In my quest to get the perfect blogging setup. Well, I picked up something new. Selfie Sticks I have several selfie stick tripods for my vlogging setup. But I am always thinking that I need something else to do better vlogs for my various YouTube Channels. Is there really an […]
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I already have an August smart lock. Why did I get a Yale? Good question. Let me explain. August Smart lock I talked about this August lock here, that we got this for the entryway into the house. I liked this one. Second Door When picking out a lock for […]
Back in December of 2021, I picked up a unique gadget. It wasn’t a tech gadget but it was a gadget nonetheless. Picked up Both of my kids were moving out, short lasted, and we live in an area where it snows. Some years a little bit and some years […]
What does knowing people have to do with gadgets and why am I talking about networking? Not that type No, I am not talking about that type of networking even if that is helpful. You, know getting to know people will help promote your business, your site, to get a […]
What is it with NAS storage that would make me want to get more? I am not sure. Got another one So I picked up, one last time. Not sure about that. But maybe the last one for at least a year. I picked up the following from Western Digital. […]
You would think, I would have enough storage, I mean I am up to 30TB of NAS storage. Thinking I was thinking that I need more storage. I picked up a 20 TB Western Digital (WD) My Cloud Home Duo, for $719 dollars. So that means that I am up […]
The Year 2020, was upon us and well, things happened and I thought you know what, I need some more storage. Currently I have about 30 TB of NAS storage. If you don’t know what NAS stands for, well it stands for Network Attached Storage. Basically, just to improve my […]
Opps, I did it again. I went and added some more storage to my network. More storage Yes, I know I already have 20TB, but with my 2TB crashing. I only had 18TB of NAS storage space. I know, 18TB is a lot. Yes, it is a lot. However, I […]
I have been looking at upping my storage, you know since I have like a lot of drives. Before I have a few external hard drives, and 14 TB worth of NAS storage. But, you never can enough. My consumption of data was increasing. So I needed to pick up […]
You know 10 TB of hard drive space just isn’t enough. I had to get myself some more space. 4 TB I picked up a 4 TB drive, I mean the 2TB drive was not performing very well. I mean I was running out of space anyway. The 2 TB […]
The year is 2022, and Christmas is once again upon us. Christmas Means different things to everyone in the world. But what the world views Christmas as is a Santa Claus bringing joy to the world. But it is more than that. It is a day to commemorate the birth […]
Can you believe that it is on Nov. 24, 2022, already? I can’t believe that Thanksgiving is here. Thanksgiving Over the years Thanksgiving has changed for me. Yes, it still means what it started out to be all about spending time with family. But, is it all about food? It […]
While trying to improve my data storage, I got small hard drives, and a 2TB NAS. But was it enough? Oh, hell no! Upped my storage I was getting into digital media. Yea, I like music and other forms of entertainment. I wanted something that could handle a crap full […]
In the year 2013, I had a couple of External Hard drives already. Did I need anything else? Hell, ya. You can’t have enough storage. Personal Cloud In March 2013 I picked up a Western Digital My book live 2TB personal Cloud Storage Network Attached Storage (NAS). This cost me […]
What is network attached storage you might ask yourself? Well, let me explain what it might mean. Network Attached Storage Most times it is referred to as NAS, you know Network Attached Storage, so NAS. In my words a, NAS is a bunch of disks grouped together, well most times […]
Data is everything nowadays. You only have so much room on your computers. So what do you do? Flash Drives I started out with some flash drives, the last one was a 32 GB flash drive. It was easy to carry around I took that sucker everywhere with me. Once […]
My wife and I were walking around Costco back in Nov. of 2021 and we came across something that we thought would be a good gift for people. Jump Start It was a small compact battery that will jump-start your battery. That is car batteries, motorcycles, and things like that. […]
I wanted to up my game in the camera clip area. When I travel I sometimes like to clip my OSMO Action to my backpack to get a different view. Old one This one came in a package that I got I think with my HD 1080 P action camera, […]
We got a projector, now we just need something to watch it on. Watching it We set up the projector outside to watch a movie and hooked up a white sheet on the side back of the house. But it didn’t work out well. We took that down and we […]
What do you need to have when trying to film or be on camera? Besides some cameras that can take pictures and/or video. You need to have some good light. Well, I picked something up that might help with that. Five Below Well, my wife wanted to go check out […]
We were walking in Best Buy one day, and one of the times I could get my wife to come with me. She found something that she wanted. Projector She wanted the ability to watch some movies outside of the house. So we were out looking. What did we pick […]
Back in 2018, when I wanted to kick up my video recording to a new level. I picked me up something I thought would help me. What did I pick up On Aug. 27, 2018, I was at Best Buy picking up some stuff for my son. I decided to […]
I thought I would switch things up with my smart plugs in the new house. Wemo This is the first smart plug I got. I used this all the time. I ran into an issue with Wemo when one plug was updating and it never did update. It is still […]
II had a plan in my head and I put that plan into effect and well it got messed up. Hangs my head in shame. The plan I was thinking ahead in the new house and got several plugs in the eves and on the house on a switch. You […]
I already have 3 monitors on my desk. Why would I need more? Well, that is a very good question. Got the following So I got this desk When we moved. I have the following setup on it. Those are my work monitors. I like the setup. But I needed […]
Little things that wrap up my stuff in my bag. So let’s take a look at what is left. Headphones I keep a pair of headphones that I can take out and plug into the back of the headrest if I am flying somewhere. Well, that is if they have […]
Now with the addition of the OSMO action, I thought I need to keep all my SD cards together. So they aren’t everywhere and I know where they are at. OSMO Pocket With the Pocket, I carried it in a case, where it had room for an extra Mini SD […]
Now that I have more batteries for the Action, I needed to carry them in. What is the use of having extra batteries if you don’t have them with you? What did I get I picked up this bad boy Yep from Nomatic, so you know cost a pretty penny. […]
Now that I have an OSMO action, I film most of the videos on it. The only bad thing is that it only came with one battery. What the heck. Yea Yep, it only came with one battery, and it is fine if you can keep it charged. But, what […]
Needed a way to move quickly from one method of filming to another. Is that even possible? Standard way You get something like this You screw it to the top of a tripod which is a good way but since I got my Mantis pod (check out the post about […]
My HD 1080p Action Sports camera wasn’t cutting it anymore. I got an OSMO Pocket thinking that is what I would use to do a lot of vlogging or doing videos. What did I get? Action Camera I wanted something like a GoPro, but that was like $599, that was […]
Now that I have the Osmo Pocket I need to get some stuff for it to make it a better camera. So what did I do? I got a crap (a lot) of stuff. Pocket This camera is a good small one, but out of the box, you are missing […]
I have been looking for a new camera, my action camera is on its last leg. What did I pick up? Looking I have been looking for a new action camera and I have been looking at the GoPro. But the price point was just a no for me. Looking […]