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I made my dumb appliances smarter with the Internet of Things Sometimes I forget things. In particular, I forget to transfer my clean but wet laundry from the washing machine to the dryer. When this happens,... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Networking |
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Mixing power-line networking with Wi-Fi proves intoxicating You may recall my failed attempt at using a second Wi-Fi router in repeater mode in order to overcome some signal-strength issues in the... Type: Blog post Tags: Networking |
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Time Warner slings free Maxx upgrades to counter Google Fiber I've been chronicling the slow progress of Google Fiber moving into my metro area, my city, and eventually, into my house. Since Google Fiber... Type: Blog post Tags: Internet Networking |
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My first foray into password management For Internet users, the week of April 6 was undoubtedly one of the most annoying and harrowing in recent history. OpenSSL's Heartbleed bug was simultaneously... |
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Google, I love you, but you're bringing me down I was listening to LCD Soundsystem the other day, and New York, I love you, but you're bringing me down somehow coalesced my feelings... Type: Blog post Tags: Mobile computing Internet Operating systems Personal tech |
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Local game streaming: Coming soon from the PC Nvidia's Project Shield was one of the most intriguing new products on display at this year's Consumer Electronics Show. This handheld gaming device combines the... Type: Blog post Tags: Gaming Networking |
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Freshening up a home network can yield big bandwidth benefits One of the funny things about being a PC enthusiast, for me, is how there's a constant ebb and flow of little projects that I... Type: Blog post Tags: Networking |
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Goodbye, Google+ I asked Google to delete my Google+ account the other day. I did it without second thoughts, without regrets, after using the service for barely a... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Internet |
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Have Internet, will travel To borrow the first line from The Streets' magnificent A Grand Don't Come for Free, it was supposed to be so easy. After a brutally... Type: Blog post Tags: Internet Personal tech |
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If data can be lost, it will Murphy was right. If something can go wrong, it will... eventually. Earlier this week, the water main connected to our house burst, submerging... |
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Our slow migration into the cloud There's been a lot of talk about the cloud lately. I'm not sure exactly when clouds came to represent noisy server farms thousands of miles... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Internet |
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On bandwidth quotas and streaming video If Canada isn't off your radar completely, you've probably heard about the recent fuss over a CRTC ruling that effectively forced independent Internet service providers... Type: Blog post Tags: Multimedia Internet |
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An evening with OnLive's cloud gaming service You've heard about the cloud, right? No, not the one that's spitting a pitter-patter of raindrops onto the roof of my home office. ... |
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A tribute to my under-appreciated home file servers I spend an almost embarrassing amount of time in front of my desktop PC. It's my workhorse, and the system that I endeavor to... |
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LogMeIn and the joy of painless remote connection Like many TR readers, I often find myself called upon to aid friends and family members with their technical problems. I'm usually happy to oblige.... |
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On the potential of HTML5 By now, many of you must have looked at, or at least heard of, the experimental, HTML5 version of YouTube. And if you read... |
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The pool wants you! As Chicago said back in 1970, does anybody really know what time it is?... Type: Blog post Tags: Internet Linux-Unix Networking |
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It's a mad, mad Internet A relative recently created OddNod.com, which showcases unique social media profiles. My favorite is a Facebook group called "The Bertrand Russell group for... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Internet |
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