Recipes

New! A new section for some of the recipes from my kitchen. This will be a growing category, so check back often!

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ZeroWater Pitcher

My feelings about the ZeroWater water filtering pitcher.

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Maintaining Rechargeables

A short video on how to best care for rechargeable batteries in your devices.

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SmartThings & HAM Bridge

Some example SmartApps and Device Types for HAM Bridge control from SmartThings.

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What's Wrong with the Lumix G9

A video series about some goofy issues with the G9, and how to work around them. Well… most of them.

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Motion Blur

What shutter speed to avoid it? I've created a spreadsheet to help you calculate it.

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Lumix DC-G9 Wireless to Mac

Lumix cameras have WiFi infrastructure support for connecting and transferring photos to a shared folder on your Mac. Here is how to set it up.

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When and When Not to Use OIS

A wonderfully useful feature you should not use all the time.

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Tamron 10-24mm F/3.5-4.5 Di II VC HLD

A surprisingly good ultra wide for crop sensor DSLRs.

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Nailing Tricky Exposure

Some thoughts and tips on preventing your camera's metering system from underexposing predominantly white scenes.

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Amazon Echo Vs: Google Home

This article was written comparing the original Amazon Echo and Google Home about the time the original Google Home shipped. Both have made a number of additions since then, and I intend to update this article. But in the mean time, there is still some good info here.

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