Site Update: W♥M Events Calendar
The Events Calendar As part of maintaining the Minneapolis Previews, I have been also adding...
World Wildlife WordPress of Jacksonville
I’ve never seen so many birds and insects in one place, it’s pretty crazy. I’ve already seen two different snakes and plenty of bugs (some of which I could care less). So, enjoy all the wildlife that I’ve seen around Jacksonville.
Site Update (September 2025)
Since September 1st, I have been really busy backing up the TypePad website, month by month… starting in August 2025 and working backward to January 2007. With everyone also backing up, they knocked the host offline for a few days, so I was worried for a while about getting all my data off of TypePad. It’s all fixed now, so as of a few days ago, I’ve grabbed all the pages and their thumbnails (displayed images). The next step is to drill down and download all the full images… which might not be possible, given the short time frame. We only have a week before they pull the plug.
The Chinese Connection
I think by now you’ve all heard that Elon Musk is a liar and cheater. Last year, Musk boasts that he’s ranked top 20 players worldwide on Diablo IV, and that was already suspicious. I personally didn’t believe it, but I didn’t really care or questioned it because, I had stopped playing the game (because it sucks).
TekTok: Candy Con and Standard Notes
This may be a Gamestop exclusive, as I cannot find this Candy Con for sale anywhere, including Amazon, which will only show you candy corn.
Black Friday Week
If you’ve been paying attention, Black Friday (and Cyber Monday it goes without saying), have been happening earlier and earlier every year. Last year, I said deals were happening as early as November 1, 2023.
Zoho Mail
I’m planning on moving my email host to a new host called Zoho. This company is based out of India, and have been around since 1996. Their focus is offering their web-based Zoho Office Suite, for business, rivaling Google Workspace and MicroSoft 365. Comparing prices, Zoho is a much cheaper alternative. Breaking down their office pricing, Zoho charges $72 a year, while Google and Microsoft charges $150 a year.
iBrave Closure
I purchased the “Lifetime Unlimited” plan from iBrave in January 2023. After a year and a half, they delivered what they promised, but I’ve always known it was too good to be true. I was right, of course, iBrave Web Hosting is closing on November 1st, 2024.
Amazon Kindle Scribe
I’ve been looking for the perfect e-Ink tablet for a while, I thought my prayers were answered with the Boox Note Air 3, but I was disappointed in the muted/muddy colors. It’s not a good Black & White e-reader either because due to the nature of Kaleido 3, it cannot achieve true white. Their version of white is really grey.
OneDrive
Since Google forced me to abandon their Google Drive by pooling my storage with other...
Goodbye Google, Hello MicroSoft
I used to be a huge Google fan… but not lately. Since 2021, they just...
Weekend Gamer: Black Friday 2023
It’s that time of the year again, Black Friday is this Friday, November 24, 2023,...
Techtober
iPhone 15 Pro Max Camera Details From dramatic framing flexibility to next-generation portraits, see what...
Weekend Gamer Update: Memorial Day Weekend
It’s Memorial Day Weekend, which means I have this Monday off and it’s a long weekend for me. As usual with these holidays, there are a lot of sales and deals all across retailers. I’m planning on going to a few Half-Priced Books to take advantage of their 20% instore purchases. The problem with HPB is that their stocks are limited and are vastly different from store to store. You never know what you are going to see, day to day, store to store.
Google I/O 2023
Here’s all the products announced at Google’s I/O 2023
WPS Office
WPS Office wps.com Free Includes Writer, Spreadsheet, Presentation, and PDF Editor Available on Windows,...
Vestron Video Collector’s Series
Here is a Bluray series that I love: Vestron Video Collector’s Series. When they first...
Free VPNs
I’ve been testing out some free VPN (Virtual Private Network) services. You may have a...
Shaw Brothers Weekend
Still in lockdown here… so I’ve been on a Shaw Brothers kick lately. As you...
Weekend Gamer: Civilization VI and Google Podcast
SID MEIER’S CIVILIZATION VI epicgames.com Wow, Epic Games is giving away some great free games....
Lenovo Smart Frame coming soon
Shortly after being disappointed at the Google Nest Hub Max in last week (particularly the low resolution of the screen and inability to use Nest’s camera because I had a G Suite Account), I decided to see what their competitor, Lenovo was up to - and was very excited to see that they will be releasing the Lenovo Smart Frame!
Google Nest Hub Max
When the Lenovo Smart Display was announced, I quickly jumped ship. Switching over to Lenovo meant that we had to become a Google home, as everything is built around the Google Home Hub application. If you don’t mind giving Google your information, you can use many of their services - for free. That’s the attractive thing, it’s mostly free.
Site Update (04/13/2020)
We’re still in self-isolation here, no thanks to that Coronavirus / COVID-19 pandemic. If you...
Weekend Gamer: Baldur’s Gate 3, GOG Galaxy 2, and Stadia
As a Weekend Gamer, I’m very excited about some of the news that is coming...
Amazon Music News: Metric and Big Data’s “Risk” (Amazon Original Remix)
There are some big news coming from major online retailer giant Amazon.
Nvidia Shield
It’s been about three years since I purchased The Mi Box and it was just...
Lenovo Smart Display
After living with the Amazon’s Echo Show for seven months, and realizing its limitation (the fact that Amazon wants to sell you every service that should be free - like displaying your photos or playing your music), it was time I moved away from Alexa and to Google Assistant via Lenovo Smart Display (10” version).
Living with the Apple’s iPad Pro12.9 and Pencil
iPad Pro 12.9 Specs Model: A1670 (Wi-Fi) CPU: Apple A10X Fusion with Apple M10...
The Mi Box
Mi Box Specification Output resolution Up to 4K 60fps Processor Quad-core Cortex-A53 2.0GHz GPU...
Christmas 2015: A Very Christmas Show
Read More Kat Perkins The Voice's Season 6 Top 5 contestant, Kat Perkins will be...