Nostalgia and growing up with video games Growing up playing video games creates such nostalgia for the systems played. Unfortunately, over time the consoles stop working, and life changes such as moves away from home may mean that you leave those older systems behind. What do you do if you… Continue Reading... "What is Game Emulation and Why Use It?"
Facebook renamed itself to Meta in October 2021. The following year Facebook doubled down on metaverse being the future of the company by investing $13.7 Billion on metaverse R&D in 2022 alone. Fall of 2022 Meta saw 11,000 positions cut. In March of 2023, the company announced the elimination of… Continue Reading... "What is the Metaverse?"
First Impressions The first time I was exposed to wireless internet was with my friend Paul. He was moving into a new house and showed me a Linksys router with 802.11b. At the time I didn’t have access to broadband internet as my family was out on 10 acres and… Continue Reading... "The Evolution of Wireless Security"
History of web ‘versions’ There are many different ways to look at the internet/world wide web history. Everything about the internet is founded on the concept of information accessibility, and freedom of sharing information. This post will review a high-level history and steer away from as much techno-jargon as possible… Continue Reading... "High-Level Understanding of Web 3.0"
What are NFTs? At a high level, the way I think of NFTs or Non-Fungible Tokens is that it’s an incredibly arcane way to describe something that you can’t touch but could potentially own. This isn’t a fully inclusive definition but it’s where my mind goes. Usually, NFTs cover a… Continue Reading... "High-Level Understanding of NFTs"
What is Cryptocurrency Over the last 10 years or so the term ‘cryptocurrency’ has increased in popularity to the point it’s a household name. Unfortunately, it’s not widely understood outside of what the news headlines talk about such as: It can be used for illicit transactions like buying and selling… Continue Reading... "High-Level Understanding of Cryptocurrency Technology"
I was asked to take a look at CareLink for medical emergency alerting for someone I know who may be able to get some good use out of it, so I figured I would do a post on what I’ve found. What does personal emergency alerting/response technology look like today?… Continue Reading... "A Look At CareLink Alerting Technology"
New Technology = So Much Confusion Whenever a new technology comes about, there’s usually quite a bit of confusion associated until the meaning is self-evident. I remember when the usage of the word ‘cloud’ was said by so many people, back when ‘web 2.0’ was also a common thing to… Continue Reading... "High-Level Understanding of Blockchain Technology"
New payment options!? It’s striking to me when I sit and think about how technology has changed the concept of money throughout my life – especially over the last 20 years. When I was young I remember being blown away by the concept of reputation-based goods acquisition… or buying something… Continue Reading... "Color of Money in the 21st Century… Not as Clear as it Used to Be"
Roughly 18 years ago while I was in college for my Telecommunications Management degree, I was fascinated by something I saw at the end of one of my hefty textbooks. Following definitions of dense wave division multiplexing and private branch exchange (PBX) systems there was a note on the future… Continue Reading... "Qi Charging – What is it, is it safe and should I invest?"