The Beauty and Disappointment of Multi-Gig Networking
A couple of years ago I published an article (Breaking the LAN Speed Barrier) outlining the procurement process, deployment requirements,...
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- 2 days ago
- 5 min
The Best Multitool Setup for Your Belt (In Both Regular and 'Big & Tall' Sizes!)
In the world of, not so much 'preppers' but more just self-sufficient, ready-for-anything types of people, multitools are a must-have...
- 2 days ago
- 1 min
Wild Pack of Alexas Asserting Dominance on Feeble Human
Behold the futuristic horror of going through an internet outage when you have about a dozen Alexa-based Echo devices in your house. On a...
- Jul 28
- 5 min
Steamdeck's Nonsensical Hypetrain
We live in the age of multi-gig wifi 6, multi-gig ethernet, multi-gig 5G and broadband to our homes, our Oculus’ can wirelessly stream...
- May 12
- 2 min
Mod Your Gamecube - 2 Minute Rundown
Modding consoles in order to play their libraries off of SD cards/external drives, or to do the same with backwards-compatibility support...
- May 11
- 3 min
Tesla Turn Signals Part 2: The FIX for Software-Controlled Hardware
Since my last post on the awful mechanics of the Tesla turn signal stalk, I went all-out trying to solve the issue creatively since I...
- Apr 20
- 3 min
Halo Infinite Weapon Tier List
The world of Halo Infinite is vast, detailed, and most of all- dialed in. Halo has been being refined for over two decades now. I...
- Mar 21
- 3 min
The First of Its Kind - A Portable Cordless Vacuum With POWER! (UPDATE: And Issues)
August 2022 Update: After a few months of use, the cracks have started to show in this vacuum's design. The motor assembly is really...
- Mar 20
- 5 min
Tesla Turn Signals Part 1: The Curse of Software-Controlled Hardware
Update: for the fix for this issue, see my new Part 2 article that solves this problem once and for all. I recently traded my 2016...
- Mar 13
- 6 min
Ryan Reynolds Is Insufferable
It's a strange thing, reversing an overall opinion of someone or something almost on a dime, but that's where I'm at with Ryan Reynolds....
- Mar 12
- 3 min
The Best Way to Watch Dubbed Movies in 2022
This may be a pretty niche interest, but I've been a huge Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3k) fan since I was a kid, and because of that...
- Dec 3, 2021
- 4 min
Configuring Macro 'G' Buttons in the G Hub on Logitech Keyboards (eg. G613)
The prominence of keyboards with shortcut or 'macro' keys seems to be steadily going the way of the dodo in the modern day, at least to...
- Oct 3, 2021
- 6 min
Portable Battery Generator Face-Off (Ecoflow River vs Jackery 300)
Being prepared for emergency events, or just inconveniences, as a techie means you need a lot of stored electricity at your disposal to...
- Sep 20, 2021
- 2 min
Resurrecting the Iconic Apple iBook
I've been on a retro Apple device kick for a little while and have recently been going through a backlog of old Apple systems from Apple...
- Sep 12, 2021
- 4 min
Nexdock 360: The KVM We've All Needed For Decades
For way too long now, IT admins have had to rely on bulky, cumbersome KVM's that either consist of a rolling table with a monitor and...
- Aug 11, 2021
- 4 min
What Does 'Compress Drive to Save Space' Actually Do in Windows?
For the past ~2 decades, Windows has had a little option when you right-click a local drive and hit properties, to 'Compress Drive to...
- Aug 10, 2021
- 2 min
Intel VS AMD: The Synthetic Competition That Everyone Buys In On
For the past few years, the hype around AMD "taking down" Intel has been very real. To this day, I have no idea how even some of the most...
- Apr 5, 2021
- 4 min
AI Assistants and Their Sugar Spike Evolutions
AI assistants have become commonly used throughout modern society, with a surprising number of demographics and age groups quickly...
- Apr 4, 2021
- 2 min
6-Segment Display Configurations
Update May 11, 2022: I just discovered an amazing Youtube channel that actually covers this concept in detail, and found it extremely...
- Apr 3, 2021
- 10 min
Halo's Two Styles of Storytelling
Halo is well regarded as one of the best and most successful videogame franchises of all time. However, there seems to be a split in the...