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David F

How I Choose Toys

As you may have guessed, my toys are mostly pretty techie.  So I hear you ask, David, how do you choose your gadgets?  Well, absolutely free and worth the price, here is my advice for how to select a great value in a great gadget.

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David F

LucidCharting the Network

In an earlier post I wrote about the importance of charting the network. Since then, I did just that, as I mentioned, in LucidChart. Here are some of my impressions from doing that for my home network. I used LucidChart's 7-day free trial of the Pro…

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David F

Charting the Network

A really important thing to do if you have more than three or four devices on your network, even your little home network, is to maintain an up-to-date network diagram.  You don't notice how your home network grows... you get some new toy and it…

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David F

Tech To-Do List

My home tech to-do list (in no particular order) Network Zones: I would like three segregated network zones in our home LAN.  One for our general purpose computers, one for our Android and BlackBerry devices, and one for our printers and connected entertainment boxes (Roku,…

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Ingress Leveling and Badges (long)

In the first and second installments of this series I talked about all the operations players can perform in this game, and this final installment will give some details of how players move up through the sixteen levels of the game. Player Level Requirements All…

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