I’m always telling the kids (or anyone who will listen) that most jobs aren’t that bad if you have the right tools. And we are fortunate to live in a time when there seems to be a tool for about anything that’s at all difficult to do (and just wait until 3D printers really get […]
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Looking For A Wireless Day/Night PTZ Camera?
Affordable TrendNet Megapixel Wireless TV-IP672WI PTZ Night Vision Camera Ever since buying my first TrendNet Day/Night internet camera I have had really no desire to plunk down money for a security camera without night vision. My first PTZ camera was an Axis 215 that is still deployed, and works well remotely as long as I […]
Upgrade The Firmware On Your SSD Right Away
Avoid Problems When Speeding Up Your PC With An SSD I wrote in this post how I upgraded my SSD from a smaller one that I had upgraded to from a conventional 7200rpm hard drive to massively speed up my PC. What I haven’t reported on yet (I don’t think) is the need to IMMEDIATELY […]
Don’t Get Rid Of Your DVD’s Just Yet
What Do You Watch When You Get ‘Netflix Site Error’? A lot of companies think you should buy all of your entertainment stored “in the cloud”: Netflix, Hulu Plus, Amazon Instant, Apple everything. And that can be very convenient, especially if you live in a small apartment or overpriced Texas hill country home with no […]
Saving $800 On Car Repair
Instrument Cluster Board Repair 1997 Minivan When you have identified a good vehicle, you keep it; such it is with our 1997 Chrysler Town & Country LXI minivan, bought new in late 1996. It currently has about 190,000 miles on it. Because it gets about 50% better gas mileage than my F150 (21.5 – 23mpg […]
How To Edit MP3 Downloaded From YouTube With Sony Vegas Movie Studio
MP3 Editing Made Easy It all started when I was watching the movie “Shakedown”, which I found because I am a Sam Elliott fan. Peter Weller looked a bit different in his youth (though he was almost 40) than he did in his “24” days. One reason I like to let the credits roll is […]