Windows Weekly is one of my favorite podcasts. Recently it has added a new co-host of Richard Campbell. He also has his own podcast at RunAsRadio. Of course, I added that to my podcast list. Jess Dodson was a recent guest on the RunAsRadio podcast. Here’s the synopsis of the…

My “Trump” PC server is getting long in the tooth. It won’t run Windows 11 so I set out to replace it sometime down the road. I clearly wanted the new PC to run Windows 11 so I carefully selected a tower system that supported that. …

Here we go again! There’s a list of Microsoft availability problems here. Don’t think I’m all doom and gloom on Microsoft. It’s just that even HUGE organizations struggle with subtleties. Microsoft recently released their postmortem. I applaud Microsoft for publishing this. …

Once again I found myself with a new laptop and no Microsoft Office license. I found one of those gray market key vendors and bought a Office 2021 Professional Pro key for less than $20. It came promptly and even included a link to a Microsoft download site. …

Earlier this year I shared a post on USB-C vs Lightning. It was mostly on the durability aspects of the different connectors. But with the recent release of the iPhone 14 Pro, there’s another furor around Lightning connectors. The earlier post included the following chart: But I didn’t pay much…

Insteon users have had a bad couple of months. I gave up and moved on. Then Insteon rose from the ashes. Maybe. Here’s their blog post: We are a small group of passionate Insteon users that have successfully acquired Insteon. …

You’ll recall the disaster that Insteon caused me. I started off down the road to use “simple” Wi-Fi devices and bought a couple of Kasa (by TP-Link) plugs and a switch. They were easy to install and setup and worked fine. But every one of them was a separate device…

I’ve been running CarPlay in my car for a couple of years. I dedicated an old iPhone to this function and left it in the call full time. We run the car enough to keep it charged. That worked very well. Every now and then the car’s head unit wouldn’t…

That’s where ALL Insteon users find themselves. I’ve had a good ride with Insteon. Until April 15, 2022. I’ll let you read Stacey on IoT’s coverage. And even SmartLabs’ feeble and belated attempt at explaining. Where that leaves me and 1000s of other Insteon users is that their in-house equipment…