WIFI Signal Degrades More Than You Think
I recently went down the path of switching as many of my computers to gigabit ethernet and I wanted to test to make sure my cables were actually able to do 1000Mbit/sec. Unfortunately the normal route to do that is to buy a cable certifier unit that runs over $1000. But then I found iperf3, a linux/mac/win command line tool that can [...]
State of Wifi (2017)
I live in a medium-sized apartment complex and there are 82 networks in range. Connectivity is erratic and bandwidth varies enough to make Netflix/Hulu/Amazon to switch resolution feeds throughout a show. The graph below is from a program called Wifi Explorer and it visuals the 2.4ghz and 5ghz wifi radio spectrum. Along [...]
Using Node-Red to send commands to Wifi LED Controllers
After buying a new Raspberry Pi 3, I noticed it came with an interesting app called Node-Red. Already familiar with Node.JS, I thought it was going to be some cheesy simplification that was going to severely limit what it could do for beginners. To my amazement, it wasn’t. Node-Red is a tool designed for IoT to [...]
How to fix Android’s Insufficient Storage Available when you really do have space left
If you have an Android device, you probably have gotten this error message before. There is an actual reason why this happens but Android does a terrible job informing you what it is and an even worse job of getting you to a solution to update or install that new app you want. Quick, How do I fix it? The quickest way to fix [...]
Improve your Mac’s Audio Output
I’m a huge audio person, but I am not an audiophile. I think you can have amazing sound without spending hundreds or thousands of dollars of equipment or even buying additional equipment. It used to be with analog audio you needed specialized equipment to produce amazing sound. But in the digital era, almost all processing is done [...]
Google App Engine Bulkloader Refreshing due to a 401 Loop
Developing apps on Google App Engine can be difficult when your production servers have a dataset that is hard to reproduce on your local development servers. Thankfully Google App Engine includes a very useful tool to do bulkloading. To download your data from production: appcfg.py download_data [...]
Can an Asus EB1033 mini computer run Windows 10?
No, it starts Windows 10 setup, copies all of the files and then restarts with the following error on boot up. Install Windows – The computer restarted unexpectedly or encountered an unexpected error. Windows installation cannot proceed. To install Windows, click “OK” to restart the computer, and then restart [...]