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How to fix Nest temperature sensors when stop following zone schedule?
In my house we have a Nest thermostat with three zone sensors. Because the thermostat is in a hallway, which hardly gets any traffic and thus not representative of the temperature in the rest of the house, we opted out to place sensors in the rooms which are most utilized. The sensors make both the…
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Apple, AirPort Network Devices, and WiFi Mesh Networking
Wi-Fi mesh routers are the “new” hottest set of tech gadgets to have. Wi-Fi mesh networks allow for multiple access point in the same structure, e.g. your house, to provide proper Wi-Fi network coverage, eliminating low signal or dead zones. What really captured my attention was the Google Wi-Fi mesh routers. They are beautiful and…
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iOS 9.0 Mail fix for Google Mail
Using iOS 9.0.1 and the native Mail app, downloading mail from Google mail stops working after about a week. The message the system displays is that it is not able to connect to imap.google.com server, and to check the password. Turning off and then on mail for the account does not resolve the problem. Neither…
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The great Google / TitanFusion.net experiment
I have decided to conduct an experiment on my website TitanFusion.net. A very involved experiment. I am going to see how many aspects TitanFusion.net: email, blogs, sub-sites, files, feeds, exc. can be hosted and served by Google services, be they independent or part of Google Apps. I have already been using Google Apps Mail and Feedburner…
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Firefox and DNS prefetching
Firefox and DNS prefetching – I read about this being a feature in Google Chrome, but I wasn’t sure if it was, yet, a feature of Firefox. It is in Ff 3.5. Here you can find a list of the new features in Firefox 3.5. What is DNS prefetching? – It is the process of…
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Valve being bought by Google. Please say it isn’t so.
Valve being bought by Google! That is a horrible thought, but there are number of web sites which are reporting this. Here are a few links: I decided to send Valve a quick email, and I think that everyone that is agains this happenign should do as well. Good morning, TechCrunch and TheInquirer are reporting…
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Google’s Chrome browser
magitam: Google’s Non-launch of Chrome – do you think we should hold Google accountable for their broken promise? http://life.magitam.org.uk/2008/09/02/google-too-big-to-keep-its-promise/ Google has decided to create their own browser, dubbed Chrome. It is open source based on WebKit and powered by Google Gears. Another browser amongst many others. I don’t particularly care for most of Google’s products,…