Here’s an interesting story for you. One of my lesser computers, a Windows 10 “convertible,” just stopped working. I mean, in the middle of a Powerpoint, just shut down and gave up. It’s getting power and…
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This might finally be the year that hotel entertainment catches up. I’ve been complaining for oh, about half a decade that hotels don’t do enough to provide a good in-room entertainment experience. The old excuse…
Because not everyone has unlimited data. It’s funny how the balance seems to shift in the world of cell phone and tablet viewing. Of course in the 2000s no one had enough bandwidth to stream. That’s…
Every two years or so we get new phones. Every five years, new computers. Every ten years, new TVs. Within the last decade, we’ve been asked not to just throw the old ones out, but to…
We’re here to set the record straight. You might have heard or read on other sites that you shouldn’t buy satellite equipment online. You might have heard about people shelling out hundreds of dollars on…
You can’t do that. I know it might be tempting to open up that DIRECTV receiver and put in a bigger hard drive, swap out the power supply, or otherwise tinker with it, but you…
Pocket sized cool. It doesn’t matter if you’re a pilot, meteorologist or just a hobbyist, you’ll love the Skymate SM-19 Wind Meter. This little device proves just by its very existence that you can’t do 100% of everything…
Yeah, kinda, but you shouldn’t. First of all, using a DIRECTV splitter for an antenna is really a waste of money. Antenna splitters just don’t need to be built to the level of quality that DIRECTV…
There’s some good stuff to see as we round the corner into fall.
Netflix recently released its first choose-your-own-adventure show. Will the wonders of streaming ever cease? On June 20, 2017, Netflix released Puss in Book: Trapped in an Epic Tale. This is an interactive choose-your-own-adventure tale featuring Disney’s…
This is the new branding for SYFY the channel once known as SciFi. I’m still not 100% sure why they changed the name to something that isn’t a word, but it probably has something to do…
In last week’s Fun Friday, I put forth the (not completely original) speculation that the universe of the Cars movies only makes sense if you believe that cars have people living inside them who can never get out. It…
Yeah, also the things in the picture. Good job smart guy. “POTS” is a retronym. OK, let me back up. A “retronym” is a new word you use to describe something old. Like, you used to…