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YouTube TV Test #5 and Final Decision
Major Update March 6, 2025: YouTube TV is now our TV provider! After 8 years of testing, the $$ numbers and YouTube TV technology aligned! Thanks to Raymond and Brandon at Comcast Tracy, CA for their help getting our 500 Mbps Internet working perfectly. 🙂 Test #1 with our VERY old (2004) TV in 2017 Test #2 with…
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YouTube TV Auto Adjusted Resolution to 480p Standard Definition During Super Bowl 2025
I switched from Xfinity to YouTube TV during the 2025 Super Bowl and was shocked to see a very crappy picture! I checked my network speed and it was normal around 500 Mbps down, sooooooo…. I looked at the YouTube TV stats and control stuff….. It turns out that YouTube TV Auto adjusted my Sony…
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Sony A8G Randomly Displays Discovery+ Subscribe Banner
A month or two ago, we started to see a Discovery+ Subscribe Banner randomly appear on our Sony A8G. (The below image is not what we saw, as I trashed that sucker last week, but, it works as an example) It could happen anytime…..during a STREAMING movie, watching the SF Giants…..anytime, but it was always…
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Adobe Firefly AI vs Google Gemini AI: Image Generation
For fun, I decided to take the prompt: Tropical beach with palms trees and a beautiful yellow and orange sunset in the background over the ocean And apply it to both Adobe Firefly and Google Gemini (for Gemini, the image has to be people-less at the present time). Both look great! And both offered multiple…
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Artificial Intelligence Explains: Remote Work, Telecommuting, and Coworking
I asked Google Gemini and Adobe Firefly artificial intelligence (AI) to help me explain remote working, telecommuting, and coworking in words and pictures. The results are below….. Wow! Cool stuff and accurate! Adobe Firefly Prompt: Blonde woman working on a computer in her home office surrounded by a jungle of house plants Gemini Prompt: 150…
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Adobe Firefly and Google Gemini Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Here is a quick intro to a couple of the latest AI (Artificial Intelligence) apps I’ve started to look at in the past few weeks. Why am I looking at AI? For the ForCarol.org college scholarships, I asked Inyoung (2014 scholarship winner) and Yash (2018 scholarship winner) if it might be feasible to embrace AI…
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Testing YouTube TV: Part 4
It’s been a bit over a year since our last test of YouTube TV. Here are the links on TechyMike.com: Major Update March 6, 2025: YouTube TV is now our TV provider! After 8 years of testing, the $$ numbers and YouTube TV technology aligned! Thanks to Raymond and Brandon at Comcast Tracy, CA for…
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Remote Working Rocks!
COVID forced everyone to understand the value of telecommuting, videoconferencing, and remote work. During that time……remote working / telecommuting / videoconferencing helped keep the world spinning for a few years while people worked at home. Now that the pandemic is “over”….there should no longer be ANY hesitation about continuing to remote work! After all……the benefits…
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Phosphates in Your Pool: Read This First
Originally posted on ForCarol.org I did a quick research project when I learned that all the measures I took (and MONEY we spent!) to lower the phosphate level in our pool….did NOTHING! My ultimate decision: Leave the phosphate level high and kill the algae as needed. Caveat: This is a quick un-scientific study of pool…
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Using the Pixel 8 Pro and Pixel Watch 2
UPDATE Nov 17, 2023: The Pixel 8 Pro is great….the Pixel Watch 2 took a couple of updates to “Fitbit” and the Watch itself to get it ALMOST right. I have been using it since the last update (a couple weeks) and it is MUCH BETTER than I describe below. It is usable as long…
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