I have been extremely happy with my Xiaomi Amazfit Bip smartwatch. It has been over 2 years since I discovered and purchased this inexpensive smartwatch. The key item that caused me to purchase this watch was the 30-day battery. However, I have determined that what I love the most is the alarm. Because I wear the watch to sleep, the …
I recently received this message in my browser while opening a web page I designed for a friends company. I have received this message before while going to other sites, and just refreshed the browser and continued, not thinking anything of it. “There is an issue with your connection – We had an issue while attempting to notify you about your …
2020 Blog Refresh It is a new year and my blog needed some updates. Not just small updates but some real technology love. The theme was not complliant with the new version of WordPress, I had 4 plugins that were throwing exceptions (filling the log), 2 plugins that were no longer supported, the SSL for the site was no-longer working, …
I love technology and I love my family. However these two have collided and we have had some challenges. One of those challenges relates to cords; yes I mean power cords. Some years ago I purchased a few portable DVD players. These great little items allowed my children to watch movies while we traveled. My parents and family live more than …
Selling Domains A few years ago I purchased a few domain names. I got a great price and have held them since. Recently I decided to sell off those domains. I have not had much experience selling a domain before. The experience I have had, was around purchasing domains. In the past I have been part or brokered …
My old Thinkpad that I used as a mini server died, and on that machine I ran an old version of Quickbooks. I have used Quickbooks for invoicing and accounting for about 7 years. It has served me well, however when the machine died I decided to look at upgrading from my 2009 version to the newest. As I …
I read a great blog by Troy Hunt frequently. He is an architect and MVP over at Microsoft, he typically talks about security. He recently sent out a quick tweet regarding locking your computer. After the tweet regarding what to do when someone does not lock their screen. http://www.troyhunt.com/2013/10/40-inappropriate-actions-to-take.html I love some of the options. One favorite was to set …
I don’t often go out for Black Friday. I like the idea of deals, but do not like dealing with people. So this year my wife asked to get the nest (nest.com) – The learning thermostat. Lowe’s had the system on sale. So instead of heading to their store with thousands of other people. I got up in the morning and …
I launched a new theme on the site 2 weeks ago. I Mentioned at the time a new technology. I have switched to a responsive design theme. If you are not familiar with responsive design it is: (wiki pedia) Responsive Web Design (RWD) essentially indicates that a web site is crafted to use Cascading Style Sheets 3 media queries, an extension …
I was watching some CES news and ran across a new gadget that I would like to purchase. It looks like I’ll have to wait till March for this one. Only $50 dollars. It is called feedair. http://www.feedair.com I have tried in the past to use the Ambient orb to get something like feedair to work. Weather forecasts, information, etc… I …
This new year I plan on blogging more. For one reason, it is a good stress relief. The other reasons revolve that I like to do it. To make the process easier I plan on utilizing Windows live writer. The reason for using live writer is the simple ease of use and great layout functions it allows. I currently use WordPress …
Headphones while biking Since my last post I have been getting email and real life comments from people about using headphones while biking. So far my back of the napkin calculation is that it’s 60/40. 60% of those I talk to say it’s OK, and 40% are concerned. It is all over the map in regards why people are either for …
I love technology. I love how the process of doing tedious tasks can be simplified. I can remember when creating an favicon was a true task. You had to download some type of app that would transform your image to a PNG then do some maniuplation to make it the right size. Today there are some great sites that take your …
It is amazing how reliant you get on internet access. Over the weekend a few things happened with our family and the need to communicate and send messages. I realized that I have become dependent on being able to either just pick up a phone or have some type of communication. Because of the location where we were the cell signal …