Ramblings of some nerdy IT tinkerer dude.
Happy New Year! I’m frankly suprised it took me this long to put something up for the new year, but I’ve been busy at work and busy at home as well.
First off was a visit to the annual Magfest show in Washington, DC at the National Harbor.
Continue reading “Busy busy in 2020! Started off with a visit to Magfest!”With all the joy and happiness the holidays tend to bring (just hear me out), the computing world lost two notable figures this month, both of which have had quite an impact on technology…
Continue reading “December 2019: Two Notable Losses in Computing History”
Earlier this year I discovered (maybe re-discovered) websdr.org, a site that hosts many online SDRs, or “software defined radios”, that allow you to stream radio from nearly anywhere. Perhaps streaming is the wrong word…
Continue reading “WebSDR.org – Listen to radio, anywhere (on anything!)”
This day last year (2018) I took my nephew to the city, and we went to watch the Wanamaker Light Show. As we waited a gentleman offered to show us the organ console up close, and we got to hang out and watch the light show from the console, then witness the finale get played on the mighty Wanamaker organ in Philadelphia, literally the largest fully-functional musical instrument on the planet…
Continue reading “Video Finale of the Wanamaker (Macys) Christmas Light Show – Dec 22nd, 2018 (Philadelphia, PA)”Always interesting poking around Reddit to read how others deal with their daily battles. Today I came across this article On Reddit that mentioned something I’ve never heard of before: Fail to Wire.
Continue reading “TIL: Fail to Wire”(Feeling nostalgic)
While I know BBSes still exist in modern telnet form, and I’m sure even a few (at least one of which I used merely a couple years ago) with real modem and phone line connectivity, I really long for my BBS days where I signed in, played some door games, sent a bunch of messages, and tried downloading Doom for the 12th time (MOM PUT THE PHONE DOWN!).
Continue reading “The BBS REBOOT Movement – Let’s Do It!”I have some more in-depth articles in the works, one of them mentioning connecting to BBSes and using door games back in the good old days. Figured I’d ask – if you used bulletin boards back in the day, what was your favorite door game(s)?
Continue reading “Favorite BBS Door Game?”
Last week I had the pleasure of attending the Microsoft Ignite conference in Orlando, FL. This conference is HUGE – 30K+ people huge, and encompasses nearly everything Microsoft, especially Azure and Office/Microsoft 365. People travel from all over the world to attend, and that alone may be a reason to join in as well; the networking opportunities are huge.
Continue reading “Microsoft Ignite 2019 – Conference Recap and Tips”Ok, so not all of these may be earth-shattering, and may be more-or-less common knowledge, but I figured for any youngins out there travelling to their first conference, whether it’s a tech conference like Microsoft Ignite, AWS Invent or something else, to help keep things organized. I’ve been to MANY conferences over the years, and feel like after 2 decades, I more or less have my act together in this ONE AREA 😉
Note that while I mention some apps and services below, I don’t necessarily endorse any of these products or brands, nor am I paid by any of these companies. This article is all my personal experience and opinion, and some links are just simple examples I found doing quick searches.
Anyway, onto the tips; buckle in because this is a long one…
Imagine my surprise when I double clicked the file and it started playing in Windows 10!