Denis Lemire
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HDCP nonsense
A day after Boxing Day I failed to fight the temptation of a new TV to upgrade my circa 2008 52″ Sharp. The prospect of a 70″ 4K TV, an LG 70UF7300 was too much to resist. No early adoption of consumer electronics goes unpunished, however. The industry’s insistence on incompetentently rolling out anti-consumer tech
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Apple TV (4th generation)

Picked up a new Apple TV (fourth generation) from the Southgate Apple Store on my way home on Friday. I actually pre-ordered fairly early Monday morning in hopes of having one dropped on my lap come Friday. My pre-order, however, is stuck in that awkward “too far along to cancel but it isn’t going to
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A tale of two AirPorts

The concept of a “guest” WiFi network, open to anyone but isolated from the rest of my home LAN has always been appealing… The feature has existed in the AirPort Extreme routers since the third generation (circa 2009). Originally the feature would disappear the moment you turn off router functionality and place the AirPort in
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I should write more…
Too many moments happen in between the rigorous fits of self documentation I disseminate here. My older (of two) daughters is about to turn seven (tomorrow!) and I have a new born son that doesn’t exist if you base your facts on said missing ramblings. It’s easy enough to make excuses, some more legitimate than
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Two Guys from Andromeda

I’m not sure I would have found the same career I enjoy today had I not been accidentally bootstrapped by the Andromedans! After 20 years, those crazy bastards are back! They want to build a new game and inspire a whole new generation of would be technology and sci-fi geeks! Their kickstarter project is well