on simplex. The ground plane is only up about 10 feet, so it's a flame thrower by any stretch. I'd like to get it to the 20 foot level at least.

http://www.nf6x.net/greenradio/6mcallfreq.html

6-Meter Calling Frequencies for Military Radios

The Military Collector's Group mailing list has selected the following calling frequencies for our green VHF radios:


51.0 MC General local FM use. Selected because all green 6M FM rigs can tune to this frequency, and crystal-controlled rigs are commonly tuned to this frequency when they leave the depot. Note that this freqency is at the edge of the radio control band, and is also near FM DX frequencies, so please limit use of this channel to low-powered rigs with lousy antennas.

51.6 MC FM DX work. Selected because all green 6M FM rigs can tune to this frequency, and it is compatible with known band plans. Also, rigs such as the PRC-68 can tune to both this frequency and 51.0 MC without reprogramming. This frequency is a common FM simplex frequency, so it should be used instead of 51.0 MC when possible, in order to avoid interfering with DX and RC users.

50.6 MC Alternate frequency, for AM, etc. Note that this frequency is at the edge of the "all-mode" band, and is near the digital/packet calling channel, so please use it with caution.

Screen replacement success - with 5/8 update

I got the new screen installed in the AOD150. Works great....I think I broke a little more structural plastic, but there's plenty spare. :)

The new screen is matte rather than glossy....and my experience would tell me that's a good thing.

More later, but I'm happy to have my netbook back on the air (literally).

:)
B

5/8 Update:
The matte screen is wonderful. Very bright, just as bright as the glossy and excellent outside or in brightly lit indoors. I've been reading that the glossy screens are only for glitz factor in selling netbooks. They are OK...I'd have been happy with another one, but I think matte will be the future for netbooks as it is for "full-size" laptops. One benefit of the small netbook screen is the lower replacement price! A good thing for those of us that take our 'puters out a lot or have little kids around. Or big dads that should know better. Pick up the netbook by the base...not the screen.

http://myworld.ebay.com/screensusa - is where I got it. Fast shipping...excellent packing...perfect factory sealed screen.

Very happy with the screen. No dead pixels. Same Samsung brand screen as was OEM.

Project closed.

viking352

Just call me Viking352. Good handle.

AOD150 Acer screen replacement

I popped open my Acer AOD150 to see how difficult LCD screen replacement will be. Well......it's certainly not a piece of cake. On a 1 to 10 scale of difficulty, I rate it about 7 or 8. I don't recommend it unless you have worked on fragile plastic devices a fair amount. It's not easy disassembling without breaking the tabs and slots, etc. I'm pretty sure I didn't do it correctly as I broke a tab or two. There are plenty and it's built fairly well, but these are tiny fragile plastic pieces that don't appear to be made for disassembly and re-assembly. And then the industrial strength double-faced tape on the front of the screen is kind of a pain.

My new screen should be here this week.

Anyone with hints on this procedure, let me know.

I had it completely apart and put the broken screen back in, and it works no worse....so that's worth something.

About $65 for the screen from "Screenusa" on Ebay.

Closed circuit: Realtek audio drivers windows 7 on Acer Aspire One AOD150

I had the issue where plugging in the headphones would not mute the internal laptop speakers.

....and will probably have it again....I don't know how I fixed but I wanted to let folks know it CAN work.

If you don't have the 3.5 mm jack in "Jack information"....it's probably going to play in the speakers and headphones at the same time. Some people want that...but generally not.

I got the latest drivers from the Acer site and installed them and no go.

I ran RtlUpd.exe and then I seemed to have the 3.5 jack show up in the control panel.

Folks...this is not like the old days when plugging in headphones caused electro-mechanical switching to take place. The laptop audio port detects the headphones by resistance/impedance, so it's all electronic switching. It's a cool concept if they could make the drivers work like they should. You could potentially have the speakers on with the headphones. I've seen it work! What impedance load was being presented to the audio output amp, I don't know...so there's potential it was lower than expected and could damage the amp, especially at higher volume levels.

ANYWAY....hope that Realtek or Acer or Microsoft figures this out.

BTW...the microsoft generic drivers seem to work ok, but I wanted the stereo mix recording source, which I think is only available in the Realtek drivers.

Fix one thing, break 2 others.

Blackberry 8800/8830 Closed Circuit Advisory

HANDY LINK ALERT

http://unique-stuff.co.cc/fixing_sticky_blackberry_trackball.html

Try this site before you order a new trackball or remove the one you have now.

Also, be very careful with the retaining ring if you do remove the trackball. They are easily broken when removing or installing. ALSO, I highly recommend have a spare ring before you remove the old one. They are cheap on ebay. Pick up a trackball too...can't hurt to have a spare I guess.

The strawcleaning trick that worked the best for me was the one with the split straw end the "wings" method. My trackball is really like new again.

Thank you mr/ms poster at http://unique-stuff.co.cc/fixing_sticky_blackberry_trackball.html

Site link

Brady Palmquist
Palmquist.us

Trying to get this linked.

80s ladies.

Killing my hearing right now...80s tunes cranked in the headphones. Sure sounds good. I don't miss vinyl much.....plus I have more audio processing on this $300 laptop than we had in the studio back then. Belt 'em out Terri Nunn, Laura Brannigan and Martha Davis!

About $250?

Wavetek 3001/ 1170/U RF signal generator

Dataq and amateur radio

Anyone ever used Dataq Instrumentation products with amateur radio...particularly for remote base operations?

Seems they have some reasonably priced options for for control and data acquisition/monitoring.

If you have drop me a comment here on this site.

I'm considering building a remote base with HRD, a Yaesu FT897 and some sort of control/monitoring circuitry. Would be nice to be able to meter/monitor status and control things at the remote site.

Best Buy Sucks Again/Insignia DVD - Bad IDEA.

thank God for speakerphone and free cell minutes on the weekend. I'm on hold now for 18 minutes with Worst Buy. Good prices, but it REALLY sucks when something goes wrong. Thankfully, this is just a dead $40 DVD player. I M DONE with Best Buy.
There's no point going there anymore with Micro Center not far away and all the internet options. Don't they realize that? I guess they get us impulse buyers.

This was an Insignia DVD player that apparently had a 90 day warranty.
It will no longer power on.

I may go in the store and "accidentally" drop it on the floor...hoping it makes a bunch of small pieces and then pick up what I can and leave.

Acer AOD150 USB Webcam

The webcam in my Aspire One D150 is intermittent at best.

I've seen a number of posts about it.

If I close the cover about 2/3 of the way, the camera works.

When my warranty is over, I'll probably take the thing apart and fix it. Hopefully a loose connection and not a broken cable...though it wouldn't be much of a loss.

The webcam is adequate...at best.

I must like saying "at best"

Pandora rocks via Bluetooth on the Blackberry 8830

I was having trouble getting bluetooth to "stick" on Pandora...and ....

Ran across the following snips on :

http://supportforums.blackberry.com/t5/BlackBerry-Bold-BlackBerry-9000/Pandora-and-Livestream-to-Bluetooth-Headset/m-p/252331

Fixed my problem and Pandora rocks on in bluetooth stereo.

********************************************************************

This is simple and a "Piece of cake" when you know where to look and what to do. Check below my email reply from Pandora. I tried it and it works flawlessly!

Thanks for writing. Sounds like you need to enable Bluetooth in Pandora. To enable Bluetooth, go into the Station List screen, and hit the Blackberry key to pull up the menu. Select "Options" in the menu, then enable Bluetooth in the options menu (and save). Let me know how it goes. Best,Mike @ Pandora

Alcatel NSRX3C2ALC Bluetooth Stereo Adapter and Headset and Blackberry 8830

Pick up one of these at Sears today on clearance for $5! Works great on the Blackberry 8830 in stereo!

Went back and bought the only other one they had.

Range is good. Over 10 feet in my house that's full of 2.4 GHz wifi and cordless phones.
All I ask from bluetooth is 5 feet max, so it meets that!

Quality is very good and stereo seperation seems fine. So yeah, it works!

You can use any 3.5 MM headset...which is good...the one that comes with the package is weak. OK for phone calls, but is crap for music compared to even my $9 Phillips earbuds from Target.
Nice that they send a headset though. Especially since it has a built in volume control. The tiniest volume control I've ever seen.

Paired up with my 8830 with no problems at all.

The transmitted audio from the microphone is OK. Can't say it's spectacular, but it's very acceptable from what I've seen so far.

It's the best $5 I've spent on technology since I don't know what!

It's worth the $25 I see it selling for in other places if they are even still made.

I hate normal hang-over-the ear bluetooth headsets, so this is nice for lots of options!

I like headphones with a headband, NOT stuff in my ear or hanging on my ear. So I can clip this thing on any headphones and I'm set for delicious stereo music from Pandora, Iheartradio or MP3s.

Hello?

I've been pissing away too much time on Facebook and not posting anything on my blogs.

SOSDD here. (same old "stuff" different day) pretty much.

I've switched over to a new old cellphone. Since Austin dunked my HTC Mogul in the soda, I got a Sprint 8830 Blackberry from a friend to try out. It's a nice phone and very snappy. When you push a button it does what you tell it to.

Haven't been doing any ham radio things or CB radio things really.

Everybody is well here....that's a PLUS compared to the H1N1 session of earlier this winter!

See ya on facebook maybe.
B

Hardee's in Savage MN Pictures?

Does ANYONE have some pictures of the interior of the old Hardee's in Savage MN? I'm particularly looking for a picture of the ball pit that kids could play in.

I just can't remember anything about it and my daughter tells me there was one...which I don't doubt, but I'd like to refresh my brain!

Some pictures from tonight...

The snowman is getting weighted down again.


Austin is taking a picture of Jerrie making the Christmas Pizza.
That kid loves that camera...and he knows how to use it.

Here's the pic he took...

As we wait for the Christmas Pizza to finish baking!

Notice my truck buried in back of the tree. There is plenty O' Snow.

I should go shovel it off and drive it out.

He wanted sausages.

So I made some on the George Foreman grill...which was quick and a lot less messy than a fry pan! Browned up well! Peanut butter and jelly toast was also found to be necessary.

Video upload test

He likes these little hot dogs..

Austin Palmquist ...a little text there for the web crawlers

Our baby is staying Gramma and Grampa Palmquist

He's there till Saturday. When we were leaving he was sad and said "I don't want to miss you!"

Gramma says he's doing fine today.

We miss him though!

Making little turkeys

Swedish Chili

This is called Swedish Chili because it's pretty tame in taste.
Too tame for many perhaps, but you can some crap to make it hot if that's what you want.
If you make it hot enough you can get by with rancid hamburger probably. In a lot of chili all you taste are the peppers...hmmmmmm...anyway...

Recipe by (in order of contribution to the idea):
Geo. A. Hormel
Gerald Palmquist
Brady Palmquist

Ingredients:
1-1.5 lb. hamburger
12 oz can of tomato juice or V8
can of mushrooms...big (13 oz) or small can..up to you.
Hormel Chili (25 oz) - (I use the one with beef and beans)
Chopped Celery
Mrs. Dash
Season-all
Chili Powder
Dried minced onions or fresh chopped onions
Chopped Celery


Process:

Brown the hamburger. While browning, toss in the mushrooms so they cook up a little.
While browning, I put in Season-all, Mrs. Dash and some chili powder...not a lot of any of those.
Toss in your onions and celery too.

Simmer that for a while till the hamburger is cooked and it's all cooked thoroughly.

Since we are using canned chili, this is your main cooking time. The canned chili is already cooked and only needs to be warmed up. Slowly simmer the beef, onions, mushrooms and spices so they all soak up flavor. This is quick-serve chili for the most part. No letting it cook overnight or anything like that.

Drain off excess water and fat from the beef (or not if you don't care about the calories). :)

Add in the Hormel chili and some tomato juice and warm it up to serving temp...stirring occasionally.

Add other seasoning to taste. Tonight when I made it, I had to give it extra shots of all the spices just about! It was too tame for me even. Not sure why! Maybe the chili powder is getting too old.

Serve with crackers/oyster crackers and with bread slathered with butter.

VERY delicious.

Even Austin likes it...especially the mushrooms. The kid could live on 'em.

Variations:

Try it with Turkey Chili and ground turkey! ---could be a holiday tradition!
Add more beans!

Facebook broken?

I can't get to facebook at the moment...either directly or by a proxy. Weak!

Austin...

couple of recent pictures...click the pic for a large version.

In the top picture he is holding a little plastic Curious George. At first I couldn't figure out what it was!

Closed circuit -radio repair

Anyone have a service manual for a Radio Shack TRC-212 40ch CB portable?

Help!

I'm looking for this manual. If you've ever even seen one, please let me know.

power 88

The 'HITS JUST KEEP ON COMIN'" from power 88. It's been one great song after the other while I'm posting today. It's a very lucky mix. It's actually from Rhapsody this morning. The 70's channel. Excellent...just excellent hits. I don't always get this lucky...sometimes they play some stuff I don't really care for. But it's like a custom mix today.

Pix

This boy had plenty of bacon today. He is the "baconator." Or Bacon-eater as he calls it.
Here are a couple of pictures of yard work last weekend.

Crystal came up to help and Chester and Kim happened to be here, so Chester pitched in.

Austin just thought the leaves were fun. He'd been talking about jumping in the leaves for weeks.

MPX-96

Below is a picture of the board.

Listening to 88.1 this morning. "Power 88" is what I call it.

My little MPX96 transmitter pumping out music from the computer in the radio room.

You can buy the kit at http://www.northcountryradio.com/

The audio quality is better than any little box you can buy at a department or electronics store.

But you'll have to build it! And it's not for first-time builders.

There are some mods for it out on the 'net to make it sound better, but I think it sounds great as it is if you feed it with good audio of the right impedance and level.

Only wish I had an audio processor to put in front of it. Like an Optimod! I think I'd have to modify the MPX96 to take in baseband audio/stereo mix to use an Optimod though.

I had a blast building the MPX96 a few years back.

A month and a half to Christmas?

That's crazy talk. In a month or so we'll be in Rochester for the annual trek in search of fun, food, relaxation and shopping. Usually it's VERY cold and snowy that weekend. That's frightening. Hope it's warm this year. I spose I should make hotel reservations soon or we could be staying at a boarding house......I spose they still have those down there? I stayed in one once in the 70s with my grandparents I think. I remember Punky was along too.

Austin as Thomas