Category: Home
Stuff related to home life
Meeting Mode: How I Solved My “Zoom Lighting” Friction with Alexa Routines
If you work from home, you know the “pre-flight” ritual: checking your camera, fixing your hair, and—most importantly—adjusting your lights. In my home office, I…
The Energy Detective: How I Monitor My Home Power for $30
Have you ever looked at your monthly utility bill and wondered exactly which appliance was the culprit behind that price spike? Was it the extra…
The $1,500 Reset: How a 2-Minute Fix Resurrected My 2016 MacBook Pro
We’ve all been there. You have a piece of hardware that has served you faithfully for years, but suddenly, it starts acting like it’s ready…
Review: Vornado Flippi V6 Personal Air Circulator Fan
Working from home for almost 3 months now due to COVID-19-induced work-from-home policy in my company, I have been sitting at my desk in a…
Working In An Office After A Pandemic-Induced Quarantine
How would it feel as we start going back to work at office after being quarantined for months?
Review: Plantronics Voyager 5200 Bluetooth Headset
Trying to find a good noise cancelation solution for my home audio conferencing setup while working from home, I first tried the BlueParrott B550-XT (my…
Review: BlueParrott B550-XT Voice-Controlled Bluetooth Headset
After spending a fair bit of time researching for headsets that offered high-quality active noise canceling (ANC) features to improve my home office audio setup,…
Home Office Audio Conferencing Challenges
I have been working from home since early March as mandated by the company that I work for, due to the physical distancing guidelines to…
Wireless security cameras for your home: Convenience with some challenges
I have been experimenting with various options for home security cameras for a while. After I got some good results with the Ring Stick-up Camera in…
Convert Your Old Wifi Router into a Wifi Access Point
An old Wifi router can often be used to extend Wifi range in your home.
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….