• Feb 3, 2017

    Curing home Internet problems with UniFi gear

    For as many years as I can remember, I've been the goto person for my family when they have tech problems. Anyone that is in this situation knows that this gets old pretty fast! At the beginning of January, my father started having problems with his Internet connection where he said it kept going out. I told him to call the cable company and get them to come out. He wasn't quite convinced that it was the cable company, so he spent about a week testing out his router/access point (Apple TimeCapsule) and my sister's router (similar device). (My dad and sister live in separate houses on the same property.)

  • Jan 18, 2017

    CarPlay, a month later

    Now that I've been using CarPlay in my Subaru Impreza for about a month, here's a mini review.

  • Dec 21, 2016

    First Impressions: 2017 Subaru Impreza

    For the last year and half, I've been looking for a new car. My 2003 Toyota Highlander has been starting to show its age. It has low mileage, but I've had to do some maintenance on it. In addition, the only tech I have on it is a radio I installed about 2 years ago with Bluetooth. One of the features I've really wanted is Apple's CarPlay as it would allow me to have a familiar interface in the car for navigation, media, and phone. While the number of cars with CarPlay available has been increasing, most haven't been cars that I'd want to own.

  • Dec 17, 2016

    Review: ShimoVPN

    Ever since I started working, I've had to connect back to an office network either occasionally or full time. First there was AppleTalk Remote Access and then there were a variety of VPN solutions that different companies employed. While macOS has gotten better at supporting VPNs natively, it really only handles Cisco and IPSec VPNs. This has worked for some of my connections, but for others, I've had to have a separate VPN client. Those VPN clients have ranged from bad to worse in terms of quality. Why they are so bad, I have no idea.