Re: Geek's Garage @ 8000ft.
Those pics vary from all over the state.
You might want to take a look at TrailDamage.com
Those pics vary from all over the state.
You might want to take a look at TrailDamage.com
Geek's Garage
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Re: Geek's Garage @ 8000ft.
Just got back from 5 days and 1000 miles offroad in the 3 corners area (Colorado/Wyo/Utah border).
'Twas awesome
Full sized image:
https://photos.smugmug.com/Private/...017/Dino2017/i-FNx6TVZ/0/eed3808f/O/ridge.jpg
Just got back from 5 days and 1000 miles offroad in the 3 corners area (Colorado/Wyo/Utah border).
'Twas awesome
Full sized image:
https://photos.smugmug.com/Private/...017/Dino2017/i-FNx6TVZ/0/eed3808f/O/ridge.jpg
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Growlertdi
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Re: Geek's Garage @ 8000ft.
hey man, nice Rack... lol
hey man, nice Rack... lol
GLTHFJ60
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I hope that rack isn't going to live in your garage. You're going to ruin anything you put in it with all the dust that's in a working shop.
I hope that rack isn't going to live in your garage. You're going to ruin anything you put in it with all the dust that's in a working shop.
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It is going to be filtered.
Believe me I appreciate the issue - dust is my ongoing nemesis with my server collection
...only second to Windows updates
When i get 15 mining rigs running out there I will have solved my winter shop heat issue!
It is going to be filtered.
Believe me I appreciate the issue - dust is my ongoing nemesis with my server collection
...only second to Windows updates
When i get 15 mining rigs running out there I will have solved my winter shop heat issue!
GLTHFJ60
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Re: Geek's Garage @ 8000ft.
lol @ the windows updates.
Jealous about the mining rigs! That's a lot of money *******, but with the prices today (of bitcoin at least) it can be very profitable.
It is going to be filtered.
Believe me I appreciate the issue - dust is my ongoing nemesis with my server collection
...only second to Windows updates
When i get 15 mining rigs running out there I will have solved my winter shop heat issue!
lol @ the windows updates.
Jealous about the mining rigs! That's a lot of money *******, but with the prices today (of bitcoin at least) it can be very profitable.
Re: Geek's Garage @ 8000ft.
The rig before paid for that rig.
The rig before that paid for the one before.
I buy each one from already-earned profits and I pull a certain amount out as profit and I keep a certain amount in the coins mined as investments.
The speed of earnings increases with each miner addition but when the bubble bursts (and it will) I am in the black.
If this were a business instead of a hobby I'd consider growing more rapidly - but the way I do it my wife cannot protest as it is all free from its own earnings
I pulled the original investment out in profit long ago (bitcoin growth made that easy ).
If it all ended tomorrow I could liquidate the hardware for a little extra profit at the end (anything not obsolete). That said, if the mining game collapses like it did in 2013 - as long as it covers electricity costs - my shop gets heated for free this coming winter
It is kinda like playing that lemonade stand game back in the 80s
more **** arrived... [emoji851]
cheers,
Edward
The rig before paid for that rig.
The rig before that paid for the one before.
I buy each one from already-earned profits and I pull a certain amount out as profit and I keep a certain amount in the coins mined as investments.
The speed of earnings increases with each miner addition but when the bubble bursts (and it will) I am in the black.
If this were a business instead of a hobby I'd consider growing more rapidly - but the way I do it my wife cannot protest as it is all free from its own earnings
I pulled the original investment out in profit long ago (bitcoin growth made that easy ).If it all ended tomorrow I could liquidate the hardware for a little extra profit at the end (anything not obsolete). That said, if the mining game collapses like it did in 2013 - as long as it covers electricity costs - my shop gets heated for free this coming winter
It is kinda like playing that lemonade stand game back in the 80s
more **** arrived... [emoji851]
cheers,
Edward
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Geek's Garage and Crypto Mining Center
It has been a busy day
I got all of my west wall outlets re-wired back together after the windows install and decided to try something: building the 'data center' into the back corner of the shop.
My bigger idea being that I may consider building a seperate room in the back corner that allows me the ability to isolate hot and cold with the server rack (and mitigate dust issues as well).
After much playing around this moring - here's what I've come up with for layout thus far... I'm going to work with it like this for a while and see how I like the impact it has on workflow for the variety of things I work on out there.
I think the above photo kinda collapses the depth of field so here is another angle of the 'computer lab' section:
I am currently leaning toward putting a desk along the right-hand window (the view is delightful when sitting there ) and then the build/test bench is on the left.
For scale: I put a bicycle on the far wall. The server rack is 80" tall and the bottom of the ultralight's wheels are 7 feet high - so there is plenty of room.
The server rack is on casters - which is going to allow me to do two things:
1) determine hot/cold flow depending on needs (cooling in summer, heating in winter)
2) Roll the entire thing over to the house and into the basement utility room if I want to generate "free heat" for the house (each mining rig puts off significant heat).
The desk will be a working computer workstation - then I may put some sort of big screen up for watching motogp and/or for monitoring the miner's status at a glance when working in the shop.
It has been a busy day
I got all of my west wall outlets re-wired back together after the windows install and decided to try something: building the 'data center' into the back corner of the shop.
My bigger idea being that I may consider building a seperate room in the back corner that allows me the ability to isolate hot and cold with the server rack (and mitigate dust issues as well).
After much playing around this moring - here's what I've come up with for layout thus far... I'm going to work with it like this for a while and see how I like the impact it has on workflow for the variety of things I work on out there.
I think the above photo kinda collapses the depth of field so here is another angle of the 'computer lab' section:
I am currently leaning toward putting a desk along the right-hand window (the view is delightful when sitting there
) and then the build/test bench is on the left. For scale: I put a bicycle on the far wall. The server rack is 80" tall and the bottom of the ultralight's wheels are 7 feet high - so there is plenty of room.
The server rack is on casters - which is going to allow me to do two things:
1) determine hot/cold flow depending on needs (cooling in summer, heating in winter)
2) Roll the entire thing over to the house and into the basement utility room if I want to generate "free heat" for the house (each mining rig puts off significant heat).
The desk will be a working computer workstation - then I may put some sort of big screen up for watching motogp and/or for monitoring the miner's status at a glance when working in the shop.
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theoldwizard1
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That nothin' ! The system I ran when I retired 10 years ago (which was bult in about 1997) was about the same height and twice as wide. Required 3 phase power for not only the HUGE fan but for the multiple power supplies. I can't remember if it had 6 or 8 processors. Disk controllers and disk racks were separate.
Last I heard, it was still running although the main (custom) application was finally ported to Linux.
...because every man cave needs its own datacenter [emoji23]
That nothin' ! The system I ran when I retired 10 years ago (which was bult in about 1997) was about the same height and twice as wide. Required 3 phase power for not only the HUGE fan but for the multiple power supplies. I can't remember if it had 6 or 8 processors. Disk controllers and disk racks were separate.
Last I heard, it was still running although the main (custom) application was finally ported to Linux.
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dubber
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Hahaha, well said.
slik560
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Your shop is starting to resemble Doc Brown's shop in Back to the Future. Need more clocks, though.
slik560
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Life indeed imitates art...most of the time unconsciously.
pet peeve... you grabbed a bunch of XYZ at home depot all from the same bin and you didn't go through them and confirm that every XYZ was indeed the same and not misplaced. ugh.
Now i get to drive back there to return the round one and then (like usual) I will buy a bunch of **** I don't need to justify the trip...
Now i get to drive back there to return the round one and then (like usual) I will buy a bunch of **** I don't need to justify the trip...
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A bunch of parts arrived today for The Mine
Getting that much closer from being able to move everything from the house out to the workshop.
I received a bunch of the new "version 7" pci risers. Out of the last two batches (version 6) that I had ordered, I had had two bad devices. I mentioned it to the vendor when I ordered this batch and this batch arrived with two free ones included - no questions asked.
It is nice to see a small business take care of its customers so well If you are a miner - I highly recommend minerparts.com as a source for those little hard-to-find bits (and they have their inventory in Texas so you get it in a couple of days - unlike everyone else shipping direct from China).
The red one likes to hang in the shop with me when I'm working:
The blue one (aka the family idiot) perfers to run around outside and eat flowers
I am taking tomorrow and Monday off. It is going to be a productive weekend in the shop
Getting that much closer from being able to move everything from the house out to the workshop.
I received a bunch of the new "version 7" pci risers. Out of the last two batches (version 6) that I had ordered, I had had two bad devices. I mentioned it to the vendor when I ordered this batch and this batch arrived with two free ones included - no questions asked.
It is nice to see a small business take care of its customers so well
If you are a miner - I highly recommend minerparts.com as a source for those little hard-to-find bits (and they have their inventory in Texas so you get it in a couple of days - unlike everyone else shipping direct from China).
The red one likes to hang in the shop with me when I'm working:
The blue one (aka the family idiot) perfers to run around outside and eat flowers
I am taking tomorrow and Monday off. It is going to be a productive weekend in the shop
slik560
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Any truth to this: http://fortune.com/2017/06/15/bitcoin-ethereum-price-coinbase-down/
??? Hope its fake news.
??? Hope its fake news.
slik560
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OK....now they put out this: The cryptocurrencies’ prices bounced back later in the day. As of 6 p.m. Thursday, Bitcoin was down less than 3% and Ethereum was down just under 8% over a 24-hour period. Sorry for the hysteria....I'm leaving now.
slik560
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Since following this thread, I have been reading about the whole phenomenon. Although I still cannot get my head around the technology, the concept is extremely interesting. Amazing, actually. It's nice to know of someone that has actually made it work.
Mike.ASC
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Greetings Edward , I just discovered your thread and I just wanted to say that your pictures are breathtaking. I've always dreamed of living in the type of area your in.
Mike
Mike
slik560
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drill press makes a good laptop holder [emoji12]
great scott!!
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madoc1
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just found this. ama-ing location and shop. love the ultralight! i am in colo sprgs visiting-onl- 6250 ft but need the o--gen most of the time. cant do 8k an more. 
m son lived outside golden for awhile at 11k up coal canon i think it was. prett. sure will follow. ou must be tough to go thru the winter with no heat!
jim
m son lived outside golden for awhile at 11k up coal canon i think it was. prett. sure will follow. ou must be tough to go thru the winter with no heat! jim
2 new cameras arrived to replace the ************* samsung cameras (i have 10 other hikvisions and they are great. I would love to shove the samsungs up the *** of the "engineer" that designed them. It should be illegal to sell such shite but I digress...)
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I shared with my wife:
"the guys on garage journal think my shop is turning into Doc Brown's lab"
-she thought it was hilarious [emoji23]
We are going to rewatch back to the future this evening
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taumac
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Just got about half way through your thread. What a amazing place, home and shop you have. Living the dream you are.[emoji482]
I finished running 3 more 20amp circuits in the shop so then I took the miners from the basement for a walk... [emoji23]
Into the shop for conversion to 4U cases.
Everything up and running while I start building new cases. [emoji106]
Into the shop for conversion to 4U cases.
Everything up and running while I start building new cases. [emoji106]
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BoilermakerFan
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2 new cameras arrived to replace the ************* samsung cameras (i have 10 other hikvisions and they are great. I would love to shove the samsungs up the *** of the "engineer" that designed them. It should be illegal to sell such shite but I digress...)
Are those the 2.8mm or 4mm lenses?
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BoilermakerFan
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The ones pictured are a 2.8 and a 4mm. That said, I have several 2.8mm, 3mm, 4mm and 12mm in use (depending on a specific location's needs).
Thanks. What IR Illuminators do you use?
I turn off the illuminators in the cameras because they attract bugs and I waste far too much time cleaning webs from in front of the cameras
I then use this illuminator which turns night into day - amazon link: https://bit.ly/2q7BG3m
I then use this illuminator which turns night into day - amazon link: https://bit.ly/2q7BG3m