People swear by Discord. It's better than everything, or so they seem to think. Maybe I'm just getting old, but I really don't like Discord. I respect the audio quality and I think if it were a bit more simplified, it would be really good. Where it breaks down is how frightfully unintuitive it is. First, you have to create your own server. Fine.…
The new Google video conferencing app is here. It's called "Meet" and it is better than Hangouts. The interface is smooth and clean. It integrates with Gmail and Google Calendar seamlessly. The audio quality was good, but the video quality was fairly low. I went into the settings and found that it defaulted to 360p resolution and maxed out at 720p. That seems ridiculously…
It was becoming apparent that our home network was a bit under-powered for all the stuff we stream and the plethora of devices connected wirelessly. The cable modem (Motorola SB6121) was from 3 years ago and the wireless router (Cisco E1200) wasn't that fancy 4 years ago. The ISP keeps modifying how they pump data through our cable, so older modems, even DOCSIS 3.0…
Some time ago, and in a whole other world, I wrote about my newly purchased Bluetooth headset. At that time I mentioned that I would be amenable to the idea of a smartwatch. However, there werent any available that were watchlike enough for me to justify putting down the dinero. With the release of the Moto 360 and Huawei Watch the watchlikeness of the smartwatch…
