WiFi Mesh System Are Garbage Build Your Own Using OPNsense - DIY Howto Guide On multiple occasions, I’ve bought a wireless home networking system, set it up, but then problems arise: 1. Lack of firmware updates. 2. Features like parental controls are stuck behind a monthly subscription paywall. 3. The mobile app from the manufacturer is buggy, lacks updates, and makes you sign
Fujifilm GFX100S II Washington Summer Con - First Visit Today was my first time going to any Con, and I was super impressed from start to finish. 1. Free parking, and lots of it! Are you serious?!?! 2. Security guards were chill and respectful. They didn’t make me spill out my water bottle, rummage through my backpack, make
Blogging Featured Instructions for installing Ghost on an Orange Pi 5 This step by step tutorial will help you get your own instance of the Ghost blogging system running on an Orange Pi. All of this is made possible without port forwarding using Cloudflare Tunneling.
Leica Q3 Pike Place Market in Seattle All of these images and this entire post was created, edited, saved, and uploaded using an iPad.
Leica Q3 Leica Eternal Look JPEG - Tulips at Knutson Farms in Sumner, WA Straight out of camera JPEGs testing the new Leica Eternal look.
Social Media Meta's (aka Facebook) Threads App is Dead This is a follow up to my previous article entitled Social Media is a Lonely Place: Social Media is a Lonely PlaceWith maybe the exception of some of your Facebook and Instagram friends, no one is reading your social media posts. Nor are they looking at your photos on any
Audio Sony NW-WM1AM2 Walkman Review Phones, Bluetooth, and dongle DACs pretty much handle the majority of portable audio nowadays. So how can dedicated audio players compete? In short, they need to be special, and otherwise provide an experience that you cannot get with your everyday smartphone. Here are my expectations for a top of the
Audio A Possible Solution to Eliminating RF and EMI Noise When Using a DAC with an iPhone 14 or 15 Pro Max I've bought and returned many DACs with the hopes of using them with the iPhone 14 Pro Max, and now the 15 Pro Max. The DACs I have tried were the Questyle M15, Cayin RU7, Shanling UA5, iBasso DC04Pro, and DC06Pro, and was always the same - RF
Social Media Social Media is a Lonely Place With maybe the exception of some of your Facebook and Instagram friends, no one is reading your social media posts. Nor are they looking at your photos on any other platform. Essentially, you're shouting into the online void.
Leica Q2 Monochrom Puyallup Fair in Black and White First time shooting the Puyallup Fair in monochrome with the Leica Q2 Monochrom (yellow filter attached). First three portraits were edited, but all other photos are straight out of camera.
Nikon Z8 Bloedel Reserve on Bainbridge Island Next time you're on Bainbridge Island, this is a destination worth stopping at. All photos were shot with a Nikon Z8, a 14-24mm lens, and edited using Lightroom.
FUJIFILM GFX100S Edinburgh, St. Andrews, and the Highlands of Scotland All photos were captured using a FUJIFILM GFX100S, FUJINON GF20-35mm, or an iPhone 14 Pro Max. Edits were performed using Lightroom on an iPhone. The backpack I used to carry the GFX is the Shimoda Designs Action X25 V2 Starter Kit.
Nikon Z8 Nikon Z8 Recall - AGAIN! Please check out my previous article regarding the lens mount recall as a preface to this article: Nikon Z8 RecallThe very first day of owning the Z8, I decided I was going to update the firmware on all of my lenses. It’s something that has been neglected for some
Nikon Z8 Nikon Z8 Recall The very first day of owning the Z8, I decided I was going to update the firmware on all of my lenses. It's something that has been neglected for some time, but upon aquiring the new camera, it seemed like the thing to do. Everything was going fine
Nikon Z8 Day 3 with the Nikon Z8 and a Glitch with the NIKKOR Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S Lens Today's family and friend adventure led us to the Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge. It's the first time that I've experienced a glitch with the Z8. Specifically when shooting with the NIKKOR Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S lens and the
Nikon Z8 Day 2 of Testing the Nikon Z8 Straight out of camera in vivid mode. Camera still darn near focuses by itself. Used DX crop mode with the seals as I only had an 85mm attached. The high megapixels really help with the quality of the images in DX mode.
NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.8 S Nikon Z8 - First Thoughts You don't even need to try and focus! The one mistake I made is I set the auto ISO speed too low 1/125 of a second. I should have set it to something like 1/500, but whatever. First casual outing, auto 3d select / subject detection. Standard
FUJINON XF16mmF1.4 R WR Dash Point State Park and Fremont Market Used the Fujiflim X-H2 this weekend with the 16mm f/1.4 for the beach photos and 18mm f/1.4 for the pictures from the market. All photos are straight out of camera JPEGs.
Leica Q2 Monochrom Gnome Hunting in Maple Valley All photos were taken with a Leica Q2 Monochrom and edited using Capture One.
Computers This Blog is Hosted on an Orange Pi 5 Years ago, I purchased a Raspberry Pi 4. It's an amazing little unit, which is now configured as an Adguard Home appliance which blocks ads and inappropriate content for my youngest daughter on all of her devices. I'm not sure why, but there hasn't
Karate Anita Baillie and David Arnold Karate Edge Black Belt Test - Caution Over 100MB Post and YouTube Embeds Yesterday, two of my karate friends tested for their black belts. I was there to capture the action.
