The Logitech K830 is a backlit keyboard and touchpad combo in the latest media device meant for the living room. The K830 is intended to make it convenient to control a computer that is across the room connected to your TV. Perhaps you have a laptop that you connect to the TV for a larger display or even a dedicated HTPC (home theater PC). The keyboard is well packaged with … [Read more...]
Reviewing the Amazon Fire TV
I ordered the Amazon Fire TV on the day it was announced. As a bit of an impulse buy, it looked like a hands-down improvement over the WD TV set top boxes that I currently have. While the WDTV development seems to have stagnated, the Amazon Fire TV is just getting started. Media set top boxes like the WD TV, Roku 3, Apple TV, and the Amazon Fire TV all connect to the Internet … [Read more...]
Book Review: The Internet Police by Nate Anderson
I recently finished The Internet Police by Nate Anderson. It has the subtitle of 'How crime went online, and the cops followed'. Mr. Anderson, editor for Ars Technica, is one of the few writers that I actually know by name and look forward to their articles. Unfortunately, I did not enjoy The Internet Police and would have a hard time recommending it to any audience other than … [Read more...]
Setting up the Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite and first impressions
Previously, my network setup included a Linksys WRT160N router running dd-wrt. It was a steady little work horse but had a few downsides like not having gigabit ports. I coasted for quite a while with this setup but over the last year I had been hearing names like Ubiquiti and Mikrotik which were bringing enterprise-grade routing to the consumer price point. You may recall both … [Read more...]
Book Review: The Phoenix Project – A novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win
The Phoenix Project by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, and George Spafford is an interesting book to stumble upon. I was able to pick it up a few months back when it was offered for free on the Kindle and finally got around to reading it this past week. The book is a novelization about a company's IT department in the thick of it. The company has not been doing well, missing quarterly … [Read more...]