As a nerd, I mean a blogger, I need to get some new gadgets. I picked up a mini-shot gun mic. This is a handy little tool. What is it This is a small microphone that transmits sound to the device you are recording on. This is what it looks […]
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Now that I have a MacBook Pro with four thunderbolt ports. The question is how the hell am I supposed to hook stuff to it. Hook stuff up How am I supposed to hook up the following Monitor USB mic USB camera SD cards USB hard drives Network cable I […]
What type of computer do you use for your blogging or editing videos. Well, there are some choices out there. I went from Windows to MacBook MacBook Pro 13″ I picked this up at Best Buy. I had a MacBook Air but it wasn’t that powerful for me. I went […]
When you are traveling you usually have a crapload of stuff to charge nowadays. Right? Am I the only one? You need a good way to charge all that stuff. When I travel I usually have a lot of stuff to charge up like iPhone iWatch Camera’s iPad Wife’s stuff […]
You have a lot of cords for your tech right. Like me, I have a lot of stuff to charge and you need to have them organized somewhere. Cords I used to just put my cords in my backpack in a pocket and well that was a pain in the […]
For anyone out there and just not nerds, you will need a hard drive. I have several of them, but that is for a different post. However, I have one that I carry with me in my backpack when I go out. Hard Drive My MacBook is not that big […]
I was watching some YouTube videos, you see a habit going on here, and I came across a nice bright light that is small and portable. Lume cube This is a small yet powerful light. It has a brightness setting and it comes with a filter. It came with the […]
When doing your vlogging, YouTube videos, or whatever you are doing. You will need a light. Been looking I have been looking for good light to lighten up my face. Like people need to see it better. So I started with the basic ones that are portable. That way I […]
In order to get a good sound, you need a microphone. The external mic on the iPhone and my action camera just weren’t getting the job done. Lavier Mic When I started out trying to do videos for my travel website I needed to get a good mic. I picked […]
There have been many times I am on vacation somewhere and my phone is running low, I need to power it up, but I got nothing. What you need We were up in Seattle in 2015 and my wife’s phone was running low and we didn’t have one of these […]
I was watching some YouTube videos and I saw something that come up and well it made me look twice. I needed to get one of those things. What was it It was this thing from PGYTECH and it is called the Mantispod Vlogging thing. It doesn’t have the word […]
You only have two hands, wouldn’t be nice to have something useful to put a camera on? Tripods What are tripods? Well, they are a three-legged stand (Tripod means three legs) so you can stabilize something like a camera, for taking photos. A telescope. Now they are used to hold […]
It was only time before I got a new backpack for all of my tech. Don’t get me wrong. I have loved my old backpack. What did I get? Time for a new one My wife really hated the old backpack, I did pack a lot of stuff into it. […]
I have a whole bunch of tech stuff that I take with me on my trips so I can document my travel for my blogs. Yes, it is just a backpack that I used for school to carry my laptop. My wife says it is just too big to carry. […]
When I was able to travel I needed something to carry the tech I needed to get the videos I needed. Needed a smaller bag. Didn’t want to carry my big backpack. Caribbean When I was in the Caribbean in Feb. of 2020, before the world shut down. I wanted […]
When November rolls around, you start thinking of hanging up Christmas lights. I know that is what I do. Getting old I am getting old and I will be the first one to admit it because I am getting old. Besides, ladders and high places don’t mix with me at […]
My wife picked up a small camera for me since I like tech. It is called a cop cam. What is it? Well, let’s find out. What is it It is a small camera that can be mounted about anywhere. It is motion detected. Yea, that is it. That is […]
My wife came and talked to me one night and she found a really cool thing on Facebook. She said it would be really nice to have when we travel. Travel We started to travel more often and my wife saw something called a bed cleaner, It is a small […]
What is it? Well, I have been trying to figure it out. Their website really doesn’t help. What is it. This is what the Pivo looks like You can say this is a device to help your creative way. Kickstarter This came up on Kickstarter back in 2018, I thought […]
I have always wanted a GoPro, it was small and could record some pretty good videos. They were just way too expensive for my budget. Video I was looking to improve my videos by getting something smaller to take videos of some of the places on my trips. Wanted a […]
You need good audio when you are doing videos. Now I don’t do a lot of videos on this channel, but I do have a YouTube channel that I need to get a good way to capture your audio. Different Kinds There are a lot of different kinds of mics […]
2021 was a hard year for me, I am thinking that it was the same for everyone. It was just a continuance of 2020 and that well just sucked. 2021 Was an up and down year for this website/blog where the posts were sporadic at that and the writing wasn’t […]
Over the last few posts we have talked about going paperless and the gadgets I have picked up to help me out. What does this mean? Paperless Does one ever become paperless? There is paper everywhere. I mean there are receipts from stores and stuff like that. If they offer […]
I wasn’t done looking at something that could help me in my quest to go paperless. The search never ends. Found and looking I found a good scanner that I can use while on the go. That was in the previous post check it out. Now, I needed to get […]
This takes place the Monday after Thanksgiving and this is when a lot of money is spent online. Black Friday Before the dot com era and cyber Monday, there was a thing called Black Friday. This was when people went crazy about sales on items for Christmas. There were pushing, […]
It has been another year and Thanksgiving is upon us again. This is the time of year I look forward to. I am not sure if it is the cooler weather, snow, or what. But, I just like this time of year. Growing up Thanksgiving was a great time for […]
I am always looking for something new and that just drives my wife crazy and she says I spend too much money on technology and gadgets. Nope, I don’t spend that much. Doxie Since my quest was to find something that can scan on its own without the need of […]
I was on the lookout for a new scanner for my mobile office so I can scan documents in my quest to become paperless. Epson I was in Best Buy and I saw a scanner I wanted. I was trying to find a picture I took, but that was so […]
I have a scanner on my printer, which is an HP office jet 8600 and my printer at work could scan papers and put these in a PDF file. But, I needed to get something mobile. I thought that would help me out. Paper everywhere You have paper everywhere and […]
What is the up with all the paper that we use? I mean there are paper bills, paper notebooks, and such things. What are your thoughts about going paperless? Started to think In the age of smartphones, laptops, tablets, and good audio recording devices. Why do we have so much […]
But anyway I placed this order on Sept. 10, 2019, for a total of $747.23 and they said that the estimated shipping date was September of 2019. Well, that came and went, then it was changed to Feb of 2020, then March 2020. Then it was delayed due to COVID-19 […]
By reading the title you are like what in the heck is he talking about. A self Flying Photographer, has he hit his head a little too much? I might have but bear with me. Found it Yea I found it but, there is no way in the heck my […]
My desire to have a good drone started with a standard drone to practice with. It didn’t have what I was looking for. So I found something that I might like. Looking I was looking on Amazon, I know not a good site to look at, I spend way too […]