When it comes to digital video content, YouTube still reigns supreme (although other video sharing platforms are fighting to gain greater market share). With more and more video content being consumed via mobile devices, a question we often run into is "How can I download this?". In this article we will cover the KeepVid android app that supports YouTube to mp3 downloads (as … [Read more...]
Unboxing and reviewing Amplifi HD mesh networking
Home networking has been a frequent topic that I pursued for personal reasons to get the best coverage in my house. My last house was a ranch style with the cable Internet coming in the center of the house. With cheap routers, this meant the signal dropped off at either end of the house. I first used powerline adapters to distribute the Internet to the ends of the house and … [Read more...]
Book Review: The CS Detective – An algorithmic tale of crime, conspiracy, and computation
I just finished The CS Detective by Jeremy Kubica. It is a story of an officer kicked off the police force, turned private investigator. The narrative is a fictional mystery that has the goal of explaining search algorithms and data structures to organize and process searching. The author is a principal engineer at Google with a PhD in robotics from Carnegie Mellon University … [Read more...]
Book Review: Growing Up Social: Raising relational kids in a screen-driven world
I recently listened to the audiobook version of Growing Up Social: Raising Relational Kids in a Screen-Driven World by Gary Chapman and Arlene Pellicane. Gary Chapman is the author of The 5 Love Languages. I thought Growing Up Social did a fairly good job at trying to be reasonable rather than just saying "technology = bad". It did not take the approach of trying to get rid of … [Read more...]
Book Review – Blockchain Revolution: How the Technology Behind Bitcoin Is Changing Money, Business, and the World
I picked up Blockchain Revolution by Don Tapscott and Alex Tapscott because I was interested in learning more about the applications of blockchain technology. I know plenty about Bitcoin from first-hand experience with it and previous readings, so I was interested to see where the the technology behind it was heading. The first half of the book satisfied some of that curiosity … [Read more...]