Move Media Center recordings to the Network
If you're using Windows Media Center, you will have come across the fact that you can't record directly to network storage (without using iSCSI anyway). Since I put together a home server, I was thinking through how I could set my system up to move my recordings over to my network storage. Then I remembered that the Windows Task Scheduler can be driven by events. So in the end it was ludicrously simple: Create a Scheduled Task with an event trigger. Note: these steps only verified on my own system running Windows 7. Your mileage may vary. On the Server, create a share and/or path for your recorded...
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Roomba 500 Series Error 2? Clean the brush gearbox.
The Roomba kept telling me I needed to clean the brushes after about 30 seconds of cleaning. "Error 2. Open Roomba’s brush cage and clean brushes." Sigh. It was also making a sick click-click noise as it tottered around. Visiting http://homesupport.irobot.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/740/p/788 suggested taking out the brushes and turning it on, to see if you still here the click click noise (25 seconds into the video). After opening a report with iRobot support, and finding out that it needed a $50 replacement part, I decided to just take a look at the assembly. After removing the bottom...
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