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Great Tech Resources for Homeschooling! Videos, Apps, and Websites!

More parents than ever are having to adjust to the realities of homeschooling, and my family is no exception. To keep kids intellectually engaged while traditional schools are closed, there are a variety of video resources, apps, games, and tech tools you can use.

In this video, lets rounds up some of my favorites and share some thoughts about the best way to keep our children learning during this challenging time.

We’re all in this together! Let’s share some good family tech!
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#2020Hearing: How your ears work! (With a little help from some old educational films!)

How the human ear works!

Covering some of the basics for #2020Hearing, let’s take a quick trip back to high school science class!

How does sound get into your brain? Your ears are pretty remarkable. We should take care of them!
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Setting a Safe Volume for Your Headphones (Can Be Tricky)

You set the volume to “half” on your phone and it’s WAY too loud. You “cranked” the volume to the max, but it’s still too quiet. There might not be anything wrong with your ears!

Setting a safe volume for your headphones is a really good habit to get into.

There’s just one SMALL issue.

There is no universal agreement on how “loud” headphones get when plugged into different devices. Laptops, Desktops, Phones, Tablets, DAPs, if you “set the volume to half”, you still might be listening too loud.

Here’s a quick break down on what influences the volume on your headphones! Continue reading “Setting a Safe Volume for Your Headphones (Can Be Tricky)”

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Your phone is faster than a laptop.

Well, your phone is PROBABLY faster than a laptop. I don’t know exactly what phone YOU own. The line between pocket computer, and portable computer is getting really blurry. Chances are pretty good that your phone is powerful enough to meet most (or all) of your computing needs. More than just “covering the basics”, let’s see what a smartphone can REALLY do… Continue reading “Your phone is faster than a laptop.”

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Choosing the Right Headphones for You! #2020Hearing

To begin at the beginning.

Before we tackle more advanced topics, I think it’s important to start with some of the basics. When we talk about different types of audio solutions, it’s handy to have a chat about the strengths and weaknesses of those different solutions.

For headphones, there’s quite a bit of variety, so let’s take a quick stroll through the options you might want to buy! Continue reading “Choosing the Right Headphones for You! #2020Hearing”

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Christmas on the Sony A7iii: A full frame miracle!

Test driving the Sony A7iii!

I’m so used to shooting on phones, it was refreshing to take a Sony mirror-less out for a spin. Our holiday memories this year are looking REALLY good. After a couple weeks, I’ve got some thoughts to share on this monster camera body, which completely deserves all the praise it’s been receiving.

Is it good enough to convince me to switch? Let’s take a look!

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Apple: Premium e-Waste and Normalizing Disposability

Let’s be frank. If I hadn’t put “Apple” in the post title, would you have clicked on it?

The reason this article is going to focus on Apple, they are the highest profile company pushing these kinds of manufacturing decisions. If you’re a fan of Apple hardware, I’m sure there will be an inclination towards defending your brand.

“Other companies are doing things like this too.”

Other companies should be criticized too.

Though, we should acknowledge that many of these companies wouldn’t be following this path without Apple. AirPods show how profitable it is to make expensive headphones as disposable as possible. Apple stands to take the lion share of the profits with this tactic. It’s my belief we should start with the largest companies, and THEN work down to smaller players copying Apple.

We should “punch up” with our criticisms. Apple is currently the king of this e-waste hill. We’ll start with them. Continue reading “Apple: Premium e-Waste and Normalizing Disposability”

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We CAN test SOME Network Performance: Where I respectfully disagree with GaryExplains!

I love GaryExplains. Easily one of my favorite tech channels on YouTube. He’s one of the only TechTubers I feel actually explains things worth explaining.

Gary recently put out a video (embedded at the top of this article) where he explains why he doesn’t test network performance in his smartphone commentary. His reasoning is absolutely sound.

If you use a network speedtest app, there are way too many variables to consider for that test to have a scientific consistency.

But, just because network speedtest apps can’t be counted on for consistency, doesn’t mean we can’t control for SOME variables on our own. Continue reading “We CAN test SOME Network Performance: Where I respectfully disagree with GaryExplains!”

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