Computers and Electronics

For my birthday I received a indoor helicopter and it turned out to be a lot of fun.

Here is a video of how the Micro Mosquito works. After I got good at flying the tiny helicopter then I decided I wanted to get something that I could fly outside, this is how I got involved in the world of remote control vehicles.

While I was trying to find something that would fly outside I ran across this

Original DeWalt HydroFoam Video

and after watching that video I decided that I wanted to get one a HydroFoam, but it didn't turn out to be that easy.

I Just bought a new 2 way radio Cobra MicroTalk LI 6000 WX as it I really like this walkie-talkie.

I am also trying to decide on a new cell phone plan and I also want a new camera phone.

While shopping at Walgreens I ran across a mini digital camera, it has turned out to be a very good purchase.

I have been buying computers since the first apple IIe came out.  I always like to get a good deal on a computer since I know it’s only going to be useful for a few years then it will need to be replaced.

I have built about half of the computers from scratch, and the other half I have purchased as last years model when the new machines come out.

I figure I have saved tens of thousands over the years by buying a little older model that will still run all the software I want but just is not quite as fast as some of the computes on the market.

The best deal I have found is if you buy the parts from a discount store like Fry’s, they will run ads almost every week and sell stuff below cost to get people into their store.  If your patient enough you can put together a whole computer with these discounted parts and end up with a really nice computer and a incredible price.

I have also upgraded several TIVOs each time I add a 2nd hard drive or upgrade the single hard drive I have to go back and learn all over again how to do this.

So this time I am going to put all the instructions here so I can find them. Then in the future this will save me a lot of time.

TIVO Digital TV Recorders

• Mini Digital Camera
  I just bought a mini digital camera - it was an impulse buy, but I am happy with it.
  
  
• Cell phone service
  Tryiing to decided on a new cell phone plan
  
  
• Cobra MicroTalk LI 6000 WX
  I just purchased a Cobra microtalk and I think I am going to like it.
  
  
• TIVO Digital TV Recorders
  I really like my TIVO, I can't imagine watching TV without it.
  
  
• Tivo Hard Drive Upgrade
• Tivo Hard Drive Upgrade II
• Tivo Hard Drive Upgrade III
  My mom's Tivo would only record for 15 hours even though I added a new hard drive... find out what I did.
  
  
• Tivo Hard Drive Upgrade Notes
  I just installed another hard drive in my Tivo, here are some notes to help me the next time I do this.
  
  
• TIVO Series 1 Upgrade
• TIVO Series 1 upgrade instructions
• TIVO digital recorders