Grandstream GXV3610 disassembled

In the interest of completeness I'm posting my pictures here to show what the inside of the GXV3610 looks like. I couldn't find this anywhere else, so here it is: My goal was to remove the cable from the backside of the ball and run it…

Logitech 700e security camera disassembly

My 700e security camera failed after a couple years of use.  I got a Grandstream replacement, which I'll also post about, so I figured it would be good to take the 700e apart and see if I could figure out what went wrong.  Figure it out I did.…

Apple Watch and replaceable parts

Today I sent a note to Daring Fireball saying ythe following.  I think the backing for the Apple Watch will be easily removable and will support swaps at the Genius bar.  What I mean is that the casing, which will be the expensive part,will be static and the engine,…

Grandstream GXV3672 with replacement lens

I decided to not heed any warnings about replacement lenses for the GXV3672 and I looked around for a 2.8mm lens that was only 15mm deep.  I found one on Ebay and got it in within a few days.  The below pictures are before and after.  You can see…

Grandstream GXV3672 internals

I've had a Logitech 700e outside the house for a while.  For some reason it died recently, first working intermittently, and now not working at all. I've been looking at the Grandstream GXV series cameras, but I've been able to find little information about…

Times, they are a changing.

And yet some things stay the same.  I'm returning to IT consulting next week and I'm very excited to be doing this!  I gave the corporate job 3.5 years and while I thought it was good for getting that type of experience, it never really…

HandBrakeCLI on Ubuntu

Just a real quick command line for encoding my ripped DVDs to AppleTV3, or MP4, format: HandBrakeCLI -i /mnt/DVDs/BIGBOSS/VIDEO_TS/ -o /mnt/DVDs/BIGBOSS/Big\ Boss.mp4 --preset="AppleTV 3"…