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Review: SecuritySpy
In our last house, I considered adding security cameras as my wife was a teacher in the area and some of the students knew where she lived. We all know that not every student is perfect and we wouldn't be surprised if a student toilet papered our house. This, luckily never happened. However, neighborhood kids did toilet paper our house once and someone (or a group of individuals) graffitied a number of houses including ours with anti-Semitic words and symbols. I never got around to installing cameras and it is probably best that I didn't as the technology has gotten so much better, that the quality of cameras and systems from just a few years ago doesn't compare with what we have today.
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Making our house a home
Over a year ago, my wife and I decided to sell our house and move closer to the water. We expected to be in a rental for maybe 6 months before finding a house. We were fully prepared to wait and wanted a fixer. Unfortunately, the real estate market here in San Diego started heating up again and finding a house was not an easy task. We had a few requirements for a house, but looking back, we were actually flexible on some of those requirements.
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Review: Fujitsu ScanSnap ix500
As many people who read my blog know, I've been working with consumer scanners for over 6 years and have had more scanners than I care to count. Six years ago I purchased a Fujitsu ScanSnap fi-5110eoxm scanner. It was quite expensive for a consumer scanner, but it was one of the best investments I've made in computer hardware. The scanner served me well, and I've been recommending that scanner and its successors for years. Everyone that I've recommended the scanner to has been pleased with it.
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Why all the fuss over working from home?
With the recent announcement/leak that Yahoo! is requiring all its employees to work from an office, I've been thinking a lot about my own experience working from home. I've been working from home for over 13 years; my first experience working from home was forced upon me with the closure of my office, but this second stint was my own choice. For my work style and ethic, I could never work in an office again. I do put in a full workday every day as well as work extra hours when needed. However, I'm also not chained to a desk and can get things done during the day, if needed. While I'm not alone in never wanting to work in an office again, working from home isn't for everyone. In fact, I'd argue that most people should never work from home.