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Using the Pixel 5
October 29, 2020 is the day I received the new Pixel 5, and the day I realized….hmmmmm, this phone is small. 🙂 Not that small is a bad thing….for sure it is the lightest phone I have had in 4 years or more, weighing in at 5 3/8 ounces naked, or 6 5/8 ounces dressed…
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Archaeological Dig in the Garage Unearths Ancient Electronic Test Equipment
I started this blog entry way back in June 2019, but, I could not find the power supply, function generator, and soldering iron, so I gave up the dig. At home during the COVID-19 pandemic, I went back to digging in the garage and surprise! I found the missing pieces of this blog. 🙂 Here…
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Moving Google Play Music to Youtube Music
As you may have heard…..Google Play Music is going to be discontinued sometime later this year (no specific dates that I could find) and Youtube Music will be the go to place for your Google-fied music collection. I have been trying to find out how to move my Google Play Music to Youtube Music for…
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Beta Testing Android 11 on My Pixel 3 XL
Update 9/14/2020: Google will announce new products Sept 30, 2020 (go here to participate). That includes my next phone….the Pixel 5 (ordered a Sorta Sage, Pixel 5 (8 gig RAM, 128 gig storage, 5G capable, with two back cameras one being a 16 Mpixel wide angle)….due to arrive early November) 🙂 Update 9/9/2020: Android 11…
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Youtube TV Revisited: Nearly Perfect
Click for my YouTube TV Tests: UPDATE: I am testing YouTube TV for the 5th time in Jan / Feb 2025. I will post the results in March 2025. 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…
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5G Will Change the Way You Connect Your Home to the Internet
Paradigm Shift Very soon (within the next few years) the way we connect to the Internet, the way we watch TV, and the way we use our smartphones and other Internet connected devices (IoT) from home (or office / work) will change forever. Let me explain….. It’s January 2020, and, there are, essentially, two ways…
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Installing a New Sink, Faucet, and Shut off Valves
Ok, in this blog entry, I step out of my comfort zone of electronics, videoconferencing, and remote work, to replace our old 34 year old sink, faucet, and shut-off valves with brand new stuff! Very scary as I needed to shut off the main water supply to the house for a period of time (to…
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Using the Sony A8G 65 inch 4k UltraHD OLED TV
After 15 years with our old Sony HDTV (see figure 1 below) we finally had to catch up with the times and technology and get a new TV. Lori selected (with consulting help from the TV watcher…..ME! :-)) the Sony A8G 65 inch 4k UHD OLED TV (Figure 2 below) that was on sale because,…
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Disney+ was Introduced and Today the World Changed
Disney+ streaming was long expected and, as luck may have it, when it finally arrived on November 12, 2019, there were technical issues getting logged in and streaming video. But, hey, issues are to be expected in the world of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). Since I could not help fix the issues…..I simply…
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Archaeological Dig in the Garage Unearths Ancient Apple MacIntosh Computers
OK, I save almost everything techy: Computers, printers, electronic test equipment (stay tuned for an upcoming “Archaeological Dig”), Videoconferencing stuff, CD’s, telephones, well……the list goes on and on and on and on……I got a lot of stuff in that garage. The problem is, I pack the stuff away very nicely, and after 20 years or…
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