Laptop Buying Guide | Christmas 2019

I am often asked about what type of laptop to get. I recycled my post from 2018 since it was still relevant. Here are my recommendations in simple terms. Apple MacBook Laptops If you do need Windows only programs and want a laptop that may last many, many years, look at MacBooks. You will spend …

T-Mobile – Cannot Hear Some Callers

I have T-Mobile and for quite some time I couldn't hear some callers. These were only calls from corporate type phone systems (my employer and other companies). For example, my employer's phone system shows a generic number and not the actual number from which I am calling. My cell phone would ring when I received …

5.11 AMP24 Backpack

I love backpacks and have many more than I need. I have backpacks that are too big, too small, or too tactical looking. My goal has to been find a backpack I can use for airline carry on, daily carry for my workout clothes, and be able to stand up to hard use as needed …

Going on a Google Diet

I wasn't naive and knew for many years that Google Search was too restrictive. I was aware Google wouldn't show some search results because others didn't want people to see them. For example, let's say you wanted to know how to copy television episodes from a Blu-ray. You might have a hard time finding good …

Xpenology Experiment – Norco RPC-3216 Case

What do you do when you have surgery and weeks of recovery with one arm out of commission? Start a tech project! This was not going to be easy and I could only spend short periods of time working on the project. I had sixteen WD Red drives in 3TB, 4TB, and 6TB capacities that …

5.11 HAVOC30 Backpack

I must admit that I'm a backpack hoarder, some of which have never been used. I love the utility of military style backpacks because they are durable and offer a lot of options for accessories, but I don't care for is the ready for combat appearance. I had a vacation coming up and I wanted …

MultiPar Batch Script

A friend and I use MultiPar to create recovery files for data to be backed up online. I found the process inefficient because I was not able to select a batch of files in a directory and have recovery files for each individual file. Doing that resulted in recovery files for all of the files …