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I bought some extra bowl tix on craigslist. No issues.

I hear these horror stories all the time on craigslist, and yes I have been lied to a couple of times but caveat emptor , and I have had a couple of people try to scam me - it was pretty obvious but I have never worried about showing up and someone pulling a gun on me.

speaking of Craiglist I have a bowflex for sale on there right now

this is the email I received earlier tonight in regards to it (it has nothing to do with the bowflex)

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Hi Gina,

Was wondering if you still have the breast pump for sale? I know this is odd but I have large nipples. If I sent a picture could you check and see if it would still work?

Thanks,

Jessica

Sooooo, how big did Jessica's nipples turn out to be?

its going to take more than big nipples for me to bite

yeah you'd have to be a real sucker

"its going to take more than big nipples for me to bite"

A lot of directions a reply to that could go...

Enjoying that smart TV?

http://www.networkworld.com/article/284 ... 2014-11-04

Snowden didn't even see that one coming (actually I'm sure he did)

So, the fiancé and I bought her family's old house. Getting the tv wall mounted in the den with hdmi cable ran through the wall is proving to be a bitch for reasons I won't go into here, but the biggest tech issue I have is wireless internet. Our office is downstairs in the finished basement. The bullshit all in one phone, modem and router is placed there. There was some bullshit reason it has to be there which escapes me right now. I won't even try to move anything. I have little to no reception on the main floor/upper level. What can I do to extend the router's range without losing bandwidth? What would you tech people recommend? I need some suggestions. Thanks

Hedge is the board expert on wifi range.

I give DS s marriage 4 years.

if the house is old, its probably a faraday cage.

there are a few solutions but this is what I would do

from the basement, up thru a closet, dumbwaiter, laundry chute, bathroom air vent - whatever hole in the floor goes up thru multiple floors, I'd run a 50 or 100' Ethernet line from the basement to first floor.

Now buy a cheap "N" router and plug the ethernet cable into the "internet" port of the new router. Now you have a second wireless point on the first floor for roughly $70.

You can either setup the new router to be an extender (meaning you are on the same network with similar IP ports which works well for wireless printers, Xbox extenders, chromecast, etc) or just plug-n-play assuming the default IP ports aren't in conflict and have two wireless networks in the house and just connect to whichever one has the best signal

I actually have 3 wireless routers in my house for each floor all running from a single internet connection.

its cool that you bought the old house. The parents will be motivated to help you out financially on it in the future.

if the whole house is a faraday cage there shouldn't be a problem, but if the basement ceiling is one of the sides of the cage then it is a barrier between the house proper and the basement

The master bedroom/suite is over the back end of the basement (one of the parts that was added on the house, and my MacBook (but not my iPhones or iPad) can get a signal there. However, in the old part of the house (built in '49) I can't get a damn thing. The router is in the original basement.

Her mom (from whom we bought the house...thanks for knocking 100k off!) has helped us with some stuff. We're on our own for the most part though.

So, how do I set up the new router to be an extender? Will I lose bandwidth? I know next to nothing about this shit. I don't even know how to set up her wireless printer (I am sure I could learn, but I don't want to deal with the hassle) and need to get everything synched together. Plus, we decided to use my old PS3 in the bedroom in lieu of putting a smart tv in there. We can do amazon prime, netflix and MLBtv through that.

In short, everything needs to be done together. One guy told me to buy an Apple AirPort, but even though I like and use Apple stuff, I don't want to spend that much. I am getting married, have a mortgage and we want kids in a few years (she will be 37 when we get married in June). I need to save money wherever and whenever possible.

I don't even know how to set up her wireless printer

If its anything like most then...

Step one. Plug it into the wall electrical outlet.

Step two. Turn it on.

Step three. On the printer itself find network settings and select your network name and enter the wireless password like you would with any other device. If you can't find your network to connect to its probably because your shitty main router is in the basement, HTH

DooKSucks wrote:The master bedroom/suite is over the back end of the basement (one of the parts that was added on the house, and my MacBook (but not my iPhones or iPad) can get a signal there. However, in the old part of the house (built in '49) I can't get a damn thing. The router is in the original basement.

Her mom (from whom we bought the house...thanks for knocking 100k off!) has helped us with some stuff. We're on our own for the most part though.

So, how do I set up the new router to be an extender? Will I lose bandwidth? I know next to nothing about this shit. I don't even know how to set up her wireless printer (I am sure I could learn, but I don't want to deal with the hassle) and need to get everything synched together. Plus, we decided to use my old PS3 in the bedroom in lieu of putting a smart tv in there. We can do amazon prime, netflix and MLBtv through that.

In short, everything needs to be done together. One guy told me to buy an Apple AirPort, but even though I like and use Apple stuff, I don't want to spend that much. I am getting married, have a mortgage and we want kids in a few years (she will be 37 when we get married in June). I need to save money wherever and whenever possible.

you don't need an apple airport.

If you just want wireless access and don't know or care why all your devices should be on the same internal network, then do what I said earlier.


The only time you'd care really that I can think of is if you wanted to play Windows Media Center via your xbox from your computer and the Xbox was wired into network 1 and your computer was in network 2 or you wanted to print to the wireless printer and it was on network 1 and you're on network 2.

and even then, the new printers are setup with built in apps so you just type in their ip address and you get an interface screen to print directly to them.


If you buy a wireless extender you lose 50% bandwidth right off the bat.

You don't lose any bandwidth "splitting" your internet connection.

My brother's house was an old 40's era home - plaster walls with chicken wire lined framing - no signal could work. Someone told his wife to buy an expensive Apple Airport and it didn't work any better than their $60 Linksys did.

aTm wrote:

I don't even know how to set up her wireless printer

If its anything like most then...

Step one. Plug it into the wall electrical outlet.

Step two. Turn it on.

Step three. On the printer itself find network settings and select your network name and enter the wireless password like you would with any other device. If you can't find your network to connect to its probably because your shitty main router is in the basement, HTH

I think with TPS all you have to do is press the button on the router and then tell the printer to connect to it from the printer menu and you don't have to type in anything

I bought a media streaming device called the G-Unit MX2. Its basically a tablet for your TV that runs android 4.2.2

(after researching I should have just bought the Amazon Fire TV for $99 but its irrelevant for this conversation)

I'm new to XBMC but this is the main driver as to why all the new millenials and techies are cord cutting cable.

its occurred to me that mainly they are just in a mindset to steal TV off the internet thru various pirate channels and bootlegs and XBMC is setup to support this.

Anyways, I will be hooking the box up this weekend and playing with it. I'll give you guys an update on it later on but I was wondering if anyone here is running XBMC on a droid - their phone, tablet or whatever and can give me insight as to how people are getting ESPN and other cable channels thru it - is it reliable and high quality enough that I'll want to mess with it?

If your fiance is 37, I doubt "a few years" will be the timetable for kids. She's going to be on the "get knocked up" train on day one.