I want to tell you of my experience and review with Auvik (aka Auvik Networks). How did I hear about Auvik? A Reddit advertisement, which promised a free Unifi Access point for activating an Auvik trial. A few examples of the advertisements posted on Reddit are below. I clicked through one of the advertisements and set up an account with Auvik. Great! A few days later, I downloaded and … [Read more...]
Wink Hub 2 versus Wink Hub 1
January 1, 2017 by
I have been working on getting into the Home Automation game, after finally buying a house of my own. I started out with a Wink Hub 1, that I had bought with the GE-Link bulbs a couple of years ago, on a deal around Christmas time. I was then part of the large Wink outage, in which the wrong certificate was pushed to the device. I was playing around, because I knew that any automation devices … [Read more...]
To the friends I’ve lost along the way
July 12, 2016 by
It's really interesting to realize that as life goes on, it tends to get a little more lonely. You lose touch, and eventually lose friends. The most important fact is to realize that loss of friends is natural. The first time I started to realize this fact was college. Everyone from high school goes off, to their own corner of the world. And out of your group of friends, you only really … [Read more...]
SiriusXM lost me as a customer to Spotify, and how to get the best deal on SiriusXM
February 15, 2016 by
SiriusXM (SIRI) was one of the ways that I listed to music when purchasing my 2012 Hyundai Elantra Limited. I was just starting to use Spotify, and Pandora was unreliable over 4g. But SiriusXM lost me as a customer, mostly due to information here on the internet. And SiriusXM wants to gain subscribers to keep investors happy, so all you have to do is wait them out. The phrase I started … [Read more...]
Bitdefender Box Review- Not Ready for Primetime
November 9, 2015 by
From my Amazon.com review of the Bitdefender Box. "I received a Bitdefender Box test unit, and can't imagine anyone ever purchasing this device. The first major flaw- It give its own DHCP connections. I have a pfsense box behind my modem, and was thinking I could use this in line before my guest wifi/Internet of Things network. It doesn't work that way. The second flaw- 100mbps ports. Why … [Read more...]
The Chimney Story- How Ridgway Chimney Service NJ ruined our Chimney
June 23, 2015 by
We just bought our first house. Our first house ever. We were really good about everything. We had a Home Inspection, and discovered some issues. Many of the issues were known about- a damaged masonry stoop on the guest entrance, settling sidewalk, a fence that has seen better days. Our building inspector did advise us to get some professionals in- one was for a Chimney Service, and the other for … [Read more...]
Congrats, Pioneer Class of 2015
June 4, 2015 by
I'll preface it with this- I had hoped that I would have seen you folks graduate. I started with you, you were my first group of students, and you all hold a special place in my heart. Life is messy. I started writing this speech when you were freshmen. Dear Graduates, Faculty, School Committee Members, Families and Guests, I'm going to be facing you, Graduates, because you are the reason … [Read more...]
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