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So UBI ( universal basic income ) is one proposed solution to dealing with growing wealth inequality and coming demographics and social changes that will make the notion of the 1950’s capitalistic “hard work” untenable in heavily automated world of tomorrow. of course as the video above points out there’s…
Here’s my West Point Triathlon 2018 video recap. Rather than a race report blog posting I decided to do a video edit of the race. In brief, I’m disappointed with my performance especially on the run. But there’s always next year. Anyways, see how it unfolded from my perspective.. |…
Just a quick post about finally getting around to editing my April 2018 Portugal visit with family. Brought the Mavic Pro along and here’s an edited version of some of the sights from the trip Monção, Portugal . Here are some additional photos taken on Monção, Portugal a small city,…
A common request when building INTRANET web applications is to have users use only one common shared set of login credentials. Typically in most small and medium businesses this means that logging into a Windows Server of some kind to access the network. Windows Servers use Active Directory (AD) ,which…
This is a short review of my experience with the Magic5 Swim goggles. Magic5 goggles are custom made , custom-fitted goggles that promise to transform the age old issue of leaky and ill fitting goggles into a perfect leak-free fit. Leaky goggles are the bane of anyone who spends enough…
This is a short post, I came across a neat little youtube channel Donut.media, which is an awesome car channel , To quote their tag line “Making Car Culture.. Pop Culture.” Here’s a typical episode: Its a very slick and nicely produced channel that not only highlights popular makes and…
This post is how I took my rusty (literally) old mailbox and made it into a battery powered smart mailbox (an IoT device) , that sends you an SMS (text messagE) or MQTT alerts, and in the process how I learned about Arduino and particularly the ESP32 chip which lets…
