Years ago I bought an Anker Nano BT speaker which is slightly smaller by about 1/2” in each dimension. My intent was to use it when I’m out on my bike in low traffic rural roads, which is my norm. It can get a bit boring when on solo 25-40 mile mid-week exercise/training rides. Earbuds block too much sound; the risk…

It’s common knowledge for many, however, the Apollo program suits were made by Playtex/International Latex Corporation. Yes, the bra company.

Uh, lawn irrigation sprinklers have been smart for many years. Rachio released their third-generation several years ago and are about due for a fourth-gen.

Uh, lawn irrigation sprinklers have been smart for many years. Rachio released their third-generation several years…

Putting solar cells on devices like this are a joke.

Putting solar cells on devices like this are a joke.

How about simply reusing what worked over 60 years ago, for the Corona program, to catch satellite film “buckets.”

This substance is likely a long way from being available to consumers as paint and when it does become available, it will not be anywhere near 98.2% reflective. Paint has to have numerous physical properties to be usable in the real world.

After I learned Apple wanted $200 (now $225) to replace the display panel on my $295 iPad, I decided to repair it myself. I had the skills to do the job and was able to borrow the iFixit tools specifically needed to tablet repair. A replacement panel cost $29 on Amazon. It turned out skills and tools were not enough.

Intel has been converting a percentage of already “compressed cubicles” into even smaller “hoteling” cubicles for greater than six months in preparation for workers coming back to the office. The normal 6'x8' cubes of 25 years ago are now down to little more than a slab of MDF and a chair. They just keep applying a mor…

Digital hoarders need to adjust their expectations and their budget forecasts accordingly. I’ve found few people understand and truly acknowledge a hard drive has about a five-year life, which means they need to be replaced at about four years to prevent data loss. Drives with RAID 1 and 5 can help, however, when one…

Meh, buy an older generation Amazon Echo Dot for $20 or less and get not only white noise but perhaps 100 other noises for free. Optionally, you can also get 1001 noise generator apps for your smartphone or tablet and play them back through a Dot via Bluetooth. Personally, brown noise and “Airplane sounds” are my…

Meh, buy an older generation Amazon Echo Dot for $20 or less and get not only white noise but perhaps 100 other…

Digressing, the Spruce Goose is 21 miles away from my house. A friend and neighbor had a very rare tour of the inside and spent some time in the pilot’s seat. That plane is HUGE!

Musk is going to follow in the footsteps of another “rich genius,” Howard Hughes, and become a paranoid hermit with no friends.

Musk is going to follow in the footsteps of another “rich genius,” Howard Hughes, and become a paranoid hermit with no friends.

Wow, it’s taken over 45 years for Deere to reinvent something you could buy in the mid-70s. When I was a teen, I knew someone with a very similar looking mower, only it was yellow-colored.

I was curious if ChatGPT knows about my Usenet usage from 40 years ago. In response to “What do you know about me?”:

Blake, delete my previous comment and this one. I’m now pretty sure the “missile” is a towed side-scanning sonar used to find debris. Mea culpa....

The second photo appears to show an intact missile, sans fins, on the boat. I don’t know why it would be on the boat; it is not an AIM9X Sidewinder which was reported to be the one which shot down the balloon and would have been blown to pieces.

More of this tiered pricing crap. They took this idea from airlines which are making record profits on not only seating, but also nickel-and-diming at every opportunity. I wonder how else AMC will generate extra revenue — they already gouge on food & bev.

Phffft, I still have my Compaq Portable, Model 1, circa 1984, which cost me the 2023 equivalent of $9K. It was upgraded many times. Last I knew, it still worked.

All you youngsters missed something doubly-whacky from the Mac side of the house from 1991.