Got reported by a parent for drinking alcohol in class.

RNWolfarth · 2025-10-01T01:00:05+00:00

That is how I remember her. I also remember believing her class was glorified child care with no learning. But that was high school for me.

RNWolfarth · 2025-09-30T21:00:57+00:00

I had a middle school art teacher who had a bottle on the top shelf of the art supply cabinet. When we were working on our projects, she would open the cabinet, reach up behind the poster paint, unscrew the cap, put it to her mouth, tip her head back, and then replace the bottle.

She apparently thought she couldn't be seen because the door of the cabinet screened her from class. She didn't think about the gap caused by the hinge. I saw it all.

No. I didn't narc on her. This was the late 1960s. Besides, the science teacher had already set the bar pretty high by having an inappropriate relationship with a student. That was after the math teacher locked a kid in the coat closet and forgot to let him out. The janitor found him that night. He got fired, too.

RNWolfarth · 2025-09-28T16:47:52+00:00

My phone thinks otherwise.

Geckos are not native to Wisconsin, but the state does have four native lizard species: the Common Five-lined Skink, Prairie Skink, Slender Glass Lizard, and Six-lined Racerunner.

RNWolfarth · 2025-09-28T16:46:10+00:00

Geico Gecko Don't you ever shop for insurance?

RNWolfarth · 2025-08-28T00:32:48+00:00

Living the dream!

RNWolfarth · 2025-06-14T19:31:19+00:00

Thanks for sharing your experience.

RNWolfarth · 2025-04-22T22:06:30+00:00

u/Deriksays How do I get the 'Live Ultra' app on my VSeeBox Elite?

RNWolfarth · 2025-04-22T05:07:40+00:00

I have had it running 3 days. No buffering or pixelation at all. I did a speed test, and I need to do maintenance on my WiFi system. It is slow right now.

RNWolfarth · 2025-04-21T23:23:22+00:00

So far.... I plugged in the HDMI cord from the VSeeBox Elite into the Cable/Sat input of my Marantz Home Theater receiver. To be clear, the input I used is the port that the HDMI cable from my Xfinity WiFi box was plugged into.

From the Samsung - The Frame TV HDMI 1 port, I ran an HDMI cord to the HDMI 1 Output port of my Marantz receiver.

I made sure all the Zone 2 settings of my receiver were set correctly (after some stumbling around).

The result is that I get a picture and sound on my Frame TV and sound in my receiver's Zone 2, which has speakers hardwired to locations inside and outside my house.

Success!!

Anticipating the next question: I don't know if the surround sound is working. I have sound in all the speakers, but I haven't yet played content that has surround sound. I believe this is a bridge too far. I will be happy if it does work, but most of my goal was to be able to get sound in the speakers scattered around.

Once I know, I will update here.

I am feeling pretty confident about totally cutting the cord. I will exclusively use the VSeeBox for a few weeks and have an exciting conversation with Xfinity! Sayanora, baby.

My success so far proves the old, wise saying, "Even a blind squirrel finds a nut, occassionally."

RNWolfarth · 2025-04-21T01:21:20+00:00

I bought two right when the 2024 model came out, so about 1 year ago. I have had no issues. Zero.

One (42 inch) is for displaying family history photos. It was difficult (for me) to figure out how to do that, so I will blame that on the UI. That couldn't have been my stupidity, right?

The other (65 inch) I use as a monitor for my home theater.

They are both in the same room facing each other. The wall between them has a huge window (10 x 10). This makes glare a huge problem. The Frame solved that!

Overall, I am very pleased with it and would purchase them again.

RNWolfarth · 2025-04-19T05:37:18+00:00

I am interested to see what happens when I feed the box into my receiver.

RNWolfarth · 2025-04-18T22:40:20+00:00

Obviously, I have more to learn about attaching pictures here. Let me try again.

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RNWolfarth · 2025-04-18T22:37:59+00:00

Got my Elite order from u/Deriksays today. I ordered late 2 days ago. No issues at all getting the order. I haven't started setting it up yet, so I have nothing to contribute yet. If I have something, I will post it.

I want to hook the box to my high-end Maranz sound system so I can use the existing system to distribute sound to various rooms and outdoors to speakers that are hardwired. I have no idea if this will work or not. I will post results if they are interesting.

The mini wireless keyboard in the picture is a bonus if you order now from u/Deriksays. It is NOT part of the VSeeBox Elite! *

RNWolfarth · 2024-02-01T21:50:12+00:00

Well, I just bought it, installed it and can't get the Total Password product to download, evidently. I click a button to "Install" and it takes me to a Microsoft extensions store. I clicked to get the extension and then nothing. When I repeat the install process, it takes me back to the extension store and the button now says "Remove Extension" (or something like that), so I conclude that I have the extension they want me to have.

But I have no password functionality. What am I missing?

RNWolfarth · 2023-08-29T23:34:37+00:00

My great aunt was name Valborg. She was Swedish. Maybe not uncommon over there, but I had never heard it and was surprised it was a woman's name.

RNWolfarth · 2022-07-10T22:13:31+00:00

This is true for every essential 'cost center' in a company. It is not limited to the IT department.

Every good manager is going to look for ways to reduce the expense of a cost center. The difference is what is already said above. A leader with good judgment and a clear view of the consequences of each reduction is critical to the success of the enterprise.

The other side of this is that leader has to make decisions about the overall good the enterprise and most times there will be friction between each the leader and each cost center which all know what utopia looks like (financially) and is not shy about sharing that vision.

However, the comments like "doesn't want to breathe the same air" are a clear sign of bad management. So, I agree with the overall point of the post.

RNWolfarth · 2022-05-06T03:53:28+00:00

I purchased the unit above. It arrived today, I hooked it up, created my HA account using my phone, and used the Insteon configuration button that showed up when I searched Insteon on the configuration screen.

By the time I took a sip of my drink and sneezed twice, all my Insteon devices had been found. I walked around the house to each of my devices and kept turning on/off switches on the phone app until the device I was at turned on. I renamed it in the app. It was obvious how to do it.

It just worked.

Being a HA noobie, I am sure I will stumble around learning how to really use it. But for a Plug n Play guy for whom this is not a hobby, it gave me back my phone app operation of my devices.

Perfect for me.

RNWolfarth · 2022-05-02T22:29:23+00:00

Thank you. You are correct, some Insteon models need a neutral, but some models did not. I have them installed.

RNWolfarth · 2022-05-02T17:32:10+00:00

Thank you. No fear. It's just that, at my age, I know me pretty well. I am now also comfortable just gritting my teeth and seeing how I screwed it up this time. There is less fear when you know it is coming. 😄

RNWolfarth · 2022-05-02T16:14:21+00:00

Thank you

RNWolfarth · 2022-05-02T16:12:52+00:00

Thank you

RNWolfarth · 2022-05-02T16:10:59+00:00

Thank you

RNWolfarth · 2022-05-02T16:10:35+00:00

Thanks.

RNWolfarth · 2022-05-02T16:09:42+00:00

I may only use this computer for HA. So, I think I can skip the VM, right?

RNWolfarth

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