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Amazed at how well LaserDiscs look on the QKK projector

2020-10-072021-10-21 — Posted inAudio and Video — 3 min read

I finally got around to hooking up my Laserdisc player to the new QKK Mini Projector and gave it a spin earlier today.  QKK must have had old collectors like […]

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LaserDisc: A turntable for your television

2020-10-022021-10-21 — Posted inAudio and Video — 5 min read

LaserDiscs have always been my favorite home video format ever since I bought my first LD player, back in the mid-90s.  I knew about it back in the 80s, but […]

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It’s such a treat to see past tech in movies

2020-09-282021-10-21 — Posted inAudio and Video — 1 min read

I don’t know why, but I really enjoy watching older movies and seeing them use the off-the-shelf computer technology that was available at the time.

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QKK is not your average electronics company

2020-09-042021-10-21 — Posted inTechnology — 3 min read

Previously, I posted a review of the QKK Mini Video Projector, which I recently purchased from Amazon.ca.  This is a brief follow-up to share with you my experience as a […]

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Review of the QKK 2020 Mini Video Projector

2020-09-022022-01-31 — Posted inAudio and Video, Product Reviews — 6 min read

Since moving out to the homestead, my wife and I have been wanting to create our own outdoor movie theatre.  Well, we finally bought our first mini video projector, the […]

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New DVD purchases that were worth the money

2020-08-222021-10-21 — Posted inAudio and Video — 4 min read

Recently I happened across the Canadian media production company, VEI (Visual Entertainment Inc.) and noticed that they had the distribution rights to several old T.V. show from the 80s, which […]

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ExeGNU/Linux Review Follow-up

2020-08-122021-10-21 — Posted inComputing — 4 min read

This is a follow-up to my initial review of the ExeGNU/Linux operating system I recently installed on my Lenovo laptop.

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Review of the ExeGNU/Linux operating system

2020-08-102021-10-21 — Posted inComputing — 6 min read

Although I’m very pleased with Q4OS Linux, which has been my operating system of choice for over six years now, I happened across Exe a few weeks ago and decided […]

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Cheap is just the new “normal”

2020-08-022021-10-21 — Posted inAudio and Video — 3 min read

This evening, my wife and I sat down to watch a couple of movies that we haven’t seen for a while. First, we watched “A Knight’s Tale”, which is one […]

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Conquering the Konqueror

2020-07-042021-10-26 — Posted inComputing — 6 min read

  Since the Trinity Desktop Environment is based on the original KDE 3.x desktop, one of its cornerstone applications is the Konqueror file manager/browser. Now, although Konqueror hasn’t aged very […]

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Most people call it "retro", but for me it's just the way of life. I still enjoy my photos on film, my movies on VHS and LaserDisc, my music on compact cassettes and vinyl LPs, and computing and gaming on my Commodore 64. Why fix it if it ain't broke?

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