Many things in life affect our path and interests. I entered college as an Electrical Engineering major mainly due to the influence of my dad’s career as an Electrician. While not the same, there was some connection with just the concepts of electricity and circuits. My brother, Jerry, landed a little closer as a journeyman…
A couple years ago I told you about my Smart Home journey, Is my home really Smart?. Since then, I have continued to tinker with the technology. And to some that seems odd that an IT guy would come home and spend his spare time fiddling with computers. That discussion could be a whole other…
My cousin Cherie sends a family Christmas Letter each year. She shares the events of her life, big and small, from the past year. I always enjoy reading them. As I approach Christmas this year, I’ve thought back on the past year for us and it has been a doozie! I’ve shared a few things…
It is often said “You are never too old” to do something. As I’ve passed the last few decades, I’m here to tell you that as I’ve aged there are things I can’t do as well or fast as I used to. It doesn’t mean that I’ve stopped doing those things, I just accept my…
At the end of June I accepted a job in Olney, TX. Where is Olney you say? Go Google it, I’ll give you a minute… Yep, you found it. Kind of in the middle of nowhere. And in this middle of nowhere is a great community with very nice, friendly people. In this whole region…
I’ve talked in the past about Alexa and Ecobee and a little bit about integration with Raspberry Pi but I haven’t told you about my Smart Home journey. Well today is the day I start! Let me begin by saying I’m very frugal, which is to say cheap, when it comes to my home computers….
Over the last couple years I’ve been tinkering with voice assistants. In reality, it goes back about 10 years before Alexa, Google Assistant and Siri existed in the market. I developed applications with voice interaction in warehouses with mobile scanners. I guess I just got hooked. So fast forward to today and my home has…
In many places of work there is a special day called ‘take your daughter or son to work day’. For me that has been every day for the last 6 years or so. Today was the last ‘take my son to work day’ for the foreseeable future. Jonathan and I have worked together at two…
I came close to buying a “project bike” last night. And after some thought after returning home I decided I would go back and get it today. The price was right and it was in decent shape. I’ve wanted a motorcycle for several years but never made a move. My brain rolled over it all…