The team behind the Joeveo Temperfect Mug had quite a story in bringing this
product to market: tree through roof, hurricane, bad factories, scheduling,
design issues, and production issues. The concept is that
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Ube renamed themselves to Plum and renamed the WiFi Connected Smart Light Dimmer
to Lightpad. The Plum Lightpad is a WiFi-Connected "Smart Switch". It installs
in place of an existing dimmer
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I recently saw an article on another blog where the author documents all of the
books that he read
[https://medium.com/personal-growth/every-book-ive-read-in-2016-afedade17695#.6cy23hazh]
during the course of the year. I like
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Internet of Things (IoT)
The Internet of Things is a label that the computer industry, the media, and
manufacturers have created to describe small devices that live on a network and
provide a
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It's my first Weekly Update since my re-launch and I had quite a bit of activity
this week. On the blog:
1. It's a new Blog! [https://robpickering.com/
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So, you may get a shiny new quadcopter for Christmas and you’re itching to fly
it outside? Don’t. You’ll wreck it. Seriously. Much like Ralphie in “A
Christmas Story [http:
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Recently I've been inspired in a number of areas by Mr. Troy Hunt. I have always
followed security professionals and tried to stay on top of the landscape. I
recently started
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On May 9th, I started a new career.
This wasn’t something I had planned. I’ve been the VP/CIO of Information
Services for my former company for a decade. Before that
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I’m a big ServiceNow fan. I became a bigger fan when they opened up a new
Developer Program [https://developer.servicenow.com] that included access to a
free, personal ServiceNow Instance. Just
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Current Status of SmushBox and Smush Mobile
My original review of the SmushBox is over here [https://robpickering.com/?p=1465].
As I’m writing this I’ve currently just gotten my SmushBox
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Retail Info
* Where to buy:iOS App Store
[https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ibank-for-iphone/id919518925?mt=8&uo=4&at=11loW7]
* Retail Price: $9.99
* Would I Pay Retail?Not
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The Problem
A few days ago, we started having strange behavior in our Configuration
Management Database (CMDB). When looking at certain classes of Configuration
Items (CI) we would see the User Interface (UI)
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Appears that with the coming of OS X 10.9 Mavericks, we are once again faced
with various peripherals that cease to function correctly.
I often do work that requires a serial port.
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The PadPivot is a “Lap and Desk Stand” for the iPad and other tablet-sized
devices. I had purchased an original iPad the previous year and had kept
looking for a nice desk stand
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