I bought a new Duracell 300w Portable Power Station to supplement the 150w FlashFish Power Station I picked up a couple years ago for the Christmas lighting on my balcony. There’s no electrical outlet out there. On Thursday night I plugged in Dominick the Donkey, and two hours later it turned off by itself. What! … Read more
I ran across this little applet a couple weeks ago. And as with most things, I approached with a bit of skepticism. Would it work reliably? Would it use 50% of my resources, like a Symantec tool? Would it cause some other issue with the otherwise stable Windows 10 OS? Well, after some testing the … Read more
…and maybe your tablet. Back in early October I was pretty happy with my Yoga 2. It basically met all my needs; good processor, reasonable battery life, nice keyboard and screen. But when I saw Panos Panay introduce the Surface Book to the world, I knew I was ready for a change. While the … Read more
Last night I piloted my new mini quadcopter out my backdoor and beyond my deck. That’s when I lost reception, and she plummeted forty feet. Normally that would be no big deal, this sucker is invincible, but I heard the distinct, unmistakable sound of the body of a car being struck by a small drone. … Read more
I am obsessed with Nest and found a remote baby breathing monitor thing made by Mimobaby.com and, fascinated with the technology, I bought it instead of another quadcopter. In order for it to sense your baby’s breathing and other things, your baby needs to wear one of their kimonos, so I picked out for my … Read more
I don’t care for the black lives matter movement; but if I’m right here, I think what the state has already done to her with the perp walk and questionable arrest is …
I spotted an RC helicopter on Newegg and figured teaching my infant how to crash a helicopter would be a good father-son activity, you know? And it was. But my sweet lil’ baby was dissatisfied with the helicopter’s yaw rate and demanded a better-handling aircraft. So I poked around Youtube for information and found Flyin’ … Read more
Not sure exactly when it happened, but most recently all of my battery powered Windows 10 devices are enjoying peaceful sleep in their respective bags. After installing Windows 10, they all experienced some quick draining which had me worried. But something has changed, and for the better. I’ll admit it, I’m a habitual meter watcher. … Read more
The coolest things are programmed in Python, Python is in high demand on the job websites, Python’s capabilities are relatively universal and the consensus is that it’s the easiest language to cram. I gotta learn Python. My boss […]
It’s been 12 days since the launch of Windows 10, Microsoft’s latest attempt to satisfy the masses with a modern, touch friendly OS. It’s also been more than six months since millions of users, testers, have been playing with different iterations of Windows 10, to ensure that the launch build would be as close to … Read more
After a long clip of consumer celibacy, I decided to hit up Newegg and splurge and drop a grand on the mother of all monitors, even though I’m already living beyond my means, according to my tax guy. Days went by, no package. Usually things show up from Newegg the next day on free shipping. Uh … Read more
I don’t recall what year it was, maybe 2003 or 2004, but I remember watching a video of Bill Gates giving a keynote address at some event. Without the aid of props or Power Point, he talked about the future of computing. Bill explained that while the PC of the day was primarily a tool … Read more