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New blogging setup
I used to have a “personal website” back in the day. And I played with that quite a lot. But that whole concept seemed to go away at some point. I probably milked it for awhile too long, but I eventually chose to setup a blog to replace my personal web site. The free Google… — read more
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Ham radio, again
Back in February I made the decision to jump back into amateur radio. I’ve had an extra class license for a number of years. So I have the maximum privileges. And I just renewed it for another ten. I dropped a pretty good load of cash on a bunch of new gear. Probably the biggest… — read more
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Ham shack
I recently decided to jump back into amateur radio with both feet. This last weekend I picked up a bunch of gear. And I have a couple of radios still on their way. Our little home office (man cave) is now looking like an actual ham shack. Previous to this, I was using a couple… — read more
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Audio nirvana
I like to play with audio gear. And I’ve been searching for a good setup in the office in our home where I sit in front of my computer most of the time. It’s basically the smallest room in the house. A small bedroom that I use as my man cave. My last good audio… — read more
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Value vs Value-to-me
I’ve been known to ramble on about tech device overload. That’s what I call it when I have too many gadgets that get too little use. I was avoiding selling them because of the loss that I would incur (new vs used price). I had a desktop computer, a laptop, a tablet, and a smart… — read more
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Cloud services
This last week was a real exercise in futility. Before this, I had been firmly planted in the Apple camp. Using iCloud for email and all my files. Using Numbers and Pages for my spreadsheets and documents. This worked pretty well. Enter the thought, that Numbers is maybe sort of lame. Google Sheets is much… — read more
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Speaker wars
Of course there is no war at all, except that which has been in my head over which speakers to use in our office. I have switched between having a HomePod in the office to having my Harman Kardons in there… and back and forth a number of times. Most recently, we have one HomePod… — read more
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to k-cup or not to k-cup, that is the question
For the past two years… at home, I have had my top-rated OXO coffee maker and Shawna has had her Keurig machine. We had been doing strictly Keurig before I bought the OXO. I went with my OXO coffee maker because the end result is better-tasting coffee. When I first bought the OXO, I decided… — read more
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More HomePod fun…
Get ready to laugh. This will undoubtedly cause you to chuckle. So… bought the HomePod right? Had it for a few days. Liked it. Not sure it was better-sounding than my Harman Kardon speakers but figured I’d keep it anyway. A couple nights later, had a few beers, and did a bunch of comparison testing… — read more
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HomePod impressions
The picture above shows my Apple HomePod that arrived yesterday. It is intended to replace the Harman Kardon SoundSticks shown below. The HomePod has no wired connections (except for power). It’s designed to respond to voice commands (via Siri). One can also stream to it from any Airplay-capable device. The HomePod has very nice sound.… — read more