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Meet Milo

We rescued a dog! Oh boy. On July 23, 2023 we brought home a new family member….

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Why won’t Alexa play my Playlist?

Updated 04/26/2023 Why is our SmartHome so dumb sometimes? Seriously. I need some help troubleshooting why Alexa…

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A look back at 2022

January January was a chill month spent mostly with family and friends. With a few family birthday’s…

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Obituary for Buddy Mangrum 11/22/2022

Buddy’s smile touched your soul with a warmth and joy that words fail to describe. He was…

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We said “I do!” Cue the trumpets and fireworks!

By modern-day wedding standards our lack of wedding planning flummoxed and flabbergasted everyone involved but us. I…

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Home Improvement Projects – 10 months later

Ten months ago I posted about the move to our new home in this blog. I’m thrilled…

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Well I almost got into a car accident today

So take a look at the video Rodimus Prime recorded today. It happened just before 4:00 on…

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We moved!

With medieval trumpets blowing, confetti being fired into the air, rounds of applause from the neighbors, and…

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Pluto: The North Star

Eight years ago when my five-year-old-son picked a dog named Pippa out at the Atlanta Humane Society…

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Sony PlayStation 5 First Impressions

I told my girlfriend that I won the Best Buy lottery. It’s a game I play that…

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Oh the things I can’t do without my iPhone

On Saturday I took my Apple iPhone 11 Max Pro to an authorized Apple reseller to have…

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Faking a status bar for iOS upgrades on macOS

Apple macOS users put up with all kinds of quirks in order to simplify the computing experience…

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The day so far

It’s break/fix day for me I’m writing a review for the Turtle Beach Stealth 700 Gen 2…

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One you go mac you can never go back

My long distance relationship keeps me travelling between two homes in two different states on a regular…

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Dashcam footage of the Chattanooga Easter Tornado Damage Part 2

A few days after the first blog I posted we were able to drive down a few…

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Plex’s missing labels

I get frustrated when companies try to simplify things but only make it more confusing to use….

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Well that was embarrassing

Embarrassment is a great tool toward self-improvment. My 12 year old son had a school project where…

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Dashcam footage of the Chattanooga Easter Tornado Damage Part 1

A tornado hit Chattanooga, Tennessee a week ago. This is a short drive we took through East…

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When Google saved a birthday party

My son celebrated his birthday today. Invitations went out weeks ago. It was to be a BYOD…

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What a difference 20 Years Makes In Video Games

In 1993 my only computing device was the family computer: a white box i486 DX running at…

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