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Latest — 24 Mar 2026

Reolink vs Dahua

A friend wanted to keep local recordings of his security cameras for 90 days. We did the math and found that he'd need a 4-disk NAS. Instead of going that route, I suggested he re-evaluate his use of Reolink cameras. Why though? His (and all?) Reolink cameras use

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To Sleep or not to Sleep

Our evening routine is predictable: dinner, bedtime for the kids, and then I usually follow shortly after. However, what I've noticed is that if I make it past that 9 - 10pm siren song of my pillow, I can stay up working until 3am with ease. What'

Slapping my Past Self

You've perhaps heard the question, "If you could travel back in time, what would you tell your younger self?" People usually go deep—invest in Bitcoin early, don't date that person, call your grandparents more. Me? My answer has always been immediate and embarrassingly

Interviewing

I started the job search process last week. Or maybe it was the week before. The ideal job search process is to reach out to a colleague in a similar line of work, and get the inside track on an opening. With that in mind, I need to put more

More on AI Programming

I posted previously on some experiences with AI programming, and I wanted to add to it a bit. There's plenty of talk about AI (particularly in the programming space) eliminating jobs. I don't have any magic crystal ball, so who knows how it'll work

The Coffee Getter

Occasionally, after a movie ends and most people are already shuffling out of the theater or clicking "next episode" on the couch, I'll stick around and watch the credits roll all the way through. Call it a habit, call it masochism, but there's something

Bank Fail

With my new bank—which I severely dislike, and that’s putting it mildly—I finally decided it was time to go paperless. You know, save a tree, stop the mailbox from turning into a recycling bin full of statements I never read, all that responsible-adult stuff. Sounds simple enough.

My Super Power

I once wrote an app. Crazy right? The main requirement for this app was that it needed to scan ITF barcodes. I didn't know anything about barcodes at the time, but I knew iOS had built-in support for handling some barcodes. Turns out, it didn't have

A New Hate (GA ZLY-564)

I don't think I ever even thought enough about the sport bike community to have an opinion on its existence ... until the other day. We were driving home from church, just like any other Sunday. We eventually caught up with this gaggle of sport bikes. Two of them

Instagram is Dead

I guess it shouldn't surprise me that Instagram would go the way of its parent company (Facebook). Sporadically I'll venture back to Facebook, thinking I can catch up on whatever the latest is my friends or relatives are up to, and instead I'm accosted

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