Summary The pricing and estimates from EnergySage and Nova Solar have been accurate so far, and after 18 months I am still very happy with my solar panels! If your roof is expected to last significantly longer that the estimated time for your solar panels to pay themselves off, buy the…

I saw the Bangle.js 2 project on Kickstarter and thought it looked like a great starter project to introduce my kids to programming. Features It has a 1.3 inch 3-bit color LCD touchscreen, GPS, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), heart rate monitor, accelerometer (can be used for step tracking), magnetometer (as…

Most of us are familiar with that feeling of messages arriving faster than you can process them. This article talks about how this problem came about, and shares ideas about two ways to improve the situation: Ways to fix your organization workflows to prioritize high value, focused work. Personal productivity…

This article contains some of my notes on cyber security related talks and announcements from the free online Nvidia AI conference 2021. Prevent Advanced Cyberattacks in Enterprise Environments OPSWAT are a company that offer anti-malware scanning, data loss protection, and other security products. Data is growing exponentially, and malware is growing linearly. Malware scanning is a…

I was super excited when I found out that my Oculus Quest 2 runs Android. Once you enable Developer Mode, all the usual Android development tools seem to be available, e.g. we can use adb to see that the Oculus Quest 2 is running Android 10 (API level 29). $…

I attended the Nvidia AI conference in person back in 2016 and really enjoyed it — in particular trying out numerous VR experiences. This year you can attend for free online. GTC 2021: #1 AI Conference One pass for 4 days of technical talks, demos, networking, workshops, and more. All sessions can be viewed live or…www.nvidia.com I’m sharing highlights from some of the talks that I watched. Keynote

This year’s free online Nvidia AI conference had some great content on the Metaverse. The Metaverse is basically a virtual reality version of the internet, where virtual worlds are all connected together. Virtual worlds are the websites of the future. These virtual worlds will be much bigger than our existing…

GMU Observatory Tours A few years ago I attended an Evening Under The Stars event at George Mason University Observatory (Fairfax, in Northern Virginia). It is usually a short astronomy presentation, followed by a tour of the telescope. The talk was interesting, and I loved getting the chance to look through their 30…

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