Seriously trivial thoughts
It’s been almost four years since I wrote about Shairport, a Windows AirPlay emulator and a lot has changed since then. Basically, Shairport turns your PC into an iOS AirPlay device so you can stream media from your iPhone or iPad to your computer. The biggest advancement is that it now allows you to record …
If you’ve never been to Texas, let me give you a brief overview of the freeway traffic system. Instead of freeways just being large roads without signals, Texas builds (usually) one-way “access roads” along each side which can themselves be several lanes wide. They also allow development along the shoulder of these access roads which means …
Boy, I nearly fell for this phishing scam and clicked Confirm. Pretty sneaky. The Google image really legitimized the look of the email. The domain is registered to some dude in San Francisco. Probably not a huge deal had I click on the button since I would be just confirming what is already public info, but …
Helped with another MMK9 dog adoption event yesterday at Random and was lucky enough to see this band, The Strayhearts. They were really good live and for me to say that says a lot since I’m overly critical. The lead singer, Mark Monaco, had a strong distinctive voice and the backup vocals were just as superb. The mix …
After exclusively using in-ear Bluetooth headphones for years, I finally decided to try a pair of over-the-ear headphones: the Bose QuietComfort 35 Bluetooth headphones. I figured I might as well get them now cuz my hearing ain’t gonna get any better. I’m happy to say all of the reviews are true and they sound incredible. The …
Vafee, an international e-commerce company located in Hong Kong, was kind enough to send me a pair of the J&L-100 Wireless Bluetooth Headphones for review. I’ve got a pair of old Jaybird headphones and was curious about the difference considering the J&L headphones sell for just $24 and the Jaybirds are many times that.
I’ve been an Evernote user from practically their start, but time marches on and with the new device count and price changes, I thought it was time to try and probably move on to something else. Based on my research, Microsoft’s OneNote seemed to be the best alternative. This article covers my thought process of …
I had trip planned to Lake Arrowhead, CA. and wanted something fun to play with. I decided on the Nikon Coolpix P900. Ever since its announcement last year, I’ve been more than a little intrigued by this bad boy with its effective 2000mm focal length zoom. My hesitation up til now stemmed from the fact …
This is Sara Smith’s dog Buddy! Always fun hangin’ out with Sara and Matt Montes. We had a special guest visiting from Colorado, Hayley Kemp, Kimberly Kemp’s daughter. (Didn’t have my Nikon gear with me so had to make due with my Sony RX100M2.)
NOTE: As of DSM 6+, it is no longer possible to log in as a root user using the command line option, so the solution in this post no longer works. However, see my newer post, Shutdown Windows computer and Synology NAS using WinNut, for another way to accomplish the same thing! After a recent …