The University of Colorado's iconic live buffalo Ralphie VI, nicknamed "Ember," is retiring after four years of service as college football's greatest mascot. I am glad that Ember will get a great retirement but also disappointed that Ralphie will not run for this year's home opener.
I was lucky enough to get to see the debut of Ralphie VI at the Sept 3, 2021 University of Northern Colorado at University of Colorado football game and I will never forget it. See the great video below with a wonderful September Colorado sunset.
So today, I went with my father-in-law, Joe, to the Indy 500 Racing Experience. Which means we got to take 2 laps around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway at about 165 miles per hour in a two seater Indy car. It was so much fun to do this during speed week at Indy.
We had a great time and had really good weather for it. I will not forget what it was like to go that fast around the track and see the stands and all of the items on the track go by in such a blur.
I took a few pictures and some video.We want to thank all of our friends at North Mechanical who got us on the list for such a treat.
I had a great trip this past weekend to visit with my mom and aunt, now that travel is a bit easier. Had a couple of great walks along the Reedy River in downtown Greenville, SC.
So we did get a chance to finish up my home networking project this weekend. My friend Conrad helped us rewire and straighten things up. By the end of the weekend, I have a new wifi6 setup (netgear mk86) as well as a 16 port switch that is activated on all the data ports in the house. See below for before and after.
Video of new switch up and running! (thanks Conrad :)
Home Networking Project 2021 from Robert H. McDonald on Vimeo.
I really love this set of images from 2018. Great times and fun photos!
So I just found out about the Joby Aviation vertical lift all electric car. Toyota seems very interested in it. I have pasted one of the first videos of the car flying below.
So my friend Conrad will be coming for a visit in the near future and we are working on a home network project that should take things in our home to the next level. Working to setup all of the cat 6 in my place to run through an unmanaged switch and help me connect my mesh network through a wired backhaul to the service provider.
Still trying to decide on which system to use for the mesh network. Looking at several options. I wish Eero my current mesh had better PoE options - but they only have a proprietary option that is difficult.
Instead will look at netgear nighthawk mk83 - brand new as of March 2021 and does wired backhaul as well as PoE and WiFi 6. Also will be using a netgear unmanaged switch at my switch box to connect all of my wired connections in the home.
I really like this vintage piece. It is a Heuer Camaro with a manual winding Valjoux 7733 movement.
