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Masterbuilt 30″ Propane Smoker Notes

Posted December 28, 2015 By Landis V

Recently bought a Masterbuilt propane smoker from Cabelas.  Had kicked the idea around for a while, and the price was the lowest I’d seen by 25%, so went ahead with the purchase.  Got it assembled the other day and ready for a burn-in run, started this post to keep track of any notes I come across on it.

It was noteworthy that I had to make some minor modifications to complete the assembly.  It looks like they sent me two front legs for the same side, so one was missing one of the semi-necessary holes to mount the control panel.  Probably could have gotten by without it, but I just drilled a hole and added the fourth nut and screw.

  • http://www.cabelas.com/product/MASTERBUILT-SE-PROPANE-SMOKER/1934607.uts
  •  http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/127853/masterbuilt-propane-smoker
    • Page with some suggestions for improving seal, temperature control, chip and water pans.  Suggests chunks instead of chips.  Also several suggestions for alternate smoke sources.
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LaView CUBE camera system

Posted November 14, 2015 By Landis V

Bought one of these a while ago.  It’s alright.  Not particularly secure, software is annoying, and I think there’s a lot more that can be done with it.  Gradually working on improving it, this post will capture random notes on it.

Bought tinyCam Monitor Pro in the Play store when it was on sale a while back, fought with cameras for a bit before giving up.  Came back to it for a bit today and was able to make it work with the following settings:

  • Camera vendor:  (Generic)
  • Camera model:  Generic URL
  • JPEG/MPEG/RTSP request:  rtsp://ip.addr.or.hostname:554/H264?ch=(1-8)&subtype=1
    • Where ip.addr.or.hostname is the IP or hostname of the LaView device and (1-8) is the channel/camera number you wish to add.
  • Protocol: RTSP over UDP (MPEG/H264/H265)
  • Username: valid username on device (default “admin”)
  • Password: valid password for username provided above (default for admin “123456”)

ONVIF Device Manager on SourceForge, appears to provide an NVR for network video forwarding and storage on port 8000.  Not  a ton of info on the port/protocol, but did run across it in the setup.  http://sourceforge.net/projects/onvifdm/

Somewhat relevant manual:  http://www.laviewusa.com/media/attachment/file/u/s/user_manual_d1_dvr_d5100.pdf

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How PowerPoint is killing critical thought | Andrew Smith | Comment is free | The Guardian

Posted September 29, 2015 By Landis V

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/sep/23/powerpoint-thought-students-bullet-points-information

Great read.

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The myth of the cybersecurity skills shortage | Computerworld

Posted September 8, 2015 By Landis V

http://www.computerworld.com/article/2979858/it-skills-training/the-myth-of-the-cybersecurity-skills-shortage.html

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The Largest List of Brewing Hops | MoreBeer

Posted June 15, 2015 By Landis V

https://www.morebeer.com/articles/homebrew_beer_hops

Pretty comprehensive post.

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EC/TDS/PPM Meter

Posted May 27, 2015 By Landis V

http://www.octiva.net/projects/ppm/

Looks like a fun and interesting project to build one’s own DIY total dissolved solids measurement.

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Census and Survey of the Visible Internet (PDF)

Posted May 20, 2015 By Landis V

http://www.isi.edu/~johnh/PAPERS/Heidemann08a.pdf

Interesting reading.

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