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This topic works fairly close with my other post about routers.

Just like the post about if you need a router and what kind, the question about do you really need network cables and if you do what kind do you need all depends upon what you are trying to do and what your current hardware is.

If all you want to do is surf the internet, play on social media, send emails and you have a laptop, tablet or a smartphone then the answer to that question is that you can pretty much rely off of your wireless. If you have desktops that do not have wirless cards in them then you do need to get either a wireless network card, or network cables run in your house.

If you have a laptop, a tablet or a smartphone and you also have a streaming device such as Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV , a Roku or other similar devices then you still should be able to get away with just your WiFi on your router, depending on if your router is good enough for that.

If you have multiple streaming devices and you have laptops, tablets and smartphones that use WiFi, you could be pushing the limit of your router to where internet slow-downs might start to happen or the streaming media on your TV will get choppy here and there as it is a lot of work for the router to do via WiFi.

If you are in the above where your internet is not perfectly stable, the first thing that you can do is to try to restart your router and or modem and try again. If it still persisits then you may want to hard-wire your streaming devices.

As for the type of cable that you can use also depends on the hardware that you have. If your router cannot handle gigabit, then there really is not much sense in getting the top of the line, latest up to date cable to which I think is CAT-7 right now, the norm is still CAT-5, which is widely available and easy enough for you to make your own cable runs and crimp the ends yourself.

If you do have a good router that has Gigabit capabilities and you are only wanting to run lines to your streaming boxes, then I would suggest getting a variation of CAT-6, to which can handle the Gigabit data transfer, and it is almost 4 times as thick as CAT-5e as it is shielded much better to prevent signal interference. This you can also do yourself, and the cable almost looks like the size of a Cable TV line. You will need to get special tools to do this, or you can measure our how long of a cable you need and order one online for CAT-6a. If you fully want to know the specs behind all the different cables (CAT-5, CAT5e, CAT-6, CAT6a and CAT-7, I would head over to differencebetween.com. They have a good writeup on the differences between CAT5,CAT6 & CAT7.

If it were up to me, I would do what I did and run CAT-6a as my router, switch and PC can handle gigabit. In another post, I willl go over the switch and if you need one of those or not.

Using hard-wired cable can releive some of the stress on your router and it can also make your network faster as data in the wires can travel much faster and push more data than over the WiFi signal can.

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This is another podcast from one of the many podcasts that I like to listen to. This one is from the Jason Stapleton Program, definately worth a listen!

524: An Inconvenient Sequel And other Leftist Shenanigans



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If I had come out of a coma and saw the news headlines this week, I'd be convinced we'd elected a constitutional conservative or even a libertarian. I will admit that, with rare, exception President Trump has been on fire, tearing at the foundation of our largely unconstitutional central government.

But I offer a word of caution to my fellow liberty lovers that we do not fall victim to hero worship. Everything Trump has done up until now has been through the power of his executive pen. Does it bother anyone else that the executive yields the amount of authority he does? Much of it derived from the unconstitutional expansion by his predecessors. I hope we do not fall victim to the progressive mistake of championing the further expansion of that power.

I'm also going to expose Al Gore in his latest attempt to rewrite his historical predictions on climate change. It's amazing how little credibility a guy can have and still command so much authority.

Plus, wait until you see the fear and loathing at the DNC. The amount of white guilt in that organization is staggering. It's well worth listening to twice, so we did.

Enjoy,

Jason

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This is another podcast from one of the many podcasts that I like to listen to. This one is from the KrisAnne Hall Show, definately worth a listen! If you like what she says, she does do FREE speaking events! Just check out her website at http://krisannehall.com/speaking-request/

President, Congress & The Proper Placement of Power



"President, Congress & The Proper Placement of Power01/24/2017 -

The Constitution has defined the office of the president to be limited and defined with the Congress supposed to be a check OVER the president. Today we’ll take a look at how and perhaps why that has changed over the years. What do we have today? Alternatively you can listen to “President, Congress & The […]

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A question that I get quite often from people is to which router should they get and do they need one. Computer networking is not my big subject, but I can manage to some extent.

My usual answer is it depends on what you want.

Normally, I would suggest a router as they usually have some sort of safeguards built into it from preventing someone from snooping around in your computer, but having a router alone will not prevent this.

A router will have a few main functions, and the more you spend the more features you will get just like with everything else. The basic thing that it does is take a network of computers and have the ability to "link" them up so that they can have the ability to talk to each other. Most people will get the router so that they can expand the internet capabilities of their incoming internet connection so you are not bound by the old "dial up" days where one computer was connected to the internet only.

They can also provide WiFi capabilities, which is a way for wireless devices to connect to the router and gain access to the internal network that you have setup and get access to the same internet connection that you have setup.

Routers will usally have at least 4 connections on the back for the possibility of having 4 computers hooked up to it, but you can always expand the number of computers that are hard wired using what is called a switch, but that is another topic.

As for what kind of router to get if you want to get a router that is really up to what you want to do, what brands you like and what features a router has that you like. I like the cisco brand routers, but this tends to come down to the Ford vs Chevy discussion.

Then it comes down to what do you expect to do. I like to plan for the future, so I will usually get more power than I really need as bandwidth use gets higher the impact on the router get to be higher.

Some of the newer high end routers do look more like space ships than a router.

If you plan on connecting via WiFi and streaming video over it, I would suggest getting a dual or a tri-band router (here is a good writeup regarding single band, vs dual band WiFi and here is a good writeup on the difference between dual band and tri-band WiFi )and I will usually get a gigabit router. The gigabit refers to how much data the router can send and receive, but if you do not have a computer card that can handle gigabit and cables that cannot handle gibabit then it might not be worht the investment, unless you plan on upgrading your equipment at some point. Some may disagree with that and may say that getting a gigabit router is a good thing or some may say that it is just overkill.

Some other features that may be nice to have.

• Guest access (this creates a guest network so that you can create a temporary guest WiFi network without having to give out your WiFi password)
• Config from anywhere. I know that newer Linksys routers provide this via mobile app that allows you to configure your router from where ever you are, even if you are not connected to your network.
• Network Map - This lets you see what all devices are connected to your network. Some routers will provide this and some dont. Others will show it in hard to find places. I have a Linksys router and it shows
• Parental Controls - This allows you to block certain websites on all or certain devices only, and allows you to set internet blocks on certain or all devices for specified times.
• External Storage - Some routers allow you to hook up an external hard drive to it so that you can use it for a network attached storage devices (NAS). This can allow all the members of your network to share files in a central location.

Which routers do I suggest?

That one is up to you. I like Linksys (which Cisco bought out Linksys). I have heard of others having good luck with Belkin , Asus and TP-Link

If you have any sugestions or comments, let me know.

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Here is a super easy way to make a cauliflower pizza crust that are not only gluten free but they are also keto friendly (low carb)

Ingredients:

• I head of cauliflower
• 1/4 cup of parmesan cheese
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cups shredded cheese
• 1/8 cup italian seasoning

Directions:

1. Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. Trim the cauliflower and place into a ninja or food processor
3. Once the cauliflower is a rice like consistnency, take out and place into a large bowl
4. Add the italian seasoning, eggs, parmesan cheese and 1/2 cup of shredded cheese and mix well.
5. Line a large pizza pan with parchment paper
6. Dump the cauliflower mixture on top of the parchment paper and press out until it either fills the pan or is the size that you want.
7. Bake in the oven for 20 minutes or so, or until the top starts to get a bit golden brown.
8. I usually will use a pizza peel and slide the crust off of the pan with the parchment paper, take the pizza pan and put it on top of the pizza crust and then flip it so that the bottom of the pizza crust is now the top and bake it for a bit longer.

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Here is a super easy way to make a cauliflower cheese sticks that are not only gluten free but they are also keto friendly (low carb)

Ingredients:

• I head of cauliflower
• 1/4 cup of parmesan cheese
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups shredded cheese
• 3 or so cloves of garlic

Directions:

1. Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. Trim the cauliflower and place into a ninja or food processor along with the garlic.
3. Once the cauliflower is a rice like consistnency, take out and place into a large bowl
4. Add the eggs, parmesan cheese and 1/2 cup of shredded cheese and mix well.
5. Line a large pizza pan with parchment paper
6. Dump the cauliflower mixture on top of the parchment paper and press out until it either fills the pan or is the size that you want.
7. Bake in the oven for 20 minutes or so, or until the top starts to get a bit golden brown. .

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This is another podcast from one of the many podcasts that I like to listen to. This one is from the Jason Stapleton Program, definately worth a listen!

524: Sean Spicer & Kellyanne Conway do Damage Control



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My feed has been flooded with Republicans who, a week ago could not have been more critical of Josh Earnest and the White House, now defending press secretary Sean Spicer who chastised the media for lying WHILE LYING to the media.

I know our media is corrupt, and it's clear by any measure that they attempted to portray Trump's inauguration in the poorest light possible, but I find it inexcusable for the White House to then present its phony version of the truth.

For the last eight years, we've had an army of liberty activists checking the power of government. We had a counter voice to speak truth to power. I fear those voices may prove themselves to be nothing more than partisan hacks. Will liberties voice die out for the next four years now that Republicans have regained the House and the presidency? I hope not, but history suggests it will.

It's important we check our bias at the door when we evaluate the actions of our government and it is critical that he hold this administration equally accountable for it's decisions.

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This is another podcast from one of the many podcasts that I like to listen to. This one is from the KrisAnne Hall Show, definately worth a listen! If you like what she says, she does do FREE speaking events! Just check out her website at http://krisannehall.com/speaking-request/

Trump Spanks DOI & Other New Executive Actions



"Trump Spanks DOI & Other New Executive Actions01/23/2017 -

The Department of Interior is part of the executive branch and after the inauguration a DOI employee tweeted a not so nice message on Twitter about the new boss. Not a very smart career move. Especially if the new boss had a TV show where his favorite thing to say was, “You’re Fired”. But that’s […]

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Blueberry pie.

Such a nice treat to have just about any time of the year, but if you are gluten free you may be thinking that you cannot have it. Well, I am going to tell you that you can.

This will work with frozen or with fresh blueberries, and if you are going to use frozen ones just double check to make sure that they are gluten free (just to make sure there are no additives for anti-caking on the berries). You will also want to rinse the blueberries off and dry them fairly well as the frozen ones tend to be extremly watery.

Ingredients:

• 1 gluten free pie crust
• 3/4 Cup white sugar
  
• 3 Tbsp gluten free cornstarch
  
• 1/4 Tsp salt
• 1/2 Tsp ground cinnamon
  
• 4 Cups blueberries
• 1 Tbsp butter

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One of the hard things about having to be gluten free is the deserts that you miss out on.

I like to bake pies, and have always liked to bake pies but I had to quit with the addition of gluten free in my family (not by choice).

With gluten free fours more readily available (and here is a recipe for gluten free flour), here is a way to make the pie crust that you may want to use to keep some "normaility" in your life.

Note that this will make 2 crusts. If you nly need 1 crust for a custard based pie then only use half the recipe.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups of gluten free flour
• 1/2 cup of butter (or some type of shortning)
• 1 egg (this helps bind the crust)
• 2/3 cups or so of ice cold water
• 1/4 tsp of Xantham gum (if your gluten free flour has it, then omit this)

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