Category: Tech

3D Printing has been fun, and it still is. I’ve started a little business that keeps things interesting printing things for clients – even though its not profitable at all. But it did get me interested in a new hobby: FPV Drone flying / racing. A long long time ago, in a life-time far away, I bought a real . The blade-span was at least a yard and it used some kind of highly toxic flammable fuel to run it (ah, those were the days). It was a beast and impossible to fly (at least for me). After crashing it Continue Reading →

So, I’ve been printing with my JG Aurora A3 printer for a just about a year now, and I’ve accumulated a few tips and tricks along the way that I thought I’d share. On top of that, some people over on Thingiverse (Anyone installed an auto-leveler?) actually read my first post on the Aurora A3(!) so I thought I’d give an update. Most of these are pretty generic to 3D Printers, so let’s just jump right in: PrintBite Toss Blue Tape out – Please! After buying and using PrintBite for the past 4 months, I will Never go back to blue Continue Reading →

Feeling “Exposed” ? All you need to do is Google “router vulnerability” and you’ll be greeted with countless articles on security holes in just about every major router (wireless or otherwise) that continually pop-up. If that’s not scary enough, dig a little deeper into how often (or not) these companies update the firmware on their routers to fix these vulnerabilities. Now ask yourself: When was the last time I even checked/updated my router’s firmware? Probably never. But routers are only half the picture. Now Google “modem vulnerability” and you get just as many articles on security holes in the hardware Continue Reading →

First off, let me say that Windows 10 appears to be very stable. I’ve not yet had it crash and I’ve been running various PCs on it for almost a year now. But it has A LOT of very annoying issues that Windows 7 never had. And now, even after a year, none of them have been addressed by Microsoft. Update after update gets forced to my laptop and yet nothing seems to change. Windows 10 still looks and behaves just as badly as it did almost a year ago. I don’t know what Microsoft is doing on these updates, Continue Reading →

Back in Oct of 2015, I bought a very VERY CHEAP 3D Printer (and blogged about it here). I have now come to understand just how cheap it really was. Right at 1,000¥ (~$160), it was arguably the cheapest 3D Printer on the market. But because it was so cheap, it had a lot of problems: Wires always breaking off Constant Print Bed Leveling issues Constant Print Head Clogging Too sticky, or non-sticking prints to the bed (bed was not heated) Origin Print Stop Switch moving and needing to be glued in place Poor quality prints Mainboard fried and had to be replaced Continue Reading →