Over-the-road truck driver and early podcaster. Began podcasting in late 2004.
NFC, short for Near Field Communication, is a technological set of standards that has been around for several years. Many Android phones have come equipped with NFC chips for several years. Some retailers along with fast food outlets such as…
It is often difficult to determine in advance which new products or services will catch on, versus which ones are just temporary flashes in the pan. Some of the fog can be dispelled by determining if the new product or…
There’s a dirty little secret about computer performance that is hiding within plain sight. A solid state drive (SSD) will take almost any machine manufactured within the past five to ten years and give it a massive performance boost. I…
I have been using Hulu Plus for several months, and I have a few additional comments about the service. I tend to watch lots of science documentaries. Over time, I’ve seemed to nearly exhaust the documentaries available on Netflix and…
For the past couple of years I have gotten interested in home remote access devices and methods. Initially I started with inexpensive remote-access IP cameras. I next moved on to getting the original Nest thermostat, which I still have and…
iPad Air Frustrations My current iPad Air is a frustrating device. It has so much obvious potential, but its functionality is deliberately being hamstrung by Apple itself. There are certain tasks I’d like to accomplish with the aid of my…
For quite a number of years I was completely put off by the aura of negative, often downright vituperative groupthink exuded by Apple users. Regardless of the merits of Apple products, the Apple user base itself gave me pause and…