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Cutting the Cord: YouTube TV
Read my Introduction to this Series. 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…
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Cutting the Cord
Introducing a NEW series on TechyMike.com: “Cutting the Cord”. I have talked about some of the shifts in technology (Videoconferencing, HDTV, Wireless Networking, Digital TV, Blu-Ray, etc) in this blog, and guess what? The technology world is once again on the verge of a major shift: This time in the area of visual content viewing.…
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Google Releases the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL
A few days ago, Google announced the release of their second version Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL. I purchased my Pixel XL in November 2016, and have been super happy with it…..still am! In the year, I have taken tons of pictures (see some of them below), participated in the Oreo Beta test, and…
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Using Adobe Photoshop Elements 15
Our nonprofit (ForCarol.com), my book review blog, TracyReaderDad.com, and this blog need the assistance of Photoshop, almost on a daily basis. BUT…..since I am now fully “retired”, we have to conserve as much as possible, and being on a fixed income (the blogs only cost me money), the $9.99 a month is not something I can…
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Online Security: Easy, Common Sense, Precautions
Updated 9/10/2018, 10/10/2018, 1/23/2020 I read a headline today stating that Podesta’s password was “password”. How STUPID! In 2016, when his email was hacked, this was UNFORGIVABLY STUPID. And look what happened. I have given some tips in the past in this blog, and today, I will re-iterate a few simple steps you can take to…
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Pixel XL vs Samsung Galaxy Note 4: Camera Comparision
Those of you follow this blog know that I love(d) my Samsung Galaxy Note 4. In addition to the Note 4 being reliable, fast, and rugged, I was especially impressed with the Note 4’s camera, which handled everything from low light concerts to bright light landscapes with equal aplumb. Alas, time passes and my…
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Taking a Break From Facebook: Creativity Returns
Being TechyMike, I always try to be on the leading edge (with a few noteable exceptions chronicled in this blog). As such, I was eager to jump on Social Media when it started, and have been active ever since. But, being TechyMike, also means I am, by nature, an introvert tending towards long hours of…
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Pixel XL Depth of Field
Trying something new….posting from my new Pixel XL to TechyMike. Took a few pictures of Blaze and our fern this morning testing the depth of field of the Pixel XL camera. I first focused on the fern with Blaze blurry in the background. Then I focused on Blaze in the background and now the fern…
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Google Pixel XL: Taking a Screenshot & Finding the Control Buttons
UPDATE July 2023: Things have changed since this, soooooo, consider this a History lesson on Pixel phones and android. 🙂 My Google Pixel XL arrived on Saturday, November 19, 2016. After opening it and going thru the set up procedure….the Pixel XL promptly downloaded Android 7.1 Nougat thereby making this techy geek nerd very very…
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Google Pixel & Pixel XL Android Phones
Google decided it was time to develop hardware! Since I am (was?) a hardware developer…this is great news. Google announced several new hardware products yesterday (October 4, 2016), but, I am only super excited about one: The Pixel phones. Note: I will add more information as I get hands-on experience with this phone after I…
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