November 14, 2017
by dhoytt
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Music Server Maintenance Completed

Music server OS 2012 R2 has been successfully updated along with the SAM Broadcaster application to the latest version with the IceCast Centos 7 server that runs IceCast and a host of other applications. I have also updated the Web Server Centos 7 OS . Now I just have the WordPress software to update.

November 14, 2017
by dhoytt
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Updating Streaming Server OS and Application

That time again to update the W2012 r2 server OS with the latest security patches and also SAM from Spacial Audio to the latest version. Will not be streaming for a bit then I will also tackle updating WordPress to its latest version and the Centos 7 Linux OS I am running the web server on. I am also updating the system that runs the IceCast stream relays which is another Centos 7 system

October 21, 2017
by dhoytt
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October Saturday Mix Down

Enjoying this late October Saturday with a typical mixed genre Snakeice’s House of Beats handpicked set of music of all recorded music generations., No this will not be G-Rated or even PG-Rated but something above that for some songs but most will be PG-Rated.

Going to have some nice hard beats with artists like , Too Short, Kendrick Lamar, Nate Dog, Eve and others.

A little dance cub hype like Fergie, Ed Sheeran, Tom Browne, Paula Abdul.

Of course will take you on he slow jam tip with Trey Songz, Michael McDonald, Seal, Ready for the World then just some set back and roll with it by artists like Prince, Eagles, Norman Brown, Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’, Stephen Ragga Marley.

October 21, 2017
by dhoytt
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October Saturday Mix Down

Enjoying this late October Saturday with a typical mixed genre Snakeice’s House of Beats handpicked set of music of all recorded music generations., No this will not be G-Rated or even PG-Rated but something above that for some songs but most will be PG-Rated.

Going to have some nice hard beats with artists like , Too Short, Kendrick Lamar, Nate Dog, Eve and others.

A little dance cub hype like Fergie, Ed Sheeran, Tom Browne, Paula Abdul.

Of course will take you on he slow jam tip with Trey Songz, Michael McDonald, Seal, Ready for the World then just some set back and roll with it by artists like Prince, Eagles, Norman Brown, Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’, Stephen Ragga Marley.

October 8, 2017
by dhoytt
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Found Delicious New Recipe for Eggplants with Grits 

Looking for a new way to eat eggplants from my garden and I wanted to incorporate grits I found a terrific recipe @ https://eatsimplefood.com/roasted-eggplant-peppers-and-feta-over-polenta/ . This made the perfect taste combination with my Traeger wood fired whole chicken and baked beans. I believe this eggplant dish was meant to be vegetarian but it rocked as a side dish!

I didn’t follow the recipe exactly since I didn’t have some of the ingredients but some of the substitutions and additions added to the overall meal taste.

My substitutions were, strawberries instead of cherry tomatoes, added olives, didn’t have mushrooms or nuts and didn’t want to go to the store, plus added havarti cheese to grits as they cooked towards the end.

The olives, some rosemary and basil I lightly sautéed in butter and olive oil separately then spead that over the whole dish and then topped it all off with blue cheese.

Anyway follow the recipe @ https://eatsimplefood.com/roasted-eggplant-peppers-and-feta-over-polenta/ and put your twist on it.

Here are some pictures of the meal that don’t do justice to the tastes that blended so well with my wood smoked chicken.

Plated food ready to eat and watch last half of NFL Sunday late game.

From near to far peppers from garden roasted with rosemary from garden, mixed with olives, rosemary. Roasted eggplant, strawberries, with basil and rosemary, grits and baked beans.

Wood smoked chicken from Traeger pellet grill using pecan and apple wood.

Baked beans, strawberries with basil and rosemary, grits with milk and havarti cheese.

Peppers, olives rosemary

Eggplants ready to be roasted.

Cut eggplant

Blurry picture of  cut peppers and strawberries.

Busy kitchen counter showing recently picked basil,rosemary and sage in foreground.

September 30, 2017
by dhoytt
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Snakeice's "House of Beats" Radio Blog 2017-09-30 00:35:40

Tonight I updated the OS of my workstations, virtual servers,  physical servers, streaming software SAM Broadcasting from Spacial Audio and WordPress. My I started with my workstations and then my virtual servers including my Centos 7 web server that I run my blog on.

Then moved on to update my streaming media server which is W2012 R2. Right after that I updated my SAM Broadcaster software and my WordPress blogging\CMS software.

With SAM Broadcaster I also verified all my songs, backed up my database.

    September 30, 2017
    by dhoytt
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    Updates Galore Tonight

    Tonight I updated the OS of my workstations, virtual servers,  physical servers, streaming software SAM Broadcasting from Spacial Audio and WordPress. My I started with my workstations and then my virtual servers including my Centos 7 web server that I run my blog on.

    Then moved on to update my streaming media server which is W2012 R2. Right after that I updated my SAM Broadcaster software and my WordPress blogging\CMS software.

      September 12, 2017
      by dhoytt
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      Perfect 100 Degree Evening In Attic with AC Then Garden Planting 

      Spent the evening first in the attic where my central air units blower was ground to a stop then in the garden planting some new mature tomatoe plants.

      This was was the second time in 5 weeks I had major issues with my AC unit. The prior issue end of July was my external AC units fan that cools the compressor had stopped. In July I was able to troubleshoot that to a capacitor issue that is common with AC external units. In July I purchased the capacitors and a relay unit with a friend who has a contractors license. Ended up replacing 2 capacitors and a relay unit.

      Today I ended up finding the issue was the blower had somehow slipped to the bottom of the shaft and was scraping the bottom of its enclosure. At the top there’s a brace that has 3 places the fan hangs from and 2 of the 3 screws were loose so I tightened them.

      The fan unit of the blower was still scraping the bottom of the enclosure so I loosened the screw/pin or whatever its called on the shaft moved it up and tightened it.

      The blower shaft is like a half- moon D shaft with the square screw\pin on the flat portion. Thank goodness I could get to it from the part of the attic where it had the most room and a nice platform to layout on.

      Still at one point I had one finger pinned between 2 sharp fan blades and the side of the sharp enclosure with the fan digging into my flesh and my other arm on the other side of my body. I was able to carefully and slowly reposition without losing flesh or a fingernail which seemed inevitable at one point.

      To get the clearance to tighten the fan on the right spot I had to use my ratchet wrench as a spacer between the fan and its enclosure. 

      On top of that I also had to pickup all my pieces of my 155 piece tool case I had dropped!

      After all of that I was going to leave the 3 tomato plants I had picked up Sunday and intended to plant first thing this evening for another day. I was pretty riled up from the AC trying to get me again so I decided I wouldn’t let that stop my plans got my lantern and spot light plus shovel and planted my tomatoes!

      Now I hope I’m ready for the next AC surprise and I have part of my secondary plants planted for our late California gardening season we have if you are prepared.