I can’t imagine how much money Microsoft has made in the last year. All of the businesses out there purging Windows XP from being used under their roof. All of the consumers running XP seeing the news of it’s end of life, and then upgrading to a newer Windows. The numbers must be astronomical for Microsoft. My fear is they might get greedy and decide to do this again but only sooner for the outstanding supported versions of...

I was having trouble with a Tenvis IP camera model JPT3815W updating it’s built in DDNS. For the record my original DDNS that is on the sticker must have expired.  I was doing everything right as it was working fine and then all of a sudden one day it fails to update my IP. If any one else has a similar problem just ask for a new DDNS user and pass and change it. First to make sure go to google and type “my ip” then take that...

Ex*o*dus a going out; a departure or emigration, usually of a large number of people: the summer exodus to the country and shore. Yes it is upon us the twilight final days of Windows XP. From the definition above it could mean going to the country or the shore. For Windows XP around 30% of all computer users will not be going to the country or shore because they are still using Windows XP. Yes as of me writing this the percentage is probably...

I recently jumped into the wifi smart thermostat game and ended up installing a Honeywell RTH9580WF. The thermostat requires a C wire to be hooked up to your thermostat and your 24V AC transformer in your furnace. I initially installed a Nest thermostat, but after a week of use my Nest base unit shorted the red and green causing the fan to run non-stop. I’ll talk more about this in another blog post. I spent a ton of time trying to figure...

I browse Craigslist fairly often looking for things that are needed. Craigslist is one of the jewels of the Internet, it is a place you can easily sell something and have it seen by millions of people. While browsing Craigslist I am often dismayed at the lack of common sense when listing an item on Craigslist. This post will attempt to shed some light on what not to do, and what to do when listing an item. The first thing I see is lack of...

If you receive a letter in the mail that advertises a free Android tablet computer, it is a scam. The letter states you can keep the Android tablet after you answer a short list of questions about the tablet. What this company is trying to do is harvest data about you. They more than likely will try to up sell you to a different Android tablet or a vacation package or some other shit. If you say no they will disqualify you from receiving the...