Back in the day, our DE filter was the very best! It kept our pool sparkling clean and was easy to clean……then over the years, and years….life happened and both the DE filter and I became…..old!? I kept the pool filters clean, and actually enjoyed the effort because….damn those filters looked great when I was done cleaning them! See pictures
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I saw an article this morning (August 10, 2021) stating in the headline that remote workers at Google might be working at reduced salary. I say……so what? The benefits of telecommuting…..errrr, remote working FAR OUTSTRIP any little bit of less money you might be making versus going into the OFFICE everyday. I did a quick overview of telecommuting / remote
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Thought it might be interesting to see the Arlo Security Camera in action on July 1, 2021 starting at 2:45 AM. The Tracy Police will be given this link in case it might help any investigations they may be working on. If anyone has great video processing tools / skills and wants to help ID these people or see a
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Still playing engineer even though I am supposed to be “retired” except for my blogging and ForCarol.com, Inc. charity directorship, I decided once again to beta test the latest operating system for the Pixel 5: Android 12. So far, and we are one week or so into version 2 of the Android 12 beta…..this has been the most trouble free
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UPDATE: Two weeks after I started using the Pixelbook….this is the very best “computer” I have ever owned! Period. UPDATE June 27, 2021: I have the Logitech bluetooth mouse working on the Pixelbook Go. Works great. And……I plugged my hard drive into the Pixelbook Go and I could see, and manipulate, all my old files! Very cool! 🙂 I have
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Your new TV is now a computer. As such, there are times when things go bonkers, and you may need to reboot. This past week, I experienced just such an occurrence. The following diagram shows our current, 2021, TV configuration. The Comcast box is connected to HDMI 1 and the (unused) Blu-Ray player is connected to HDMI 4. HDMI 2
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