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Slack Downtime = More Productivity?

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JANUARY 9, 2018

At around 2:15pm EST today, Slack went down.  Slack, for those that do not know, is by far the most widely used internal business communication tool for businesses that I know...

Bomb Cyclone - Exploded Soda & Frozen Pipes

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JANUARY 4, 2018

Today there is a "bomb cyclone" in the northeastern region of the United States and the RustyBrick offices is getting our share of snow and wind...

Smart Garage Door

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JANUARY 2, 2018

In continuation of our IoT series, first with c-wires for Wifi thermostats and then smart wireless light switches, now I want to discuss smart Wifi enabled garage doors...

United Flex PQM

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DECEMBER 29, 2017

In 2017, I flew a lot less than I flew previous years - which means I did not reach United Airlines Premier Platinum level...

Chinese Food At Office

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DECEMBER 25, 2017

There is a RustyBrick tradition that on Christmas Day at the office we sponsor Chinese food for those who come in to the office to work this day...

Christmas Morning Emails

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DECEMBER 25, 2017

The screen shot above is showing you the number of emails I received between 11pm EST December 24th and 5:45am EST December 25th.  

Yes, only 27 emails!   It is Christmas and it sure feels like it...

Wireless Light Switches

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DECEMBER 21, 2017

This is my second post in what I hopefully will call my IoT, internet of things, series. The first one was about wireless thermostats and how to install a C wire on a heat only boiler system...

Unsolicited Calls With Familiar-Looking Numbers

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DECEMBER 18, 2017

The number of unsolicited spam phone calls I get on my mobile phone has been so bad, I simply do not answer phone calls anymore unless the number is from a contact already in my phone...

Winter Cycling Workouts With Zwift

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DECEMBER 14, 2017

During the Spring and Summer (and a little into Fall), I use cycling as a way to stay fit and enjoy the sun.  2-3 times a week I will commute to the office purely using pedal power...

Connecting C Wire Heat Only

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DECEMBER 13, 2017

Over the past month or so, I've been adopting a new hobby around IoT, also known as Internet of Things.  On the most simplistic level, IoT is about connecting devices of all sorts to the Internet so you can control them remotely or trigger them to do things based on algorithms or data...

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