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March 6, 2017Latest News, Networking, Technology

Turn Off Cloud Access to your WD My Cloud Device NOW

The technical press (like Engadget https://www.engadget.com/2017/03/05/wd-my-cloud-security-exploits/) is publishing info about a vulnerability that impacts WD Networked devices that have cloud access enabled. […]

February 26, 2016Connected Home, Networking, Technology

Roomba!

I’m a geek and proud of it, so when my 26 year old canister vacuum’s motor seized up and died and ugly […]

November 4, 2013Networking, Surface, Windows 8.1

Turn on legacy File and Folder Sharing on Surface 2

I’ve got lots of computers and devices on my home network. Many of which don’t use the Microsoft Homegroup so I […]

March 10, 2012Apple, iPad, Networking, Windows 8

Windows 8 on my iPad

Sort of. Thanks to Splashtop streamer and the iPad mobile client. I was a little frustrated as all my existing RDP clients […]

February 13, 2012Connected Home, Home Automation, Home Security, iPad, iPhone, Networking

DIY Home Automation

I’ve recently written 5 posts about "do it yourself home security". Another piece of the puzzle I wanted to solve involved home […]

February 12, 2012Connected Home, Home Security, Media Center, Networking, Windows Media Center

DIY Home Security Part 5 – View Cams in Windows Media Center

I mentioned viewing my cameras in Smartvue for iPxxx devices in a previous post. I actually posted some details on how to […]

February 5, 2012Connected Home, Home Automation, Home Security, iPad, iPhone, Networking, Technology

DIY Home Security Part 4 – View Cameras From Anywhere

In Part 3, I wrote about setting up dynamic DNS and port forwarding for my cameras and desktop controller as well as […]

February 4, 2012Connected Home, Home Automation, Home Security, Networking, Technology

DIY Home Security Part 3 – DYNDNS, Port Forwarding

As I mentioned in Part 1, setting up the D-Link IP cameras (and IP camera in general most likely) is easy if […]

February 3, 2012Connected Home, Home Automation, Home Security, Networking, Technology

DIY Home Security Part 2 – Configuring Motion Alerts

The heart of my home security system is motion detection and alerts. As I mentioned in the first post, I selected Blue […]

June 6, 2011IPv6, Networking

World IPv6 Day June 8, 2011–I’m Ready!

Looks like I’m completely ready, how about you? I’m currently using Comcast’s 6to4 gateway. http://www.worldipv6day.org/ http://test-ipv6.com/ipv6day.html