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BRKSPV-1101 – Introduction to Service Provider Video Technologies and Architectures

admin — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 23:05:18 +0000

Transport Video over IP networks:
IP Multicast

BRKSPV-2111 – Next Generation Assurance for IP Video Delivery Networks

admin — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:09:49 +0000

Measure CBR Flow Arrival – for SD/HD streams

MRV – Media Rate Variations
MSE – Media Stop Event

Need to start looking at RTP headers

VidMon – Need to see what we support in Comcast for VidMon and VQE
Need to watch RTCP packet responses – VQE does this.
Rapid Channel Change – VQE supports this feature.

PIM – Multicast adjacency

Is VQE supported on all STB’s?

BRKNMS-2658 – Secure Manaing Your Networks and SNMPv3

admin — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:31:18 +0000

Secure network management.

Cisco Live – BRKEVT-1300 – Notes

admin — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:40:39 +0000

Introduction to Enterprise Video Technologies

RTP –
RTCP – Manager QoS manager

Cisco and Tanberg.?

1080 x 1920 lines = 2,073,600 pixels per frame x 3 colors per pixel x 1 Byte (8 bits) per color x 30 frames per second = 1,492,992,000 bps or 1.4 Gbps Uncompressed.

Building the “Floating Deck”

admin — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 01:29:32 +0000

The work on the deck is about 50% done. I have been working for the last few weeks to get the concrete bases placed correctly.

Taste – St. Peter’s Organic English Ale

admin — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:47:39 +0000

First impression, I say earthy, Devon says, smells kinda skunked. It is very mild compared to the Belgian Ale we tasted previously. If Budweiser was to brew an english ale, I think it would taste a lot like this. The hops to me have a good flavor. I like the bitterness of hops and as we stated previously, Devon does not. I think what works well for Devon when it comes to a bitter beer is something that has a good deal of malt sweetness to offset the bitterness of the hops.

St. Peter’s Brewery

From the St. Peter’s Brewery description:

“Water is extracted from our own 300’ deep borehole and combined with Soil Association accredited light malted barley from Norfolk. Organic hops provide the distinctive palate. The yeast used is St. Peter’s own single strand variety. The result is a delicate, clean, crisp, lightly carbonated, traditional English Ale with a full ‘citrus hop’ aftertaste”

Overall, I think this beer has a good flavor, the bitterness of the hops are not too overpowering and the taste does not linger too long.

I think the best pairing for this beer would be pub fare. Something salty or greasy would go great with the flavor of this beer.

Taste – hommel ale (Product of Belgium)

admin — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:29:33 +0000

Tonight we are tasting “Poperings – Hommel Ale”

This beer is brewed in the heart of the Belgian hops region: Poperinge.
Poperings – Hommel Ale
This beer is indeed bitter, it has a light citrus taste and aroma and reminds me a very clean and crisp Sierra Nevada. It finishes clean with very little aftertaste of the bitter hops like I usually taste with a Sierra Nevada. It is slightly sweet with notes of citrus and honey. Devon smells aroma of peach, but I think its more of a citrus/fruit flavor. She does note that there is no flavor of peach.

As noted on “globalbeer.com”:

“Poperings Hommel ale is brewed with a blend of summer, winter and aromatic pale malts. The brewery has its own well where soft water is found, and only local grown hops from the Gold and Hallertau family are used.”

The soft water is probably what gives the clean finish and the aromatic malts give the citrus and honey aromas.

Devon, who prefers light lagers like PBR, Yuengling and Bud over bitters actually enjoyed this beer. I think we were both surprised with the flavor of the beer and the balance of the bitterness of the hops with the clean finish.

The sweetness of the malts helped to offset the bitterness of the hops. We were unable to find the actual IBC rating for this beer, but if I was to guess, I would say its around 20 or 30.

Drain Re-Build

admin — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 16:20:25 +0000

Today I excavated the old french drain that had been laid and is connected to my downspout and my neighbors. I discovered that while they use slotted drain pipes and some gravel on the bottom, they did not wrap the pipe or the trench or cover the pipe in gravel. Everything I pulled out was clogged with silt and near the last T, there was a crushed pipe that most likely is the reason my neighbors yard floods into mine during every rain.

It looks like I will be able to re-use the existing pipe. I will have to replace a portion of the crushed pipe to prevent the water from backing up in that pipe.

SCREENS!

admin — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:42:55 +0000

Today I will attempt to get the screens finished for all of the windows in the house. I have ordered the special cross braces that I didnt get last time. Those are really needed, our windows are too big so the frame of the screen warps and wont stay int he window.

Facebook Test

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:03:06 +0000

Party DC on Facebook

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?profile=1&id=167290643953

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Reston Little League