Category: 1017: Customize Your Toolbar, Baby Steps Into Home Automation, Photons and Semiconductors

I will be spending a few days in what has got to be one of the most unique cities in the world, Las Vegas. Lots of meetings and lots of walking around the show floors. My Apple Watch will be telling me that I have achieved my goals early each day. My new puppy, Jezebel,…

Several articles ago, I believe I made mention of how generators and alternators work. I think it was in an article about induction motors and electric motors in general. Spinning generators are certainly common and they are by far the most common way we get our household power. Hydro, nuclear, coal, natural gas, geothermal, tidal,…

Home automation is a big topic right now. The technology has been out for several years now, but for many users as well as manufactures it’s just now starting to really take off. There seems to be an almost endless list of options popping up and they range from simple DIY installations to more complex…

Many Mac users don’t realize just how customizable their Macs are, and a part of the Mac interface that’s simultaneously among the most useful and the most overlooked is the toolbar that appears in every Finder window. By default, the toolbar contains buttons for navigating back and forth, changing the view, arranging the files in…

_Dear Friends,_ I thought I’d be leaving Kibbles to Emily this week but since my plane is leaving late, here I am. I am heading to Las Vegas for the annual Consumer Electronics Show. While you will see all manner of electronics products at the show from cars to TVs to amazing car stereos, I…