April 23, 2021
I’ve used Twitter as my interactive Newsfeed for almost 15 years now and it has been a struggle to decide if it is worth it or not? BUT, like most people who start the addictive habit of using social networks and reading “feeds” (newsworthy or not), it is a difficult habit to stop. For the […]
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Tags: analytics, networking, newsfeed, social, tech friday, techfriday, time managment, twitter
April 16, 2021
If you use a computer for any length of time (my “go-to” is an aging 2012 Apple iMac), you’ll find yourself cut, copy and pasting things on a regular basis. Security experts do not recommend using the cut/copy feature for secure items like user names and passwords, but that doesn’t prevent the habit of using […]
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Tags: apple, apps, Computer, copy, copy'm, cut, icloud, imac, ios, macintosh, macos, paste, recommend, tech friday, techfriday
April 9, 2021
Sometimes when my mind wanders, I shift from pie-in-the-sky dreaming (flying cars, mind control devices, AI/robotics (mp4), time machines (mp4), “beam me up” transporters, etc) to something that’s a bit more realistic to the world of everyday technology. Let’s get the above “pie-in-the-sky” idiom out of the way first. “Pie In The Sky” Origin This […]
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Tags: aeropex, aftershokz, aid, bluetooth, cochlear, hearing, idiom, idioms, implant, innovation, iphone, machines, mimi, pie, sky, tech friday, techfriday, Technology, transporter, wishlist
March 26, 2021
The current opinion by many who review technology (and Consumer Reports) is that the best smartphone for 2021 is the Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max … although might be a bit larger than many are comfortable putting in their pockets. Personally I’ve shifted from wanting something small, like my old Samsung SPH-i500 aluminum bodied flipphone […]
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Tags: 2021, 5G, android, apple, best phone, Cellphone, consumer reports, iphone, samsung, smartphone, tech friday, techfriday
March 19, 2021
Although I’m not in the market for a new iPad just yet, I am (or was) a multiple hours a day user back when traveling a bit more and interested in what a Thunderbolt and M1 chipped iPad Pro might offer. At least that’s the rumor for the April 2021 launch … but who knows […]
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Tags: apple, brydge, ipad, ipad os, ipad pro, keyboard, lenovo, m1 chip, rumor, silicon, tech friday, techfriday, yoga 710
March 12, 2021
Back in January I switched my “off contract” iPhone7 Plus over to Mint Mobile and a month later switched over Brenda’s iPhone7. The transition was smooth and pretty much glitchless. Service from our previous Virgin Mobile then Boost Mobile plan is basically the same, although initially restricted me to 3GB of data per month (now […]
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Tags: apple, boost, carrier, Cellphone, contract, iphone, iphone7, mint mobile, plans, review, sprint, switching, t-mobile, tech friday, techfriday, virgin
February 15, 2021
Click here for ani-gif above for full 25 second iPhone slow-motion video The icy sleet on top of our existing snow and pre-cleared roads has made travel dangerous this Monday afternoon in southwest Ohio. Thankfully for President’s Day Brenda and I are home (although it was by chance and not planned) and are able to […]
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Tags: ani gif, anigif, backyard, slow motion, snow, video, weather
January 8, 2021
A simple blog upgrade project that I’ve been contemplating for a while now was one of my 2021 New Year’s resolutions … so I’m worked on it this past week’s Music Monday post. I’m not sure how long the new button and player will remain unchanged since I seem to keep testing and tweaking it; […]
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Tags: audio, blog, css, player, tech friday, techfriday, update, upgrade, wordpress
November 29, 2020
Don’t tell anyone, but while shopping for “my” Christmas gift from Brenda (below … and yes, she sent me out to get it). So … I added a Ridgid 18V USB charging attachment for my inconvenience. Ha! After returning home, I tried it out, but for the record, I didn’t open my actual gift. So […]
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Tags: 18v, advice, attachment, charging, christmas, opinion, present, ridgid, tools, usb
October 6, 2020
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Tags: annalyn, Books, bookshelves, brenda, collage, dentist, ellerie, family, grandchildren, granddaughters, katelyn, library, music room, preschool, school
September 30, 2020
“INCOMING!” (reference to the diving falcon photo) With best intentions, I had hoped to post on Tuesday night’s first of 3 presidential debates for Wednesday morning – nope … maybe over lunch? I am with those who are embarrassed at what we now see and hear from our political leaders. To be honest, the “offensive […]
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Tags: 2020, campaign, chris wallace, cleveland, debate, donald trump, election, joe biden, ohio, Politics
September 28, 2020
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Tags: annalyn, astronomy, ellerie, family, iphone, iphone7plus, jupiter, moon, photo, saturn, sky, space
September 13, 2020
I downloaded and installed the new Apple iOS 13.7 update, but hesitated since I regularly prefer blocking location services information. Both Apple and Google announced the “tracking” in April 2020, but as expected, it was met with reservation. Most users are naïve to the amount of personal data requested by apps and operation systems on […]
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Tags: apple, coronavirus, covid19, iOS13, ipad, iphone, location, notification, privacy, services, tiktok, tracking, update
July 3, 2020
As often as I gripe about ordering from Amazon or more to the point, complain about their delivery and updating, one would think I would opt for another online ecommerce portal? Unfortunately there aren’t better options or more dependable deliveries. This past week a small order came a day early, yet the app notification that […]
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Tags: ai, Alexa, amazon, bots, delivery, echo, ecommerce, mp4, ordering, prime, shipping, updates, video
June 17, 2020
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Tags: Alexa, annalyn, audio, barbie, barrons, family, finance, gold, hedge, inflation, investing, jack hough, katelyn, memories, mike rowe, mp3, podcast, richc, rudolph, streetwise, trolls, yukon cornelius
June 14, 2020
Ok … I’ve decided that most of the outrage (see 1, 2 & 3) in our country happening is politically motivated and it is being fanned and fueled by political operatives and left-wing ideologues as we approach the 2020 election. Considering we’ve been through racial outrage before, the latest looks to me to be a […]
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Tags: 60 minutes, apple, blm, editorial, election, megaphone, mike wallace, morgan freeman, mp4, msm, nytimes, opinion, parler, police, politicians, reparations, slavery, social media, thomas sowell, trump, twitter, video
May 31, 2020
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Tags: cincitdi, cppnet, credit card, donation, eaa284, hogans heroes, klink, monocle, mp3, mp4, paypal, printing, processing, square, television, testing, transaction
May 29, 2020
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Tags: annalyn, Cam, ellerie, family, grandkids, ipad, iphone, security, tech friday, techfriday, wallpaper, wyze
May 9, 2020
Nothing like a little nature video with your breakfast cereal to start your day .. YIKES! I’ll never be able to look at my “Little Praying Friend” the same again. The latest news is that the giant 2 inch Murder Hornets (Asian giant hornets) are showing up in the western United States and threatening honey […]
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Tags: bees, eating, hornet, insects, mantis, mp4, murder hornet, nature, praying mantis, video
March 13, 2020
Earlier this year in preparation for the Sprint – T-Mobile merger, Sprint ended their business relationship with Virgin Mobile USA; Sprint was the carrier for the Virgin plans which we opted to switch to back in the summer of 2017. Neither Brenda or I have had any problems or complains with our wireless service or […]
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Tags: boost, boostmobile, carrier, Cellphone, connectivity, frugal, frugalist, iphone, tech friday, techfriday, virgin, virginmobile, wireless
March 9, 2020
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Tags: alison krauss, catfish john, idiom, idioms, moon, mp3, Music, music monday, musicmonday, nitty gritty dirt band, Photos, supermoon, worm
March 6, 2020
My buddy Jeff Pitts, who has recently moved from IT to a job focused exclusively on cybersecurity for a worldwide company, tends to error on the side of caution when it comes to privacy practices. He has moved entirely to the Mac (we used to have a fun debate when he was a 100% PC […]
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Tags: apple, bandwidth, brave, browser, chrome, chromium, cookies, cross-site, cyber, cybersecurity, firefox, internet, jeff pitts, mac, netscape, privacy, safari, security, vpn, waterfox, web, wordpress
February 11, 2020
A month ago Virgin Mobile sent this happy customer (great service) an update indicating that due to the Sprint T-Mobile combination that the Virgin partnership would be spun off to Sprint’s Boost Mobile prepaid group.They promised an equal or better “deal” which has yet to be noticed … but then it has only been a […]
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Tags: ani gif, anigif, automotive, awd, boost, carrier, Cellphone, gif, Humor, mobile, smartphone, social network, sprint, tmobile, tweet, twitter, virgin
February 9, 2020
It has been a struggle to make a decision on updating my favorite tech gadget, but after the first generation Brydge Keyboard finally would not charge, I had to do something. I thought about going all out and moving to the iPad Pro series, but realized that all the functions that I appreciate are already […]
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Tags: 7th generation, apple, brydge, Computer, favorite, gadget, ipad, keyboard, tablet
January 8, 2020
Just when you have the perfect wireless plan (and pricing structure) figured out … someone throws a wrench (spanner) in the works. Thanks Richard Branson. #sarcasm Our Virgin Mobile iPhones (we have iPhone7s and iPhone7plus) … are being transferred to Boost Mobile. Ugh, that doesn’t sound promising?
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January 4, 2020
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Tags: 2019, annalyn, brenda, christmas, crib, drew, family, gift, Holiday, katelyn, megan, new year, project, richc, taylor, woodworking
December 26, 2019
While sifting through a few old .MP4 files, I found one of my first iPhone 5 test video clips from 2012 and it had a bit of footage of my Sonex airplane project (posted a few photos back then) that I was working on a year before selling it. It was shortly before I sold […]
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Tags: airplane, aviation, eaa, homebuilt, memories, mp4, project, sonex, TBT, video
October 27, 2019
There were a few extra photos and some video of Brenda swimming on my iPhone from our Delray Beach, Florida vacation last week, so I’ll archive them and make a Vacation Part 3 post (Part 1 and Part 2). Nothing spectacular … but viewing the video and listening to the water and wave below is […]
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Tags: archive, brenda, condo1718, delray beach, family, mp4, ocean, richc, sand, shells, swimming, vacation, VacationOct2019
October 11, 2019
My conclusion is that some of my most recent Apple iPhone and iPad iOS update problems stem from having older mobile devices and having loads older apps? That said, the upgrade to the mobile operating system known as iOS 13.1.2 (current) did not go smoothly for me. My iPhone 7plus is a few years old […]
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Tags: apple, fing, ios, iOS13, ipad, iphone, tech friday, techfriday, update, upgrade, virgin mobile, wifi, wireless
October 10, 2019
Previously I mentioned that Katelyn and Drew brought me kicking and screaming (not really) into the Fitbit “wrist device” wearing age and world. I had given up wearing a watch decades ago when I started carrying a pager. Eventually I adopted the Nextel belt holstered cellphone, then pocket folding Samsung i500 PDA phone. The new […]
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Tags: activity, exercise, fitbit, Health, iphone, pager, palm, pda, samsung, smartphone, sph-i500, Technology, versa, weight
October 4, 2019
Last week, Amazon authorized my invitation and gave me a promo code for the Echo Auto Alexa device for the car (it was a long wait, but they did discount to $24.99 for invitation holders). For the passed several months I’ve been using an Echo Input (no speaker) in my BMW X5 35d in an […]
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September 30, 2019
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Tags: 1967, mp3, Music, music monday, musicmonday, pandora, rolling stones, ruby tuesday, siriusxm, spotify, streaming
September 13, 2019
Just a heads-up for others using AfterShokz bone conduction headphones while doing outdoorsy kinds of things where bug spray is used – DON’T. I love my Aftershokz Bluetooth headphones, most likely because it enables me to hear things around me while still enabling me to clearly hear talk and music. For me, being deaf in […]
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Tags: aftershokz, bluetooth, bug spray, complaint, customer service, damage, headphones, headset, insect, iphone, repellent, tech friday, techfriday, warning
July 18, 2019
I’m archiving the last few photos from my iPhone from this past weekend updates to Condo master bathroom. I finished what I was able to do without an extra set of hands and will do the rest the next time Brenda is in Florida with me (it is hard to set a toilet with a […]
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Tags: bathroom, cincinnati, condo1718, corbett, delray beach, electrical, florida, foundation, master, mirror, nutone, ohio, patricia, philanthrophist, ralph, remodel, update
July 6, 2019
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Tags: annalyn, baseball, birthday, brenda, cincinnati, cleveland, drew, family, gab, gift, indians, katelyn, mlb, mp4, ohio cup, pano, panorama, reds, richc, taylor megan
June 12, 2019
Just north of Cincinnati the sky was perfect for viewing the rise of Jupiter as the sky darkened about 9:30PM. The bright dot (photo below from my iPhone) rose in the SE sky and arched slowly until reaching its highest point due south at about 12:30AM and then moved lower well after I was in […]
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Tags: astronomy, great red spot, iphone, jupiter, katelyn, memories, planet, sky, solar system, stargazing, telescope, watching
June 7, 2019
A pitfall in real-time GPS mapping services is that, although they “can” highlight road construction and closures, they are not always accurate or give appropriate advice for detours or “route arounds.” This was apparent on a 16 hour drive back from Florida (see comment) and more recently for a road closing leading to our development […]
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Tags: android, app, BMW, detour, detours, google, GPS, iphone, maps, realtime, reporting, rerouting, tech friday, techfriday, tracking, update, waze, x5 35d
May 29, 2019
It is summer and what is more “summery” than being out in the sun and going to the beach … and thinking about “JAWS.” Yikes! Ever since the iconic “we’re going to need a bigger boat” Jaws movie came out in 1975, most people have been both fascinated and fearful of the Great White Shark. […]
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Tags: beach, bull, Euan Rannachan, great white, jaws, movie, ocean, ocearch, photography, sharks, summer
March 22, 2019
There is isn’t anything wrong with my current 2014 Apple iPad, it is just getting older as far as technology goes, and is a little sluggish (or so it seems). It is still the single most used tech device that I have … and the reason I’ll likely replace it with another when the time […]
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Tags: apple, brydge, chromebook, device, gadget, imac, ipad, iphone, lenovo, tech friday, techfriday
March 8, 2019
Chromebooks are not my preferred devices, but they are excellent for those with more limited computing needs. For the most part, they are relatively inexpensive, easy to update, very reliable and frustration free. They boot/start quicker than most devices and data, apps and setting are easily backed up on Google’s cloud … so as long […]
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Tags: android, battery, chromebook, review, samsung, tech friday, techfriday, Travel
March 7, 2019
I do miss browsing in bookstores … something our family would regularly do Sunday after church … and something my daughter and I would do “in the good ol’ days” when I would visit her in college. I suppose there are still a few bookstores around to enjoy, but nowadays I read what is recommended […]
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Tags: book, bookstore, dewine, diesel, gas, government, governor, kristin tate, ohio, reading, tax, taxes
February 17, 2019
Like clockwork, it was time to either renew or cancel SiriusXM (again). I refuse to pay the month to month rate with them or the very few newspaper/magazine subscriptions I still use that does the same thing. Thankfully I marked my calendar with a notification as to the last day to cancel service … otherwise the […]
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Tags: Alexa, amazon, deals, DOT, echo, prime, promo, siriusxm, streaming, subscriptions
January 25, 2019
It won’t be long before virtual assistants end up in our car … question is, which one will it be? (from what I’m seeing as of 2019, it would be Amazon’s Alexa). Currently Amazon has definitely taken the lead in our home as the affordable Echo Dots are now throughout our house. I … well […]
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Tags: $SIRI, Alexa, amazon, apple, assistant, google, Humor, tech friday, techfriday, virtual
January 19, 2019
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Tags: annalyn, babysitting, career, drew, father, gender, granddaughter, husband, katelyn, life, mother, ohio, parenting, perrysburg, regrets, roles, wife
January 11, 2019
The Amazon Echo in Kitchen/Great Room and the new Echo Dot 3rd Gen in my workshop Not a day goes by without Amazon’s Echo devices doing something for us in our home … and it is only a matter of time before “she” (Alexa) will be assisting me in the car too. It is almost […]
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Tags: aftershokz, Alexa, assistant, device, drew, echo, hearing, iphone, katelyn, lifechanger, tech friday, techfriday, virtual
December 30, 2018
Twice this past week I used medical instruments in my workshop. The first repair was to use a non-needled syringe to suck out some moisture in a pump switch … thanks Brenda, it was handy (although I have used them before “with a needle” for delicate parts lubrication). Second, was to use the surgical instruments […]
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Tags: instruments, medical, picks, toolbox, tools, tweezers, workshop
December 14, 2018
"Hey Rich, should I wait for a 5G phone … and by the way, what is 5G?" One of these days I’m just going to say, "I don’t know," but until then, I bump along pretending I know more than I do … that is until I get in too deep to walk away. This […]
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Tags: 4G, 5G, at&t, cellular, imac, internet, lte, network, of things, pcmag, t-mobile, tech friday, techfriday, techology, timemachine, verizon, wireless
November 21, 2018
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Tags: android, annalyn, babysitting, BMW, diesel, display, google, GPS, Navigation, waze, x5 35d
November 15, 2018
Winter is here as the ice came in the morning bringing down branches and knocking out power all around Cincinnati … and just when I thought it was over, the Dark Sky app indicates the heavy snow is beginning in Liberty Township. Ugh! (I’m also playing a little bit with the slow-motion settings on the […]
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Tags: app, dark sky, first, iphone, slow motion, snow, video
November 14, 2018
It is shocking just how much lint and dust can accumulate in the tiny holes and connectors of our smartphones. If you notice questionable connections and charging difficultly with your iPhone or Android phone your first look should be at the cord, plug and socket of your phone. In my case, the amount of lint […]
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Tags: android, charging, clean, connection, dust, electrical, iphone, lint, pocket, smartphone
November 10, 2018
It has been 41 years since Fleetwood Mac released their ginormous selling album called Rumours which was a must have by college students like me in the late 1970s (45 million copies of Rumours has been sold). Brenda and I attended a Rumours of Fleetwood Mac concert marking the 40 years milestone this past week […]
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Tags: album, band, cincinnati, concert, datenight, fleetwood mac, Music, rumours, taft, theater
November 5, 2018
It seems later in the season that usual to be just starting to rake leaves and get in a final mow before winter, but the weather was dry after a long stretch of rain, so chores for me it was. My back is now sore and contemplating taking an Advil as the muscle tighten. There […]
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Tags: apple, autumn, chores, hawk, home, iphone7plus, red tailed, yard, yardwork
October 31, 2018
It is a favorite time of year for those who enjoy seeing the new product coming online from Apple. iPhones in September,new iPads and Apple Air notebooks this week and even a new Apple Mac Mini (used an older Mini for my desktop next to a Windows machine for years). This year it seems even […]
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Tags: air, apple, Computer, grease, imac, ipad, iphone, mini, power supply, repair, thermal
October 20, 2018
Earlier in October, as well as mid summer, I’ve been trying to get a better nighttime view of the International Space Station (ISS) passing over our house. It has been tracking overhead for the last few weeks an hour or so after the the sun set. The angle was such that our sky was completely […]
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Tags: astronomy, international space station, iphone7plus, iss, mars, sky guide
October 14, 2018
As a business news junkie, I’ve been watching Fox Business since I "demanded it" (as Neil Cavuto would tell viewers in the early days of the expansion Fox network). They have steadily grown and have become serious competition for CNBC (watched/listen since it’s debuted) and BloombergTV. Fox Business has mixed in far more general news […]
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Tags: bloomberg, cnbc, fall2018, fox, foxbusiness, foxnews, schedule
October 11, 2018
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Tags: annalyn, djia, facetime, family, Financial, hurricane, investing, iphone7, markets, michael, photography, space, stocks
August 27, 2018
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Tags: cat stevens, cincinnati, dan fogelberg, mellow, mp3, Music, music monday, musicmonday, rain, twofer
August 7, 2018
I just love good ideas. Here is one that I grabbed off of an ad on my iPhone that uses the car door pillar “loop” to hold a machined aluminum hook attached to a step. The simple step is used to reach items strapped to a roof rack or car top carrier. It would be […]
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Tags: aluminum, innovation, step
July 26, 2018
We been enjoying summer and mostly great weather around the house and yard so far this year in 2018 and Brenda‘s growing landscape mounds are all flowering and looking really nice (she has been working on them although her current Grand Jury duty is cutting into her free time). The last few days of slightly […]
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Tags: court, duty, flowers, grand jury, grass, iss, mounds, pool, skywatching, venus, yard
July 23, 2018
The moon and Jupiter circled from my iPhone on Sunday night July 22, 2018 I have fond memories of sitting out with Katelyn when she would get out her telescope and was learning astronomy … but I do also still enjoy special nights like last night to "try" to capture the amazingly bright and large […]
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Tags: astronomy, cincinnati, jupiter, mars, moon, nighttime, planets, saturn, skywatching
July 14, 2018
It was a great week of skywatching in our backyard in Cincinnati this week. The sun magnificently lit up planets, especially Saturn and Jupiter while Mars, Venus (the brightest) and Mercury (doubtful) remained a bit low in the sky while I was out viewing. I was purposely out for Mars, but it will have to […]
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Tags: astronomy, iphone, jupiter, mars, photography, skywatching, space
July 13, 2018
Apple has been updating their iOS iPhone and iPad mobile operating system regularly and they seem to take far longer than in the old days (a couple years ago – HAHA). This latest update will not be appreciated by law enforcement who often want to gain access to data on a suspects phone. This recent […]
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Tags: apple, ios11, ipad, iphone, mobile, security, tech friday, techfriday, update, verge
July 6, 2018
It is never fun playing plan games with wireless carriers, especially if you have been 100% satisfied with everything "as is." After switching to VirginMobileUSA last year due to a SUPER promotion, I could not be happier with Virgin’s special price and service … but all good things seem to come to an end. This […]
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Tags: aaa, carrier, Cellphone, data, hotspot, plans, smartphone, sprint, tech friday, techfriday, ting, virgin mobile, wireless
June 25, 2018
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Tags: 8-track, friends, jet airliner, mp3, music monday, musicmonday, peter frampton, siriusxm, steve miller band
June 22, 2018
It has been a while since posting on “what’s new” with Apple. As we approach the convergence of mobile operation systems and desktop, the maturing lightweight phone OS on all platforms is growing in power, size and use. The writing is on the wall. Microsoft has announced Windows 10 will be the last Windows operating […]
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Tags: 9to5mac.com, apple, Computer, ios12, ipad, iphone, operating system, tech friday, techfriday, youtube
May 25, 2018
Noticed a blog post from 12 years ago discussing “portable” computing and how things have changed. In 2006 the average laptop weighed about 7 pounds with batteries, compared to 20 years prior where my Compaq was 28 pounds … and required 110VAC power. LINK to post Now an iPhone or iPad can run circles around […]
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Tags: compaq, Computer, flashback, palm, portable, tech friday, techfriday, treo
May 23, 2018
What a mess on everything outside. The yellow, dirty pine pollen covers everything each May … but thankfully Pine pollen doesn’t trigger allergies for me. Brenda on the other hand, either has allergies at the moment or a summer cold? (used the iPhone 7 plus portrait mode for the above photo – note selective focus […]
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Tags: allergy, iphone7plus, photography, pine, pollen, portrait, smartphone
May 20, 2018
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Tags: annalyn, cat, encore, iphone7plus, kubota, megan, spider, taylor, yard, zd326s
May 16, 2018
The BMW X5 35d hit 170,000 miles and that meant it was overdue for an oil change. The last change was also the high end imported Ravenol, but required an extra quart about 4000 miles ago. I suppose that is par for the course now that this diesel is 8 years old? Nevertheless, I do […]
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Tags: BMW, diesel, maintenance, oil, oil change, ravenol, x5 35d
April 26, 2018
Routine: Alarm at 5:50AM, brew coffee, fix oatmeal, shower then shave (probably backwards), watch/listen to news and business information by tuning into Morning with Maria on FoxBusiness (Gen Jack Keane‘s reflection on iPhone in photo left earlier this week). I’m probably not the only one who is more comfortable having a morning routine than winging […]
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Tags: comfort, fox business, life, mornings, routine
April 14, 2018
This past week has been a busy one for me. I was off to Florida for a few days to check on the condo in Delray Beach after our winter renter and to start the demolition of the kitchen. It is a project that is way past due and I’m not sure I know exactly […]
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Tags: condo1718, delray beach, demolition, encore, florida, kitchen, remodeling
March 28, 2018
We have a couple of Canary cams in our home and they constantly trigger for one thing or the other. I’m still having problems with one of them sending “Person spotted in Away mode” which usually means my iPhone has not been detected as being “home.” I’ve tweaked the setting, played with masks, double and triple […]
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Tags: bird, Cam, canary, dove, gadget, security, selfie, twitter
March 12, 2018
It was a crisp and cold night for March in Cincinnati and with a pitch black sky at 6 AM (after the Daylight Savings time change), the Waning Crescent Moon (see Lunar Phase) gave me a chance to see if my Lumix GX8 and 100-300mm lens was up to the task. I’ve tried still photos […]
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Tags: crescent, gx8, lumix, moon, photography, telephoto, video, zoom
February 19, 2018
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Tags: david gates, encore, florida, marina, mp3, music monday, musicmonday, sailboat, sunrise
February 11, 2018
iPhone panoramic of home theater from the rear Finally the correct seat came in and I was able to assemble the last of our eight home theater seats for the home archive. The sizing and spacing is near perfect and even without the riser that I am planning to add to the rear row, the […]
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Tags: basement, furniture, home, panoramic, theater
February 9, 2018
As a Fox Business addicted viewer, I keep a live-feed running much of the day just as others do for music, talk radio or sports. One of the challenges is that it isn’t convenient or available, especially in a low bandwidth, "just" audio feed … unless I’m in the car and listening on SiriusXM Radio. […]
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Tags: app, foxbusiness, radio, siriusxm, subscription, tech friday, techfriday
January 31, 2018
I haven’t been wielding my camera around much lately as it is so much easier to whip out the iPhone and take a photo or some video … but occasionally there’s a subject that can’t be photographed easily with a smartphone or even with a DSLR. Here was my quick attempt last night with the […]
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Tags: coast, dslr, florida, lumix, photograph, photography, photoshopped, supermoon, treasure
January 30, 2018
With a rebounding economy, strong stock market and job opportunities for all who want to work … there is optimism in the country. President Donald Trump capitalized on the positive attitude most American have and highlighted the recent tax cuts as something all will start to see in their paychecks this year. Besides the IRS […]
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Tags: optimism, president, sotu, speech, trump
January 16, 2018
Ok … this Google app is a bit personal … but curiosity and some appreciation for art has me interested enough to forgo my privacy concerns. Google updated their Art and Culture app that compares a persons selfie with their huge archive of art from museums and other institutions. The computer-vision technology compares points on […]
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Tags: app, Art, cloud, culture, doppelgänger, google, selfie, Software, Technology, wikipedia
January 12, 2018
Testing and tweaking the Handbrake software I use for video encoding and am hoping to improve the .MP4 compression settings for MyDesultoryBlog and others. The test video is an 18 sec knife sharpening iPhone clip and the new setting should average about 25-30 MB per minute at full 30 frame/sec at a reasonable 1280 x720 […]
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Tags: compression, handbrake, iphone, knife, mp4, sharpening, tech friday, techfriday, testing, video