Before learning about these two batteries, I highly recommend you read my previous article Can A Portable Battery Charge a Large Laptop?. In this article, I run through the math on how to figure out if one of these chargers will work for you. This background will be important as you judge these two batteries […]
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Can A Portable Battery Charge a Large Laptop?
I debated at length what to entitle this article as I rewrote it four separate times. I considered at one point entitling it, “How Many Engineers Does it Take to Understand a Battery?” But I settled on “Can A Portable Battery Charge a Large Laptop?” The article started as a review of a portable battery […]
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Security Bits – Bad Times for Facebook, Data Transfer Project, Bluetooth Bugs, Malware in the Mail
Pre-amble (by Allison) — Bad Times for Facebook Facebook lost $120B in value after their July Earnings call, which is the biggest one-day stock fall in history — marketwatch.com/… One root cause is that European advertising growth in Europe “decelerated more quickly than other regions” because of GDPR. Facebook Chief Financial Officer David Wehner said, […]
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A few months ago I told you about my tests of the new Drobo 5N2 vs the previous 5N model. They call it the 5N2 because it’s supposed to be twice as fast as the 5N. One of the features to allow it to go so much faster was the ability to use port aggregation, […]
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NosillaCastaways Family Portrait! One of the biggest takeaways from Macstock Expo is how relaxing and comfortable it is to be surrounded by people with the same interests as you. If you’re anything like us, you’re often in the company of lovely people, but it can be hard to find things to find things to talk […]
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Macstock 2018: Mind Map Your Way to Productivity
Allison describes what a Mind Map is, how to use Mind Maps, and some of the tools available on macOS and iOS that make Mind Mapping easy to use. The setting is the 2018 Macstock Conference and Expo in Woodstock, IL. You can find out about Macstock Expo at https://macstockconferenceandexpo.com Using a Screen Reader? click […]
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Quality Smart Lights That Won’t Break the Bank by Joe Dugandzic
Joe Dugandzic of Smarter Home Life If you’ve been avoiding jumping into the smart lighting world because the products always seem to cost an entire paycheck, I may have the solution for you. In fact, one of the top questions I get from viewers, is “why is smart lighting so expensive?” Well, like other smart […]
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As much as I learned from talking to people at the parties at Macstock Expo, there was also a conference during the day. The schedule was interesting. Mike Potter, the amazing creator of Macstock Expo, decided to reduce the total number of speakers and instead have each speaker do a 20-minute pitch on the big […]
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As you know, I’m a big fan of Keep It from Reinvented Software. I’ve talked about this notebook/scrapbook app for iOS and Mac several times and recently published a video tutorial on Keep It for ScreenCasts Online. But I’ve always felt like this was a hidden gem only I knew about and that made me […]
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At the end of 2015, I did a major rant I entitled “Everything is Fiddly!” Ever since then, whenever I complain about trying to get some tech to work, Lindsay says to me, “Remember mom, everything is Fiddly!” This week, Helma from the Netherlands joins us to tell us all about everything that had gone […]
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