Comedies are challenging as everyone’s sense of humour is so distinct. As the name implies, Single Parents tries to appeal to the decently sized single parent segment of the population’s households. Humourously showcasing some of the daily tribulations single parents have should also easily appeal to dual parent households. After all, kids will be kids.
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I knew nothing about New Amsterdam until I watched the trailer. However, I was begging for more by the time it was over. Could this be the new House? Might this be the medical drama to immediately hook viewers and get them clamoring for more? Maybe…
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Having never really watched the original Magnum P.I., I was unsure what to expect from this latest reimagining Hollywood has thrust upon us. This also made it feasible for me to go in without any preconceived notions. However, being a child of the 80s, it is nigh impossible to honestly state that I had no exposure to the Magnum P.I. […]
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First off, this review is way outside of what we usually cover here, but I was so impressed with the results of a recent upgrade for my bike that I couldn’t help myself. So, having warned you – let’s dig in. While planning a full group set upgrade for my 2015 Trek Domane, I discovered that Trek does their own […]
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I put a “smart” sprinkler controller on my shopping list a long time ago, but it was not until last month when I woke up to the sound of rain and saw that my sprinklers were on! I decided it was time to take action. Part of the reason why I had not before, is that there are so many […]
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When Nest first announced the Nest Hello last winter it piqued my interest. The Nest Hello is currently their only video doorbell product. At $229, is slightly less expensive than the $249 Ring Pro, so still not inexpensive. If it delivers on what it promises the Hello could be an added value to an existing external camera setup or replace […]
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After setting up a Pi-hole DNS server for my IoT network VLAN, it was time to configure the internal firewall so that devices on it wouldn’t be able to communicate with the other VLANs in an unsolicited way. Ubiquiti has an article posted on their site which lays the foundation for this goal, but it doesn’t quite meet my requirements […]
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I recently setup Pi-Hole on my IoT network following the instructions on Scott Helme’s blog. Unfortunately the JSON config that he suggested didn’t quite work on my network. Full disclosure the solution here is pulled mostly from the comments on his post, so this is more documenting the thing that I found, than the thing I figured out on my […]
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Getting the perfect level of rareness in a steak or beef roast is not impossible with the right amount of planning, experience, and timing. But, even the reverse sear method is not as foolproof as sous vide (hot water immersion). Fortunately, the explosion of Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices has benefited the home kitchen immensely with several network/app connected sous vide options […]
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A member of my family recently realized that they had forgotten the password to their Windows 10 machine, mostly because they always used the PIN or a fingerprint to login to the box. Normally, I would fire up the Local Users And Groups MMC plugin, but that didn’t work because they aren’t running Pro (I know…). After a quick search […]
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