Category Archives: New Toys

This new laptop has some challenges Was a pain getting Can’t fit a 9mm hard drive (has to be 7mm and smaller) I thought it had bluetooth While docked the USB3 didn’t seem to work (granted I didn’t wait long … Continue reading →

Got my new Dell E7440.  Hoping it will last me two years, so this should be working summer of 2020. Running Windows 10 on it. RAM makes it fast. SSD not a bad touch as well. We’ll see how this … Continue reading →

After some trial and error I think I have settled on some 315Mhz Transmitter and Receivers I like The ones in blue are the 315Mhz ones I like. Although I did not get mine from ebay, I found them doing … Continue reading →

So I was able to get the new Miracast working, I guess I got a dud. But the real story today was getting deep in to programming. I got to working with MS Access with an MySQL (actually MariaDB) back … Continue reading →

One of the problems I get when I test a new camera is setting it up. Trying to figure out the IP(sometimes is it not in the DHCP logs), changing it, then figuring out what the rtsp settings are. But … Continue reading →

I coworker AJ recommended this router GL.iNet GL-AR150 Mini Travel Router This will be the basis of version 3 of my portable network. Here is the prior one, version 2 And an even older one version 1 Still will have … Continue reading →

Household got a bunch a pair of new phones, the Galaxy S9+ Kind of fun seeing a new fun, but it is a pain setting up. Hopefully things will be OK.  

Remember this blog post about 3 weeks back https://www.apolonio.com/blog/?p=7719 I liked it so much I got one for use at home. Looks cool, hopefully will make things easier for the family.