Essays
Essays and notes.
- Thoughts on 2026 September Apple Event Overall the event was mediocre. This event was mostly incremental updates. It was probably intentional so the iPhone Duo could steal the show. iPhone 18 Pro
- NFC (Near Field Communication) makes Passing Info Easy With Remember passing notes in school? Passing a note was a quick way to send information to someone else. If the teacher caught you passing the note, they could read whatever was in the note. Because […]
- Surround Sound: Making movies sound like real life Surround sound makes the movie theater experience worth the price of admission. Last year, I convinced my wife we should have a theater in our house. I had spent the preceding year learning as much […]
- Distributed Denial of Service: How Bots attack A DDOS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack uses multiple connections to stop access to a website or internet service. These attacks use many computers to complete the attack. These computers can be PC, Macs, servers, […]
- Optical Character Recognition: How pictures are usable Optical Character Recognition has been in use for a long time. Over the years, it has become a staple in our daily lives. In 2008 a small company called Evernote made a big impact on […]
- Digital Minimalism: Protecting your attention and focus Digital minimalism helps minimize anxiety and find more time for the things you love. Digital minimalism requires taking a deep look into the habits you’ve formed with your devices. You need to find what you […]
- Systems on a chip are all over your house. But where? As you sit down on the couch, you turn on House of the Dragon. You used the built in HBO app on your TV. You know it works but you’ve never thought about how. It’s […]
- Firewall: the great protector of your network A firewall is your protection from the internet Another place you might be familiar with a firewall is in your house. When building a house with a garage, it needs a fire rated wall. The […]
- Progressive Web Apps are the future of apps The original concept of the iPhone didn’t include an app store. Steve Jobs’s idea of apps for the iPhone was to use websites as apps. This didn’t take off. Instead, they built the app store […]
- Spatial Audio is the future of headphones Spatial audio is surround sound for headphones. A major benefit of watching a movie at a theater is the sound. You’re able to immerse in the movie because the sounds are accurate. The theater gives […]