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Smart Lighting – Initial Thoughts on Philips Hue Light Starter Kit
The recent Amazon Prime Day had some interesting geeky offerings. One of them was the Philips Hue Light Starter Kit that comes with a Hue…
Review: Ring Stick-up Cam with Solar Panel
I have been looking for ways to mount security cameras around my house to get good coverage of all doors and windows. If the cameras…
Review: "Wagner Power Tex" Texture Sprayer
Over the end-of-the-year holidays, I have been busy remodeling some rooms in my house. We recently had new flooring installed, and so all the rooms…
Buffalo Linkstation Pro Duo NAS – Configuration: Shared Folders
[This is part of the Buffalo Linkstation Pro Duo NAS Configuration article.] The Shared Folders Configuration page has two sub-menus: Shared Folders Setup, and, Services…
Turbo Tax: Can't Create Encrypted PDF
I was using Turbo Tax Home and Business 2007 and wanted to send the final PDF to a tax consultant for some review. I wanted…
Linksys Router: Enabling Application Ports
Do you have a webserver or some other application that is running on your home network that you want to access from outside? This is…
Ways To Share Your Pictures, Videos, etc. – Pros and Cons
Pictures Are Worth Thousands Of Megabytes With the ever dropping prices of digital cameras — you can get several 8-10 megapixel compact cameras for $100-200…
Article: Buffalo LinkStation Pro Duo NAS – Administration
In this article, we look at some of the administration and configuration features of the Buffalo LinkStation Pro Duo NAS. Logging in In your web-browser,…
Backing Up Data With Norton Ghost On A NAS Disk
I have been using the Norton Ghost 9.0 for a couple of years now. When I started using it, I used to connect an external…
Strategies For Backing Up Your Computer Data
[Continued from Managing Data On Your Home Computers.] In this article, we look at some possible strategies to backup data on your home computers. 1….