How to Setup Your Own Mastodon Instance

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If you want to setup and run an instance of Mastodon for your own personal use, this guide will help you do that for relatively cheap. Once your instance grows you’ll need to look at other options, like cloud hosting, but this will get you up and running on your own hardware. There are a … Read more

Nation Park Service App

Nation Park Service mobile app.

My wife and I recently went to Death Valley National Park and while I was researching the area I discovered the Nation Park Service (NPS) mobile app. This is a really nice app that they keep up to date with the latest news and events in any of the National Parks in the U.S. The … Read more

Google is Deep Sixing Stadia

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Google has decided to shut down it’s Stadia service as of January 18, 2023 stating that it hasn’t gained the traction that they had hoped. It is getting really hard to trust that any services released by Google will survive. Granted, we’ve seen many services come and go already, so this is no surprise for … Read more

Cync by GE Color Light Bulbs

Cync Color Light Bulbs

by GE

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Summary

Cync by GE Color light bulbs have the potential to be one of the best but are plagued with connectivity issues and are downright infuriating. They connect to almost all of the smart home services but never work consistently, or at all. The app and quality are OK. However, the price is amazing!

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Hue Color Light Bulbs

Hue Color Light Bulbs

by Phillips

Cost
Easy of Use
Connectivity
App
Quality

Summary

Hue light bulbs are the gold standard to smart lights. They are easy to use, work with a lot of other devices and have a high-quality design. However, they are very expensive.

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