- S13E13
- January 8, 2020
Jeff Receives a Belated Christmas Gift
There's one thing that seems to have been on Jeff's mind lately, and Robbie found the perfect Christmas gift.
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- S13E13
- January 8, 2020
App-Powered Bluetooth Body Fat Smart Scale
Robbie wants to lose weight and be a healthier person, but he's not doing it by a traditional diet (which never seems to work). Instead, he's arming himself with information about himself, which will help guide his eating. Knowledge is power, right? So by knowing all the information this impressive smart scale provides, he hopes to lose 30-40 lbs.
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- S13E13
- January 8, 2020
$40 Fitness Tracker With a Ton of Premium Features
Some people want fancy, expensive smart watches, where others -- like Robbie -- just want a feature-rich fitness tracker that helps them get in shape by being able to see status graphs and set goals. This sub-$40 fitness tracker offers these premium features (from the listing): Step Counter, Heart Rate Tracker, Call/Text Reminder, Incoming Calls Display, Calories＆Sleep Tracking, Find Your Phone, Connect to Phone's GPS, Remote Photography, Social Media Message Reminder, Female Physiological Period Reminder, 24-hour Continuous Heart Rate and Blood Pressure Monitor, Countdown, Stopwatch and more.
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- S13E13
- January 8, 2020
The Benefits of Sunlight With No UV or Blue Light - LED Therapy Lamp
Sasha’s a cheerful person in general, but the Verilux HappyLight is actually giving her a better night sleep and increasing her energy. Since it has all the positive benefits of the sun with no UV or Blue Light, it’s a great way to get some extra energy through the day and get your circadian rhythm in sync at night.
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- S13E12
- December 18, 2019
Linux Partitions and Mount Points: Preparing a DIY NAS
As we begin preparing to build our own NAS server out of a single board computer and USB 3.1 R2 DAS enclosure, Robbie will take us through some fundamentals to help us understand how mount points work, how to partition and format our drives, and even answer questions about the project.
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- S13E11
- December 11, 2019
Amazon Fire Tablet with Google Play, YouTube and Chrome
Amazon Fire Tablets are a good 20-30% cheaper than traditional Android tablets of similar specs. But can you run your standard apps? Robbie set out to try installing Google Play Store, YouTube and Chrome, and the result is quite exciting for those on the fence about Amazon's line of tablets.
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- S13E10
- December 4, 2019
Help Us Decide: USB 3.0 with UASP + eSATA, or 3.1 Rev 2 with UASP?
Okay, here's the dilemma: There are two NAS Enclosures. They're exactly the same price. They are virtually identical. The only difference is the connectivity, and therefore, the speed of data access. Unit 1 provides USB 3.0 with UASP (5 Gb/sec) and eSATA (6 Gb/sec). Unit 2 provides only USB 3.1 Rev 2 with UASP (10 Gb/sec). Would you go with the faster Unit 2, keeping in mind that the computer we want to connect it to only has USB 3.0 UASP (so the unit will still only run at 5 Gb/sec unless we later upgrade our computer)? Or would you go with the more connectivity options of Unit 1? Help us decide, and we'll review the one the community picks (majority rules).
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- S13E10
- December 4, 2019
You Can Run PHP Scripts Like Regular Command Line Apps on Linux!
Whether you want to interact with a database from the Linux terminal, or create a cronjob that automatically caches content to speed up your web site, it's exciting to realize that PHP scripts can be written and run within the Linux command line interface just like a bash script! All you need is the php metapackage (eg., apt install php) and adding a single line to your script header: #!/usr/bin/env php
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- S13E09
- December 4, 2019
Sharing Your Internet? A VLAN Could Help Protect You
Sasha has an interesting situation where her Internet connection is provided by her landlord and shared with another apartment. The neighbor therefore has access to her Spotify account, all her devices, her files, her printer, and more. In this brief discussion Robbie talks about how a VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network) can be added to her apartment to separate her systems onto their own network that cannot be seen by the neighbor. This is not a how-to, just a discussion on the ability of a VLAN to protect her privacy and accounts.
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- S13E09
- November 27, 2019
Unreal Tournament 1999/GOTY Turns 20 Years Old
Unreal Tournament was perhaps the original multiplayer deathmatch. It introduced the best realtime multiplayer experience to players for several years beginning with its release November 23, 1999. Its GOTY (Game of The Year) edition featured additional content and was released the following year. Jeff and Robbie reminisce about how they got to know each other playing deathmatch at a number of LAN parties.
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