A winner takes all round at a junior robotics competition at Long Beach Fleet Week. Amazing amount of creativity an effort went into each of the little robotic buggers. The participants were eager to explain all about their entries.
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Cloud reliability… or not
Looks like Microsoft’s Bing hosted on Azure Cloud is taking a breather… not good… Our services aren’t available right nowWe’re working to restore all services as soon as possible. Please check back soon.
Old school A&W technology
Had a bit of a throwback lunch this weekend at A&W. But it wasn’t quite the same without the frosty baby bear mug.
Bluetooth is still lame
What’s your experience been with Bluetooth? Personally, I view it as one of the worst communications protocols ever devised! I’ve yet to find a device that easily and reliably pairs with consistently good communications quality. At best a few devices pair most of the time with acceptable quality. Usually it’s difficult initial pairing, frequent total […]
Echo Show Gen 1
Just upgraded our kitchen Echo from a cheap Dot to the first-generation Echo Sow. At $129 (now through then end of Amazon Prime week) it’s a bit of a no brainier upgrade. The sound quality isn’t quite a rich as the Bose we had the Dot connected to, but it’s pretty decent and a lot […]
Shotlink technology
Had a chance to tour the Shotlink trailer and see the new AI technology at work with explanation from the head honcho. As the article indicates, it is almost certainly going to transform coverage and be a huge boon to improving play on the greens. An excellent application of the emerging AI tech…
Acura MDX electrical issue root cause
The problem with the MDX turned out to be a bad after market cable installed by Sears when I replaced the battery a few years ago. It had enough connection to register 12.x volts on the multi-meter at the fuse box, but not enough to carry the amperage necessary to run the car. What a […]
Home wiring issues
Apparently it’s national electrical gremlins month. Started having intermittent problems with lights. After much trouble shooting, discovered one of the workmen we had redo our bathroom put in an electrical box with a super sharp piece of metal that cut through the insulation on one of the wires. What a $!&^ to troubleshoot and a […]
Dead Acura MDX
Nightmare. Electrical system on my MDX is stone cold dead and it doesn’t appear to be the battery….
Nox Android Emulator
Very impressed with the Nox Android emulator for macOS. Not every app is compatible, but most are and it runs at a very decent clip for an emulator.