Why Are All My Blog Comments Suddenly Russian Spam?
Lately, my WordPress comment section has turned into a spam graveyard. Every single comment seems to be from some random account posting links in Russian. It doesn’t matter what the topic of my post is—Apple, tech, or even something personal—the comments are just a flood of spam in Cyrillic with sketchy-looking URLs. Why is this…
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…
Windows 10 Enterprise v1709 also has support for 4 sockets.
Windows 10 Pro for Workstations is being talked up to allow individuals like myself to use high end hardware for workstation type tasks. I have been waiting for this for years now and in the interim have become quite versed in Linux and Windows Server due to my requirement to use 4 sockets on the…
Why Won’t Apple Sell a Standalone Touch ID Sensor?
As much as I appreciate Apple’s attention to design and security, there’s one glaring hole in their product lineup that drives me nuts: the lack of a standalone Touch ID sensor. If you want to use Touch ID on a Mac, Apple locks you into buying their own Magic Keyboard with Touch ID. And while…
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…
Why Can’t We Get Minecraft Bedrock on Mac with Apple Silicon?
It’s 2025, and Apple’s M-series chips have proven themselves as some of the most powerful consumer CPUs on the market. MacBooks and iMacs with Apple Silicon rival high-end PCs in raw performance while sipping power like mobile devices. Yet for some reason, there’s one glaring omission for gamers: Minecraft Bedrock Edition is still not available…
The death of the PC needs to be rethought.
It is a very common theme in tech media and podcasting these days to refer to the post-pc era or that the PC is dying. I agree that the desktop PC market is shrinking, but the need for workstation grade computers is not. Content creators regardless of the media type (video, games, text, graphics or…
MagSafe Would Be a Game-Changer for the iPad Mini
The iPad Mini has always been the perfect balance of portability and power. It’s small enough to throw in a bag or hold with one hand, yet powerful enough to handle most of what you’d do on a larger iPad. But as great as the iPad Mini is, there’s one feature missing that could make…
What is up with Google, Spotify, Waze and Google Music?
Recently, I have been driving to work after a very long stretch of either walking or taking subways/trains. I have found that the GPS apps are pretty useful for letting me know if there is traffic on I-95 South. Currently, I am juggling Waze and Google Maps as my go to apps as well as…
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…