Android Auto
The other day I was notified of an update to Android Auto on my phone. I had seen some online news that a new version would be released that would allow the app to be used without a compatible in dash head unit. My first thought was “why did this take so long?”, but I…
Things I use, but am not 100% happy with…
Recently, I moved to a larger house after living in apartments and town houses for almost 20 years. Living in small places wifi had never really been an issue to me, and other than the occasional reboot of the router, I was very happy. In the new house, I tried to use my trusty Linksys…
New favorite podcast application/website.
I am a big fan of podcasts and a longtime user. I, like many, started with iTunes in my podcast listening, but quickly grew tired of how it handled feeds that I didn’t listen to in a while. For many years as an Android user, I used BeyondPod for listening to podcasts and in general,…
My complaint after using the Apple Watch for 6 months.
I got a Nike+ Apple Watch 3 with LTE for my birthday last year. As a very longtime Fitbit user, I was skeptical of losing access to the social component of Fitbit. I have always said that the back end of Fitbit is their greatest resource, and still believe this. I liked my various Fitbits…
Arcade cabinet modification time.
As Spring finally approaches here in the North-East, I think it is a good time to do some Spring cleaning of my game systems. In particular, this year I want to focus on my arcade cabinet. My goal is to add a full Windows PC, an XBOX 360 and a raspberry pi to the cabinet…
If the power goes out, so does your local network if you use Eero.
The big Nor’easter hit Connecticut the other day and we lost our power for a few hours. We also lost out cable too: phone, internet and TV. This was and is annoying, but I can understand how much work is involved to fix these things. One new think I learned is that you lose your…
One year with Project Fi
For a little over a year now, I have been using Project Fi as my cell carrier, and I can say that for the most part I’m happy. For those unfamiliar, Project Fi is a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) owned and operated by Google. Launched in early 2015, Google had the idea of doing a different…
The status of Android updates…
So — AT&T pushed a new update to me today on my Samsung Galaxy s6 Edge device. Recently, Google and Samsung (and AT&T) came to an agreement that monthly security updates would be sent to Samsung phones. This, in theory, is a good thing and I assumed that is exactly what this update was, but…
Why Can’t We Use Custom Faces on the Apple Watch?
If there’s one thing that frustrates me about owning an Apple Watch, it’s the lack of freedom to create and use truly custom watch faces. Apple has built one of the most advanced smartwatches in the world, but at the same time, it has locked down one of the most personal aspects of the device:…
The iPad Pro will never be a laptop replacement until it supports a mouse.
I have been meaning to post something to this blog about my thoughts on the iPad Pro for a while now, but due to time commitments, I haven’t had the time to do it. The recent Apple commercials kind of gave me an urge to write something due to their misleading nature. First. let me…