After you’ve figured out what ISP you plan to use, the next step is how to connect that incoming internet access to all your devices. That requires a wifi router. A router in its most basic explanation routes internet traffic....
I bought a Lenovo Chromebook S330 last week and have been playing with it for a few days. I did not receive this for review, paid outright for it. Immediate Thoughts It is small, light, and very portable. The S330...
You may have never heard of them if you are not a computer geek or tinkerer like myself. The Raspberry Pi is a small single board computer that was originally developed for children to learn programming and computer skills easily....
We want to have land and a house and a place to have a garden to grow our own food as well as some animals to reduce our dependency on anyone else. We have a meager income, but if we...
For those on a budget, here are the parts we used to get a computer to run Plex off of well and for a pretty decent price. It is not complete yet, but getting close. To make our Plex box,...
As always happen, things change, schedules get adjusted, expenses come up and plans are altered. I had a medical scare a week ago with a complication from my medications causing some heart issues. I appear to be fine now, but...
Since we live in our RV and want to establish ourselves on our own land somewhere, it makes sense to take the RV with us and live in it while we build our structure. At the moment, we cannot really...
I'll admit it, I love working with the Raspberry Pi. It's small, cheap, simple to work with, and I can do plenty of different tasks with them. They were designed for educational uses, but with the hobby makers taking over,...
For the Smart Home on Wheels project to work, everything has to be controlled by a central core unit. I've gone back and forth, trying to figure out a way to do it affordably and still have enough power to...