Sponsored Reviews Wuben X0 Knight Flashlight Is there a perfect EDC Flashlight? The Wuben X0 may check all the boxes.
Me Why am I doing sponsored reviews? I am an enthusiast; this is not a business. I am not making money doing this, but I am doing it for a few reasons.
Reviews Fixing Amazon's Thermostat Amazon's Smart Thermostat is not very smart when it comes to older central air systems.
Reviews Ryobi 40V System If you're tired of smelling like gas every time you mow, battery powered yard tools have come a LONG way.
Reviews Speck MagFolio Google Pixel Tablet Case An exceptionally minimal folio case that does everything I need it to do.
IT Topton N9N Intel N100 MiniPC A MiniPC that has the nearly the CPU power of my current machine but is about 4x4x2 inches? Yes, please!
Reviews Amazon (Mostly) Smart Thermostat If you're already in the Amazon ecosystem and looking for a smart thermostat, this isn't a bad place to start looking.
Reviews Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 I was waiting for the Google Pixel Watch. And then it came out. And so I got the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4! Yeah, Google, why. Seriously, why.
IT Of Caps and Switches Proper choice of switches and keycaps can make all the difference in how you, and others, enjoy your keyboard.
Reviews Royal Kludge RK84 What do you do when you have a perfectly fine desktop keyboard? Buy another one!
Reviews Royal Kludge 68 Pro I've had it with my Kemove 61, it's time to replace it. Is the Royal Kludge 68 Pro a good replacement? We'll see.
Reviews Pixel Buds Series A The Google Pixel Buds Series A really fit the "reasonable sound quality with great convenience" hole that was in my headphone lineup.
Amateur Radio Anytone 878 firmware update 1.25, 1.26, 1.27 Most devices of this sort get an update lifecycle of a year or two, max, and then they're left as-is in the state they were in. Sometimes that's fine, sometimes it's not.
Amateur Radio Fixing the GD77's terrible charger The GD77 charging base electronics is trash; a TP5100 is a trivial and cheap replacement.
Me We're going to need a bigger tarp For years I've always tried to time when to put out the veggies in the garden, and it's always too early and they die or so late it takes most of the season to get anything. This year, I'm building a mini greenhouse.
Me I'm a flashlight geek I am a flashlight geek and have a long history of flashlights. I may collect some, but I use them all!
Reviews OLight Baton 3 OLight Baton 3 is a thumb-sized light that will do .5 lumens to 1200 lumens and is an insane EDC light and a great value.
Amateur Radio Analyzing HT antennas is hard Even with reasonable equipment, analyzing an HT antenna is hard because you are part of the system.
Amateur Radio APRS iGate Setting up a small, low-profile iGate for APRS isn't hard and is great for the system APRS ecosystem. And it doesn't have to cost much!
Me Tinkering, piddling, and farting around Nothing is worse than wanting to get something done and you just don't have the right tools. One of the right tools for me was buying a new workbench!
