Road Construction is a (Noisy) Pain
For three days now, our subdivision has had a crew ripping-out, and re-paving the streets. If you’ve never had to endure that before, count your blessings. It is, perhaps, the noisiest thing you’ll endure. I feel for the folks who … Continued
Are Label Makers Still a Thing?
While we continue to digitize our lives, we were opening some boxes that haven’t been opened in years, and came-across this old “label maker.” This Brother P-Touch PT-110 Stood The Test of Time I attached the first label I’d made with … Continued
Google Cloud Print Torpedoed My Epson Printer
UPDATE 12/8/15 – Woke up this morning, and found things back to normal. Over in the Google Help Forums, Google’s Brian Blietz wrote, “We were able to diagnose and address the issue earlier today. For those that have disabled Cloud Print … Continued
Changing Things Around!
Just a quick note to apologize for the chaos. I’m in the process of migrating from Google’s Blogger platform, to self-hosted WordPress. Since I have only limited time for this project, the transition may not be quick, so I appreciate … Continued
ZeroLemon SolarJuice 20000mAh Review
I’ve been meaning to write a review on this ZeroLemon SolarJuice 20000mAh battery pack, but just never got around to it. Until today! I picked-one of these up a few months ago, and it’s proven to be a reliable backup power source during … Continued
Italian Beef Recipe (For Chicago Transplants)
I grew up in Chicago, the “City of Big Shoulders,” “The Windy City,” and the city of amazing eats. Between deep dish pizza, and Italian Beef, I never realized how lucky I was as a kid until I found that … Continued
Predicting Google Android Updates & Upgrades
I’ve been a Google user for more years than I care to count. I’ve used their online services (Gmail, Calendar, Contacts, Docs, etc.) for a very long time. When Google got into the mobile business with Android, I was one … Continued
It’s Not Supposed to be This Hot in San Diego
When we moved to San Diego in 2001 (it was my second time here, and my wife’s first), one of the things we loved was the climate… Never too cool, never too hot, and rarely uncomfortable humidly (compared with the … Continued
My (Flipboard) Google Magazine is Now Public
It started-out as nothing more than a way for me to curate “All Things Google” for my own use, and I had no idea so many others would find it beneficial, as well. If you’re a Google watcher (or, just … Continued
Digitizing & Preserving Old Audio Cassette Tapes
In my quest to store all of my life (and memories) in the cloud, one of the last things left for me to tackle was my box of old audio cassette tapes. If you’re too young to remember, cassette tapes … Continued