John Bain

[Solved] Treadmill RF DSL interference

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 02:00:20 -0500

The Problem:

My old man had a second generation treadmill that when turned on would knock out his DSL and even cause his television to shut off. After some quick googling I discovered that this is a very common issue. According to dslreports.com

RFI is insidious. It can sneak around no matter what you do … totally wipe out your DSL.

Noisy RFI … can reach your computer or modem through the AC lines, but more likely by radiating from the AC lines to your phone line. … RFI can interfere with various sections of the spectrum needed for DSL, causing lower sync rates and throughput, and in some cases repeated interruption or even total failure to sync.

The Solution:

Find a power bar with an RFI/EMI filter to clean the power/signal coming from the offending treadmill. I had tried 2 different powerbars and only one worked.

1. Didn’t Work Rocketfish 7-Outlet Surge Protector (RF-HTS105)

This powerbar/surge protector sports a A 47 dB EMI/RFI noise filter which DIDNT work at all

2. Did Work Monster Power Center (FS MP HTS400)

This powerbar/surge protector sports some technology called “Monster Clean Power Stage 1 v2.0”

Once I plugged the treadmill into the Monster Power Center I was able to see the improvements immediately.

Hilarious canadian standup

Sun, 04 Dec 2011 12:33:25 -0500

Hilarious canadian standup

Old laptop digital picture frame ... or atleast it was

Sat, 03 Dec 2011 00:24:00 -0500

I hope this younger generation never has to deal with IDE ribbons, floppy drive, dip switches, and CRUSH-ABLE CPU CORES!!!!!

I have been working on this old laptop project for the last 4 or 5 days; Taking an old laptop(Pentium III 600mhz) and converting it into a digital picture frame. I had the fitment in the frame done, all my cables and ribbons run flat, linux distro tuned for speed and purpose … all it needed was a backing and one of those legs to hold the frame up.

I figured time for pictures!

I take 2 pictures of the frame booting and cycling images then I flip the frame over to take a shot of the back. I dont know how it happened but when I layed it face I crushed 2 corners of the CPU … check out the hi-res pics.

I know its my own fault but i think Intel should take partial responsibility for building a heat-sink that rests on 3 legs … wtf blue men !

Anyways time to find a mobile P3 cpu on ebay …..fuck

Local(Ottawa) folk rock quintet Kalle Mattson produced this...

Sat, 26 Nov 2011 11:53:52 -0500

Local(Ottawa) folk rock quintet Kalle Mattson produced this amazing cartoon history of the world to go along with their single Thick as Thieves. The video, which cost only $250 to make, was made with paper cutouts using stop motion technique

stungeye: 20 Hz visualizes “a geo-magnetic storm occurring in...

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:48:40 -0500

stungeye:

20 Hz visualizes “a geo-magnetic storm occurring in the Earth’s upper atmosphere. Data courtesy of CARISMA, operated by the University of Alberta, funded by the Canadian Space Agency.”

Mind Blown!

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:46:08 -0500

Mind Blown!

Made some posters for when Jets play in Ottawa :D #GO #JETS...

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:07:38 -0400

Made some posters for when Jets play in Ottawa :D

#GO #JETS #GO

#NHL

Pictures of Ottawa over Thanksgiving

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:35:00 -0400

Pictures of Ottawa over Thanksgiving

2011 NHL Gamecenter Live Blackouts

Sat, 01 Oct 2011 23:55:21 -0400

For my fellow Canadians thinking about purchasing a years worth of online NHL streaming you may want to know this tidbit of information.

Unlike normal sports blackouts for local teams, the NHL has broadcaster and local team blackouts. So if CBC, TSN and TSN2 are broadcasting the game on their channel then you wont be able to view the game on-line. Samething goes if my local team(Ottawa Senators) is playing a game anywhere … it will be blacked out as well :( .

To see a Canadian schedule I built from the NHL, CBC and TSNs go here.

If you have purchase Gamecenter Live during the pre-season then move fast as you only have 5 days to receive a full refund.

Our visit to Perth,Ontario

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 23:41:14 -0400

Our visit to Perth,Ontario

How not to change a tire

Sat, 10 Sep 2011 08:16:48 -0400

How not to change a tire

Nova Scotia Trip

Fri, 02 Sep 2011 22:42:48 -0400

Gonna try a travel blog, checker out http://bainsnovascotiatrip.tumblr.com/

Back of the bus

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 17:23:23 -0400

Back of the bus

Bolts in #octranspo bus 6628 seat have totally fallen out...

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 08:16:50 -0400

Bolts in #octranspo bus 6628 seat have totally fallen out … Had this strange urge to bend over and fix it for them too

Song of the night :)

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 22:49:40 -0400

Song of the night :)

Did the Shared Services kick my ass ... I dont know?!

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 20:58:36 -0400

Impossible … what happened ?

The Canadian government last week introduced the declaration of a new department in the #GOC, the Department of Shared Services(SS). The SS was formed as a cost cutting measure to bring the IT departments in almost all of the #GOC into a new level of fiscal responsability by consolidating Data, Email and Network infrastructures under one house. Now since I have started working in the #GOC I have been preaching cloud computing, wiki’s and shared resources.

So why would I be worried ?

Because it happened too fast, I’m still at the bottom of the tech pile fighting my way to the top.

What are you gonna do now ?

Gonna try and get back on top of the situation, with education. My chances of climbing the ranks through the normal course of time/experience/opportunity seem to have disappeared.

What are you gonna take ?

I don’t know, I have been eyeballing the Unix Admin course at Algonquin College but I’m unsure. These shared services may need a few linux/aix admin but who knows, I may just leave the public service … lord only knows.

Moral?

Life may try to get me down but if I want it bad enough I will take it all, after all I am a King Bain.

Capital Cruising: Time-lapse video of Ottawa

Sat, 30 Jul 2011 10:26:59 -0400

Capital Cruising: Time-lapse video of Ottawa:

Aazing time laps video of various locations in ottawa …. its a must watch

"Even Batman has to be Bruce Wayne"

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:53:58 -0400

“Even Batman has to be Bruce Wayne”

- Nick Charney

My Gnome-Shell Just as I like it :) … Unity sucks dirt :P

Sun, 10 Jul 2011 23:40:08 -0400

My Gnome-Shell Just as I like it :) … Unity sucks dirt :P

Google Payday!

Sun, 10 Jul 2011 11:21:00 -0400

I finally received my cheque from google … it only took 2 years. While in college I created a website to experiment with SEO and advertising tasks. I wrote a couple popular articled on the internet built some traffic for my site and then laid in some google adsense ad’s into my articled. Some articles worked better then others and some ad’s worked better then others.

If you want to try the same go for it … its almost free to-do. Just dont do it with articles that are IT/Computer related as your gonna be competing with the rest of the Internet. Pick something more niche … car or scrap booking or roofing(I did one for roofing) :)

Ohya the experiment site which is still earning but is no longer maintained.

http://old.kingbain.com

Peace!