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Author: Mike Pihlman

  • Foldable SmartPhones: Will They Change the World?

    Foldable SmartPhones: Will They Change the World?

    A few years back, mobile phones had the ability to make and receive a phone call, send and receive text messages, and…..hmmm, that’s about it. And they WERE foldable!!! They were just called flip phones and they were the hottest rage back in the day. Then along came a guy named Jobs who founded a…

  • Backup The Information You Have Stored on the Cloud

    Backup The Information You Have Stored on the Cloud

    UPDATE 3/15/2019: I finally got back into my “disabled” account and was able to tighten up the account security! I decided to secure some long untouched, but still needed if only in the background, accounts on Google the other day. Note: These accounts would have both been long-gone had Google made it easy to move…

  • Pixel XL & Pixel 3 XL: The Accidental Photographer

    Pixel XL & Pixel 3 XL: The Accidental Photographer

    I have always been intrigued by photography even though I never pursued it besides taking photos during vacation or taking a few thousand pictures of corn plants while getting my Masters degree in electrical engineering at the University of Kansas. Seeing the reviews of the Pixel XL camera in 2016, I knew I had to…

  • Cool Technology: Tesla Dog Mode

    Cool Technology: Tesla Dog Mode

    Keep your pet cool and comfortable in, and your windows intact on, your Tesla 3 with “Dog Mode”. Cool stuff! :-)

  • iRobot Terra Robotic Lawnmower

    iRobot Terra Robotic Lawnmower

    Reading the IEEE Spectrum this morning, I saw the announcement for the iRobot Terra Robotic Lawnmower. How cool is this? Soon…..I will not only never have to vacuum the inside of our house, but, I will no longer have to mow my lawn. The first thing I will need to do is add these battery…

  • Using the WordPress Gutenberg Editor

    Using the WordPress Gutenberg Editor

    Gutenberg is the latest blog editor from WordPress. I have been using WordPress since Matt was probably the only employee, and I have stubbornly held onto the past by using the original, old familiar, editor until about 2 months ago. Focusing on TechyMike.com again (hey, once a geek always a geek) I decided to take…

  • “Temi: The Personal Robot”

    “Temi: The Personal Robot”

    Did a search for robotic videoconferencing this morning and TechyMike.com popped up! Ignoring that guy, I moved on and found a link to the “Temi Personal Robot”.

  • Amazon Scout Autonomous Delivery Robot

    Amazon Scout Autonomous Delivery Robot

    Scanning the news a few days ago, I spotted an article showing a picture of the Amazon Scout autonomous delivery robot. As always, in this day and age, I just read the headline and moved on to the next headline. But today, I went back to that article and looked closer. Hey….this is interesting stuff…

  • Using the Netgear Orbi WiFi Router

    Using the Netgear Orbi WiFi Router

    UPDATE 12/17/2022: The Orbi is still going strong! And it is keeping up with our Xfinity speeds. Just checked the speeds on my Pixel 6 Pro: 399 Mbps down, 11.9 Mbps up. 🙂 UPDATE 10/28/2019: After resetting unexpectedly, the Orbi has been flawless since April 4, 2019 and before that for several months. Not sure…

  • Pixel 3 XL Night Sight

    Pixel 3 XL Night Sight

    Google has released the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL Night Sight camera feature.