Listen, I’ve given you some shit before about some of your opinions and boy do I love starring comments that take the piss out of ya. But by god is this the best article I’ve read on this site in a very long time. Great writing and a nice little love letter to one of the great gear head saviors.

Erik, as far as I’m concerned this is the best damn article you’ve written here, and not by a small amount. You found a topic that every gearhead has an opinion about, found an interesting interviewee who was willing to talk about it, and then you just let him talk and wove a story around the quotes. I’m not sure I…

If it weren’t for PB Blaster, I’d have to walk to the store.

I was at the point where I had pieced together my network from castoffs of a used router, switch, AP’s, etc, and when I was no longer able to get firmware fixes for my Sonicwall, I made the decision to go full board to keep management simple - I deal with enough stuff for the day job, having that single pane of glass…

Thank you so much for taking the time to type that all out, you’re a life saver.  I’m ordering a couple of 510s

How do you get internet to your neighbor? I have a building on my property, about 120' from my house that I need to get service to.

I’m in a near similar situation here. We’ve gone the UniFi route and we’ve been rolling upgrades to our AP’s, and upgrading our neighbor’s access in the process as well. This week we added the final AP we needed in our house, and now have excellent coverage throughout the property, soon we’ll add at least one mesh AP…

I’m always surprised how cable companies decide their cut-offs. In this case it sounds like they only need to run .2 miles of cable to pick up 3 customers who will be paying them $100-$200 a month forever. Seems like .2 miles of coax might be a worthwhile investment.

When I was a kid, outlets were rare. My grandparents would spend weeks in the summer traversing the country in an RV, visiting national parks, camp sites, small towns and invariably, outlet stores. My grandmother did the bulk of her Christmas shopping by stopping at these outlets. One year, in the midst of constructing…

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They believe in freedom - specifically their freedom, and if that tramples on someone else’s freedoms, well, too bad!

The same people that argue being tolerant means you have to tolerate their intolerance. Classy bunch.

~37 gigs it seems from the page I found.

+1 on everything you said.

+1 on everything you said.

I listened to Car Talk with my father, too (and, later, on my own—for years), and my gearhead Dad loved the automotive aspect, and I just enjoyed the punning and Ray and Tom’s honest interest in their guest callers.

Just cut to the chase

Just cut to the chase

Oh my god.

So you put the kitties into pairing mode?

If it’s just the grates that need a clean, built a hot fire in there, open all the vents and slap the lid on. 30 mins to an hour at the high end of charcoal temps should cook off just about everything on the grates. A wire brush will take care of the rest.

If it’s just the grates that need a clean, built a hot fire in there, open all the vents and slap the lid on. 30…

THIS. This is the undisclosed side-effect of tipping culture. We’d all be better off if wages were built so we’d never have to tip again.