Mailbox 2.0: Homemade mailbox alert

Mechanical Mailbox Alert

Microsoft's Hololens or How I Finally Got Virtual Reality

Microsoft Unveils the Hololens

Walmart's Island of Misfit Tech Part II

Yep, that really is a picture taken in 2014.

Amazon releases the best deal ever in home streaming

Amazon Fire TV Stick

Through 10/29/2014 only, Prime customers can buy Amazon's new streaming device for $20.

Amazon's Fire Phone falls victim to spam reviewers

The vocal minority

That graphic, taken on 10/16/2014, shows an average 2/5 rating on Amazon's Fire Phone. Unfortunately for Amazon, most of the reviews are spam.

What happened to Dropcam Tabs?

Dropcam Tabs, the movement sensor for the Dropcam Pro, which was announced in May of this year, seems to have mysteriously disappeared from Dropcam.com.

Walmart's Island of Misfit Tech

I promise these pictures were taken yesterday.

Google's Nest buys Dropcam

Rumored for some time now, the purchase of Dropcam is complete--Google's Nest just bought Dropcam for $555M, a tidy sum for a company only five years old.

Nissan Leaf 15k miles later - Awesome in the Summer/Awful in the Winter

In August, 2012 I picked up a '12 Leaf SV. At the time I was driving a 2010 Prius, but a recent, dramatic drop in price on the Leaf attracted me to it, so I signed up for a two year lease. I turned the car in early, in February of 2014, with 15,000 miles.

Amazon's Fire TV User Interface & Voice Search Performance

I recently picked up the just-launched Amazon Fire TV.



Although I have an Apple TV (3rd gen), a Chromecast, a PS3, and PS4, I use the Apple TV for the bulk of my streaming, because its dedicated remote is highly functional (the lack of remote is why I use the Chromecast the least), and the device is reliable and quite quick.

Stop paying sticker price for your internet, satellite, etc.

I continue to be surprised at how many people I speak to who pay sticker (i.e. advertised) price for some of their services, such as cable internet, satellite TV, etc.

I haven't paid the standard rate for these services for years, and you shouldn't, either.

How to Game Amazon's Review Rankings

I like Amazon a lot, and I shop there a lot. However, there is a problem with Amazon's review rankings.

On August 4, 2013, I was ranked as the 3,806th highest reviewer on Amazon.com.

On August 5, 2013, I was ranked as the 2,933rd highest reviewer on Amazon.com.