I write about the things I find interesting. It’s really random stuff.
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[UPDATE – 2014/11/26: Made a few updates on the hardware.] [UPDATE – 2015/12/23: I ended up taking the Wireless N / Bluetooth combo card from the T610 and putting it in the T620] I’ve been fascinated with repurposing PC thin…
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Forbes.com reviews the Kobo H2O
Jordan Shapiro writes 3 Reasons Why Kobo’s Aura H20 is the Perfect Luxury E-Reader: Kobo is the quiet Kindle competitor–the underdog in the eReader market. They released their most recent premium eReader at the beginning of October. I’ve been reading…
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Feature Pruning: When and how to kill a product or feature?
Kobo hosted the November 5th, ProductTO MeetUp. I facilitated a session on “When and how to kill a product / feature?” The sessions went well. It was nice to participate in the larger community for once–it’s something that Kobo has never…
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Setup pfSense as an OpenVPN client for specific devices
One of the most powerful features of pfSense is it’s ability to direct your data requests through different end-points using NAT rules. In my case, I like to be able to access the content in Netflix US. In comparison, Netflix…
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Apple Pay vs. CurrentC: One addresses a customer issue, the other a business issue
CurrentC requires an app, password and QR Code to be scanned. It works for pre-paid, cash accounts. This is a solution to a business problem (lower transaction fees, better customer tracking) that is being touted as addressing a customer need.…
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Apple Pay: Addressing a customer problem
[stag_intro]I think one thing that people don’t understand about Apple is that they are really trying to solve customer problems. [/stag_intro] A lot of people think that Apple is about selling more hardware, creating lust for their products, but deep down,…
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HP T610 thin client: low-powered, low-cost XBMC box
[UPDATE 2015/06/26]: I ended up buying an HP T620 for my XBMC box. The T610 here is now my pfSense router firewall with a dual Intel Gigabit NIC. I’ve been looking for something to replace the aging Asus O!Play HDP-R1. …
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Failure
Engineering is not rated by success alone; it is, in fact, scored most viciously by failure.
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Happy Anniversary
Jen and I celebrated our 8-year anniversary this past Tuesday at a wonderful dinner at L’Avenue, a neighborhood restaurant. My wife wrote a very heart felt post about the love that we share between each other and the relative value…
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Oculus Connect 2014 Keynote: Frank comments from John Carmack
This is a great keynote from John Carmack. It was like he said, I don’t have any slides, so fuck it, let’s have a good chat. He goes through some of the issues and proposed solutions for the keynote. Road…