Author Archives: Josh Malone

Gear notes: Monoprice HDBaseT Extender

Posted on December 17, 2014 by

For NRAO’s off-site meetings, we bring our own AV equipment to the hotel/conference center; this reduces cost and guarantees equipment that we know works. This year was the first time we used HDBaseT in that equipment and I’m very happy … Continue reading →

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EDID Processing on Video Converters – A Rant

Posted on December 17, 2014 by

So, in the process of trying to help a colleague find a way to add HDMI support to an existing 5-BNC RGBHV switching system, I’m reminded of just how poor the state of EDID handling is on A/V equipment. Essentially, … Continue reading →

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Windows binary release of JS Timer now available

Posted on October 8, 2014 by

I’ve posted a Windows binary release of my JS Timer conference countdown timer app. It’s built with node-webkit and has the same functionality as the Mac release. Get JS Timer 1.0 from github!

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Tracking internet plugins with munkireport

Posted on October 3, 2014 by

UPDATE: Moments after posting this, Arjen has pushed changes to munkireport-php that integrate Internet Plug-in version reporting directly into the software. If you can update to the latest WIP version, there is no need to hack your munkireport installation.   … Continue reading →

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Moving LVM2 logical volumes from one physical volume to another – Part 1

Posted on September 17, 2014 by

So, on discovering a server that’s configured with the wrong disk layout, I find myself needing to consolidate all logical volumes onto a single physical volume (PV) so I can re-configure the other PV. The machine has the disk space, … Continue reading →

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First “1.0” release of my JS Timer app

Posted on September 11, 2014 by

I’m proud to announce the 1.0 release of my conference countdown timer app “JS Timer”. JS Timer is an easy-to-use, configurable countdown timer for timing presentations / talks at symposia, conferences, etc. It runs in any HTML5-capable browser, or in … Continue reading →

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Hello world!

Posted on September 10, 2014 by

(Decided to keep the default “first-post” title) I haven’t updated my NRAO personal page in quite some time. I’m going to use the WordPress platform to try and post more useful info from my toils as a System Administrator.

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