Category Archives: gadgets

In which, I am stalked by a gadget.

Posted on April 15, 2023 by baudattitude

I recently realized I had a number of devices that supported WiFi 6, and did not have a WiFi 6 access point. Naturally, THIS COULD NOT STAND. I bought this: It’s a UniFi Access Point U6 LR,  and it’s obviously … Continue reading →

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In which, I finally make some use of my “smart” TV.

Posted on September 6, 2022 by baudattitude

So, a couple of nights ago my wife and I sat down and watched “Luck”, which is an Apple TV+ exclusive animated movie that had a funny enough trailer to actually get me to subscribe to Apple TV+. I have … Continue reading →

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I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords.

Posted on May 23, 2021 by baudattitude

Let me be clear about one thing: When it comes to the robot uprising, I am 100% for it. The way we’ve been running the planet over the last couple of years have me completely on-board with the idea that … Continue reading →

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More Home Smartifying

Posted on December 2, 2020 by baudattitude

Nothing video game related today.  The two things I have been playing are Far Cry: New Dawn and the most recent World of Warcraft expansion.  Considering how Far Cry 5 ended, I’m going to wait until the end of New … Continue reading →

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In which, I try Stadia and it’s actually OK.

Posted on November 25, 2020 by baudattitude

Kinda giving the whole post away with that title, but you can keep reading if you want to spend a few more minutes of your life reading my eloquent prose. Since my ego won’t allow me to conceive that anyone … Continue reading →

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Making an iOS Shortcut for Apple Pay

Posted on November 23, 2020 by baudattitude

So I guess this is a gadget blog now? Because apparently that is the stuff I am posting.  I have come a long way from the days when I would write posts about my attempts to get upskirt shots of … Continue reading →

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Brand Disloyalty

Posted on November 22, 2020 by baudattitude

So, in the fifteen years or so since I bought my first modern Macintosh (a first-gen Intel Mac mini), our house has turned into a bit of an Apple Shrine.  We have four Macs, an iPhone each, a few iPads, … Continue reading →

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A weird bit of Apple ephemera

Posted on May 20, 2020 by baudattitude

Was digging through my drawer of assorted USB drives recently and stumbled across this thing. Small plastic bear for scale. If you bought a 2010 MacBook Air, which didn’t come with an optical drive, you got this in case you … Continue reading →

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I should know better.

Posted on November 14, 2019 by baudattitude

If you look through any few months of posts on this blog, you may notice a common theme – I feel a little buried by the amount of stuff I own and would like to have less stuff.  I have … Continue reading →

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I got a new phone, and it’s OK.

Posted on March 17, 2019 by baudattitude

So, let me take a minute to unpack this:  Modern smartphones are pretty much magical devices by this point.  I am still lightly flabbergasted at the notion that you can cram a battery-powered computer into a six-inch slab of aluminum … Continue reading →

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