Many book reading enthusiasts don’t approve of the Reader’s Digest Condensed Books format. I’ve read many so-called lovers of books make comments like, “Reader’s Digest condense books should be burned”, […]
Our Neuros OSD is still a cornerstone of our video library
Over fifteen years old and this little piece of technology has been a cornerstone of our video library since we bought it, back in 2006. Our Neuros OSD has been […]
Our solar generator gets an upgrade
This past week, we finally got the last component to our solar system upgrade, a 1,000 watt pure sine wave inverter from Novopal. Up until now, we’ve been using a […]
Review: Blacks.ca Photo Printing Services
A couple of years ago, I made a blog post here about the importance of making physical copies of your most cherished digital photos. One of the most convenient and […]
The Edubook: The netbook that runs on AA batteries
Back in 2010, the electronics company Norhtec, based in Thailand, came up with an innovative design for an inexpensive, power efficient and modular portable “netbook” computer. From what I can […]
Some tips on caring for retro/vintage tech
For someone like me, who likes to use vintage technology and electronic gadgets, keeping them in good shape and operational is a top priority. I thought I’d share some of […]
Today’s technology is so advanced, it’s utterly boring
You could say that I’m a “gadget guy.” I really enjoy electronic gadgets, at least electronic gadgets before the days of the all-in-one “smart” devices. Today’s consumer devices may be […]
Static HTML project: second update
I’ve been plugging away at the conversion of my Commodore 64 tribute page, from Dokuwiki over to static HTML. It’s been a slow process (simply due to the amount of […]
The Franklin eBookMan: Tech that deserved better
Today, we have our smart phones and tablets and Kindles and iPads, and all these other modern day marvels that monitor us and govern our lives. But, you know, I […]
Static HTML project: first update
I’ve had a couple of days now to play around with how I wanted to approach the whole migration of my Commodore site to static HTML pages. I wanted to […]
