Sunday, February 11, 2018
Saturday, February 10, 2018
Pioneer Rayz Plus - 1st World Earbud Problem
One complaint about the elimination of the headphone jack on the iPhone was that you couldn't charge the phone and use wired headphones at the same time. The Pioneer Rayz Plus solves that problem. It's billed as noise cancelling, Lightning - Talk & Charge, Smart Earbuds. For a mere $129, you get all the fancy, app controlled sound tweaks along with the ability to charge your phone. I'm clearly not their target audience. I'd rather grab a set of cheap wireless Bluetooth earbuds and a battery pack.
Review here.
Review here.
Friday, February 9, 2018
Home Network
I mentioned I was changing my network at home - getting my own cable modem (NETGEAR CM500-1AZNAS) and trying to decide what to do for wireless. I ended up ordering the ASUS RT-AC3200.
The specs look great and I'm optimistic that I can move it to a slightly more central location. The combination of the two changes should get me great coverage throughout the house. (And, if that's not perfect, I could look at the ASUS mesh networking - AiMesh.)
Also, I'm a fan the WRT software and like the ASUSWRT version as well. You can play around with an on-line demo of the software here.
Hopefully I can get everything moved to the new setup over the week-end. I already announced a scheduled network maintenance/outage for Sunday. Guess folks may have to read a book or something for a few minutes.
The specs look great and I'm optimistic that I can move it to a slightly more central location. The combination of the two changes should get me great coverage throughout the house. (And, if that's not perfect, I could look at the ASUS mesh networking - AiMesh.)
Also, I'm a fan the WRT software and like the ASUSWRT version as well. You can play around with an on-line demo of the software here.
Hopefully I can get everything moved to the new setup over the week-end. I already announced a scheduled network maintenance/outage for Sunday. Guess folks may have to read a book or something for a few minutes.
The House That Spied on Me
The House That Spied on Me:
"Thanks to the Internet of Things, I could live in my very own tech-mediated Downton Abbey. That’s the appeal of smart homes for most people, and why they are supposed to be a $27 billion market by 2021. But that wasn’t my primary motivation. The reason I smartened up my house was to find out whether it would betray me."And, oh, Certified Refurbished Amazon Echo Dots (and devices) are on-sale.
The Radios
Wow... it has been probably a year since I updated the list. I bet I added 40-50 to The Radios page.
Look for the Helpers
A tweet thread about Mr. Rogers - worth reading.
50 years ... I have a story to tell about this man. https://t.co/4MtEIcrdZE— Anthony Breznican (@Breznican) May 23, 2017
Thursday, February 8, 2018
Radioddity Baofeng RD-5R: Software Update
Radioddity released an update for the software for the RD-5R.
Wednesday, February 7, 2018
Ham in a Can
I post a lot about Alexa and other similar devices, but I had not thought about adding one to the ham shack.
Kingkiller Chronicle
So the Kingkiller Chronicles might end up as a series on Showtime. This could be a great option for The Game of Thrones fans. Of course, the author (Patrick Rothfuss) works like George R.R. Martin - we have been waiting about 7 years for book 3 in the trilogy.
I'm re-reading the first book: The Wise Man's Fear.
I love the stories within stories. I'm reading it with a little more care as I try to come up with some theories for the last book.
I'm re-reading the first book: The Wise Man's Fear.
I love the stories within stories. I'm reading it with a little more care as I try to come up with some theories for the last book.
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