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Telecommuters / Remote Workers: Which is more valuable to you? Money or Time?
I saw an article this morning (August 10, 2021) stating in the headline that remote workers / telecommuters at Google might be working at reduced salary. I say……so what? The benefits of telecommuting / remote working…..FAR OUTSTRIP any little bit of less money you might be making versus going into the OFFICE everyday. I did…
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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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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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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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So you want to be an Engineer? Here is the most important subject you need to learn.
Back in the day, when videoconferencing (think video chat in 2019) was new and exciting, my colleague, Renee, and I were working at Lawrence Livermore National Lab advancing that technology and, as part of an LLNL community outreach program, visiting Elementary and Middle Schools in area to show this new technology and answer student’s questions…
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Using the Netgear Arlo Pro Security Camera
UPDATE 1/3/2023: Just got notice from Arlo that they are ending the life of our cameras on April 1, 2023. Time to look for another security camera….stay tuned! Due to an overwhelming negative response….Arlo now knows they fucked up and extended the end of life for awhile. Hey, Arlo: I still have a rotary phone…
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How Watching Movies Has Changed Over the Years
This is 2015, errrr 2019 , 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and the technology choices for us to watch movies is dizzying! A bit of history…. I don’t want to start too far back, but, in the past 30 or 40 years there has been a remarkable technological shift in the way we watch movies (and…
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COWORKING in a Small Town: Lessons Learned
On May 1, 2009, I opened the first coworking location in San Joaquin County and Tracy, CA. A revolutionary concept in office space that I was sure everyone would instantly embrace. I was wrong….. In 2009, our country was in the middle of the worst recession in history and many people were unemployed. I was…
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