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Building a Smarter Home – Part 1: Build Your Foundation
Technology

Building a Smarter Home – Part 1: Build Your Foundation

Posted on June 22, 2018April 28, 2021 by admin

Even since before owning my first home, I always had my sights on the great “smart home” tech that was flooding the market. I had…

An Open Letter to Ted Lancaster and Kyle Lee, Kia Canada COO and CEO, On Handling of Customers with Major Engine Defect [Updated]
Rants

An Open Letter to Ted Lancaster and Kyle Lee, Kia Canada COO and CEO, On Handling of Customers with Major Engine Defect [Updated]

Posted on June 5, 2018June 22, 2018 by admin

Ted and Kyle, I never take the time to actually write formal complaints about anything in life. Having started my career over a decade ago…

Celeron J4105 – First Week Impressions
Reviews

Celeron J4105 – First Week Impressions

Posted on April 16, 2018 by admin

After some recent fun with an ultra low power Rock64 NAS build, I wanted to see what a new Celeron J4105 board could hold as a…

Building a high performing home NAS on a shoestring budget with the Rock64 SBC
Reviews

Building a high performing home NAS on a shoestring budget with the Rock64 SBC

Posted on April 4, 2018May 21, 2019 by admin

I’ve gone through many iterations of a Home NAS over the years. It started with an AMD Phenom based system running in a Norco case…

Kia Forte Engine Failure – Tick, Tock
Rants

Kia Forte Engine Failure – Tick, Tock

Posted on April 2, 2018June 22, 2018 by admin

Do you drive a 2010-2013 Kia Forte (or one of the other vehicles I list later on)? Does your engine tick and click? Sound like…

Gum Grafts – they really aren’t so bad!
Random Thoughts

Gum Grafts – they really aren’t so bad!

Posted on March 26, 2018March 26, 2018 by admin

When you start Google searching any sort of medical procedure, all you’ll find are people with bad experiences (usually due to complications, or self inflicted…

Thinking of an Orange Pi instead of a Raspberry Pi? Don’t bother.
Rants

Thinking of an Orange Pi instead of a Raspberry Pi? Don’t bother.

Posted on February 7, 2018April 2, 2018 by admin

I should have done my research on this one – I know better – but I rushed in. The Orange Pi PC board attracted me…

Easy Outbound Email Sending For My Connected and Smart Devices
Technology

Easy Outbound Email Sending For My Connected and Smart Devices

Posted on December 28, 2017December 28, 2017 by admin

With a growing number of “Smart Home”, security, and other connected devices at home, I wanted to take advantage of the Email functionality most of…

The Underworld of Amazon’s Incentivized Review Problem
Behind the Prime

The Underworld of Amazon’s Incentivized Review Problem

Posted on June 6, 2017May 18, 2021 by admin

Inflated and biased reviews are bought and sold by the thousands every day in exchange for rank manipulation, bad reviews are guilted or bribed until…

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