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Review: Plantronics Voyager Focus UC
When I started my new job, I was issued a MacBook Pro, an Acer monitor, an Apple wired keyboard, a cheapo mouse, and a few other things including a USB headset for use with Lync, i.e. Skype for Business. There was also a desk phone next to my computer that I haven't figured out the purpose as Lync lets me make phone calls. I brought in my own trackpad to replace the mouse and I was pretty much set. However, after a few conference calls with the USB headset, I asked my manager for something better; he and others had the Plantronics Voyager Focus UC. He ordered me one and it arrived this week. The headset isn't cheap (list price is $299), but I soon began to understand the high cost.
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Review: UVC-G3-AF and UVC-NVR-2TB
[Updated 2/28: Added camera images]
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Fixing a broken printer
Yesterday my wife came home and said she picked up a free, broken printer and wanted to know if I could take a look at it as she'd love it for her classroom. It was an EPSON ET-4750 which is the big brother to the EPSON ET-2750 that we've had for a year and been quite happy with the purchase.
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3D Printing comes to my home
Years ago when 3D printing started to become mainstream, I thought the technology had its place for prototyping, low volume manufacturing and printing replacement parts for appliances and other things. In my ideal world, instead of companies selling replacement parts for say a refrigerator, they could license their designs and parts could be printed at a local hardware store or the like using a variety of materials. Companies could still make money on the parts, but they wouldn't have to stock them or ship them. In addition, parts for discontinued products could be made prolonging the life of products.