In my last post, I talked about how I returned a Pebble Smartwatch because of its deficiencies as an “always-on” fitness tracking device (otherwise, it performed as promised). I had my eye on the FitBit Force — and was just about to purchase one — when I saw a friend tweet this:… Read More Review: The Misfit Shine Activity Tracker
Whenever someone tells me they need a new TV, but they don’t want to pay through the nose for above-average performance, features, and size, I steer them towards Vizio. Another reason to love Vizio smart TVs: They replicate a lot of the functionality of Google’s remarkable Chromecast. This is something I first noticed when I did… Read More One more reason to love Vizio TVs
After my last post — a review of the app I use for podcasts — I’ve been getting a lot of questions about the other third party apps I use. Here are some of the ones I’ve been using almost daily for a while now: For reading/marking up PDFs: Goodreader I bought the iPad 1… Read More The Apps I use: 2014 Edition
It’s a common scenario. You haven’t gotten an email in an hour, not even that really important email you were expecting from your spouse/co-worker/parent/pet. Your email seems to be down, but what exactly does that mean? Unfortunately, there are a myriad of reasons why you may not be getting your email. Could be a problem… Read More How to tell if your iCloud, Gmail, or Microsoft email server is down
Consider this the first post in a new category I’ll call “Tech Dad Eric” for now. With my wife due to deliver any day now, it was time to get the one piece of parenting equipment I had been putting off — a baby monitor system with both audio and video. They come in two… Read More Review: Motorola MBP36 Baby Monitor
Wow, I never would’ve guessed that a light bulb review would quickly become one of my most read posts. Since there’s clearly a demand for LED bulb reviews, I should probably do a “round up” comparing the various LEDs on the market sometime in the future. ‘Til then, I’m pleased to report there’s a brand… Read More Cree now makes an LED flood light
I never thought I’d review a light bulb. That’s because until recently, there’s really only been two choices for your household light bulb needs: Do you want to continue using the century-old standard light bulb or switch to a newish compact fluorescent light bulb? The standard light bulb will work in just about any fixture… Read More Review: Cree LED Light Bulb
