If you were a supporter via Patreon thank you very much. It’s been running in the background for the past year or two that I haven’t even touched but I don’t feel at the moment I’m producing enough content to warrant subscriptions and I’ve not been able to really deliver on anything much the past year with the health fun.
Side note on the health fun – 6 month checkup went well.
With Apple coming out with a 30% chunk into the billing and Patreon’s processing overhead and my availability – y
If you were a supporter via Patreon thank you very much. It’s been running in the background for the past year or two that I haven’t even touched but I don’t feel at the moment I’m producing enough content to warrant subscriptions and I’ve not been able to really deliver on anything much the past year with the health fun.
Side note on the health fun – 6 month checkup went well.
With Apple coming out with a 30% chunk into the billing and Patreon’s processing overhead and my availability – yeah… many many thanks to the people who supported but I’m not going to have people spending half to pay me on a subscription when I can’t guarantee content or offer anything.
Side note, after deactivating the page I have zero idea where the money went. If I manage to get any of it (roughly three years of donations) I’ll do something interesting.
If for some reason you’re still subscribed and donating, please discontinue. I’ve done what I could to shut the thing down and now that it is I seem to have no tools I can access and a couple of hundred sitting in limbo.
I’m just cut and pasting the press release, I’m still trying this out and through no fault of the BaristaMaker I have I have not reached artistic talent yet.
Press release follows:
DREO Unveils BaristaMaker Milk Frother with 30% Off for Early Backers
DREO, a leading innovator in smart home technology, is thrilled to announce the launch of its latest smart kitchen product, DREO BaristaMaker Milk Frother. Building on the success of DREO ChefMaker, which was the top 1 Kickstarter kitch
I’m just cut and pasting the press release, I’m still trying this out and through no fault of the BaristaMaker I have I have not reached artistic talent yet.
Press release follows:
DREO Unveils BaristaMaker Milk Frother with 30% Off for Early Backers
DREO, a leading innovator in smart home technology, is thrilled to announce the launch of its latest smart kitchen product, DREO BaristaMaker Milk Frother. Building on the success of DREO ChefMaker, which was the top 1 Kickstarter kitchen project, DREO is launching the BaristaMaker Milk Frother with Kickstarter again to show its appreciation for early supporters with Super Early Bird offers. DREO BaristaMaker, the world’s first professional smart milk frother that can craft latte art directly with all types of milk, from dairy to plant-based, is now available with an exclusive Super Early Bird offer—up to 30% off the suggested retail price of $99 for the first 24 hours.
Unlock Barista-Quality Microfoam at Home
DREO BaristaMaker is the world’s first professional smart milk frother that can craft latte art directly with all types of milk, from dairy to plant-based. It is set to revolutionize home coffee preparation, offering barista-quality microfoam at the touch of a button. Combining advanced food science with expert barista techniques, DREO BaristaMaker creates silky, dense microfoam ideal for latte art and creative drinks. With a patented impeller combo design and tailored multi-stage algorithms, it mimics the precision of professional frothing processes. This versatile device offers multiple foam options, perfectly froths both dairy and plant-based milks, and is an excellent companion for powdered drinks like matcha and hot chocolate. Additionally, it doubles as a stainless steel pitcher for easy pouring, ensuring an exceptional experience every time.
Proven Excellence and Early Success
Since its debut in mid-July, DREO BaristaMaker has garnered glowing reviews from industry experts and coffee enthusiasts alike. Mikael Jasin, the 2024 World Barista Champion; Anthony Douglas, the 2022 World Barista Champion; and Dale Harris, the 2017 World Barista Champion, have all tested the frother and awarded it a perfect 10/10 rating. They will serve as ambassadors for the BaristaMaker and the DREO brand, with more barista champions expected to join. Industry experts who have had the opportunity to experience DREO BaristaMaker firsthand have expressed high levels of satisfaction with its innovative features, intuitive design, and ability to create micro-foam for latte art and creative drinks. The reviews of this impressive machine have been overwhelmingly positive.
DREO BaristaMaker has also been a hit with consumers, with over 10,000 community users expressing interest in the product and eager to be among the first backers to receive it upon the commencement of the Kickstarter campaign.
Don’t Miss Out: Limited-Time Offer
“The Kickstarter community has been instrumental in driving our innovation forward, particularly within DREO’s kitchen category,” said Joshua Gunn, VP of North America at DREO. “The success of our ChefMaker campaign in 2023, which raised $1.7 million, is a testament to our commitment to bringing cutting-edge technology into the homes of early adopters. With DREO BaristaMaker, we’re not just launching another product; we’re setting a new standard for home coffee creation. Our 30% Super Early Bird offer is our way of thanking our loyal backers and inviting new supporters to join us in shaping the future of coffee technology.”
DREO BaristaMaker Milk Frother is available on Kickstarter from August 13th at 8:00 EST, with the Super Early Bird offer running for the first 24 hours. Kickstarter backers will receive the first batch of shipments as of the end of September, right after the Kickstarter campaign finishes. They will experience the fun of latte-art making like never before. Following the initial shipment to early supporters, the product will be available to the general public from October onwards. DREO Kickstarter early supporters who join the DREO community now could win a grand prize worth over $3,200 and enjoy a $15 storewide discount by signing up on dreo.com.
Be part of the future of coffee technology—back DREO BaristaMaker on Kickstarter and secure your 30% discount before it’s gone!
ABOUT DREO
DREO is a pioneering smart home technology brand that redefines the way we interact with our homes. With a unique philosophy that brings cutting-edge technology and elegant design to the air comfort and smart kitchen segments, DREO has become the choice of over 10 million happy users. Our ultimate ambition is to inspire simple yet extraordinary home experiences through modern and sustainable innovation.
*Based on Stackline data for Amazon U.S. Retail Sales of Tower Fans from Jan 2022 – Dec 2023.
While we have wired file exploring on all versions of Windows in use today, and a clunky phone integration, but a new method will appear (if you want it,) and wired or wireless and allow you to move files from or to your phone even if it’s sitting on a wireless charger in the living room (or sitting in the car) directly from Windows File Explorer.
It’s currently available only for the Windows Insider crowd, but will probably filter to Windows 11 main soon enough.
Not world shattering, but
While we have wired file exploring on all versions of Windows in use today, and a clunky phone integration, but a new method will appear (if you want it,) and wired or wireless and allow you to move files from or to your phone even if it’s sitting on a wireless charger in the living room (or sitting in the car) directly from Windows File Explorer.
It’s currently available only for the Windows Insider crowd, but will probably filter to Windows 11 main soon enough.
Not world shattering, but does mark the final days of plugging a phone into a computer to move off 200 gigs of photos.
There have been third party methods of doing this in the past, but this is the first MS attempt and is one of the few of MS’s new everything-in-one-OS strategy I appreciate.
If you already know how, skip. Nobody’s forcing you to read. For those who don’t know how to share a Wi-FI AP and Password without trying to run through “Lowecase T as in Tom, the number 1, two hash marks, an elephant emoji, and the word COW all in lower case, 2444666668888888” there’s a freakin’ easy way to share on Android (probably iOS too but I am sans i-device at the moment).
Swipe down, choose internet, locate the Wi-Fi you want to share, open it up via the cog, choose share, you may be
If you already know how, skip. Nobody’s forcing you to read. For those who don’t know how to share a Wi-FI AP and Password without trying to run through “Lowecase T as in Tom, the number 1, two hash marks, an elephant emoji, and the word COW all in lower case, 2444666668888888” there’s a freakin’ easy way to share on Android (probably iOS too but I am sans i-device at the moment).
Swipe down, choose internet, locate the Wi-Fi you want to share, open it up via the cog, choose share, you may be prompted to verify that it’s you sharing this, and a QR code will be produced.
Simply have the person who needs it open their camera app, point it at your QR code, and they should get a prompt to join a Wi-Fi without being prompted for a password. If for some reason the process fails, you at least have the password up on the screen and they can type it in.
Should you want to print up a QR code that does similar so your guests don’t have to deal with a complex password when joining your network, we have a tutorial on how it needs to be formatted here if using a QR Code generator and text input, or you can go to any QR Code generator on the net and do it for free. I would personally advise setting up a guest network and giving them access to that Wi-Fi rather than your home secure network, but you do you.
Also if using QR code generators on the internet, there’s zero reason to sign up, pay, etc. Don’t be scammed. I am not putting a link to a QR code generator in this article, so do not email me asking if I would insert your QR code generating website ;)
The story part about why I’m writing this article and includes references to my ancestors mostly omitted, but I did have to share Wi-Fi networks quite a bit recently and it seemed nobody knew that you could just open the camera app, look at a QR code, and it would trigger a Wi-Fi connect.
While we have wired file exploring on all versions of Windows in use today, and a clunky phone integration, but a new method will appear (if you want it,) and wired or wireless and allow you to move files from or to your phone even if it’s sitting on a wireless charger in the living room (or sitting in the car) directly from Windows File Explorer.
It’s currently available only for the Windows Insider crowd, but will probably filter to Windows 11 main soon enough.
Not world shattering, but
While we have wired file exploring on all versions of Windows in use today, and a clunky phone integration, but a new method will appear (if you want it,) and wired or wireless and allow you to move files from or to your phone even if it’s sitting on a wireless charger in the living room (or sitting in the car) directly from Windows File Explorer.
It’s currently available only for the Windows Insider crowd, but will probably filter to Windows 11 main soon enough.
Not world shattering, but does mark the final days of plugging a phone into a computer to move off 200 gigs of photos.
There have been third party methods of doing this in the past, but this is the first MS attempt and is one of the few of MS’s new everything-in-one-OS strategy I appreciate.
If you already know how, skip. Nobody’s forcing you to read. For those who don’t know how to share a Wi-FI AP and Password without trying to run through “Lowecase T as in Tom, the number 1, two hash marks, an elephant emoji, and the word COW all in lower case, 2444666668888888” there’s a freakin’ easy way to share on Android (probably iOS too but I am sans i-device at the moment).
Swipe down, choose internet, locate the Wi-Fi you want to share, open it up via the cog, choose share, you may be
If you already know how, skip. Nobody’s forcing you to read. For those who don’t know how to share a Wi-FI AP and Password without trying to run through “Lowecase T as in Tom, the number 1, two hash marks, an elephant emoji, and the word COW all in lower case, 2444666668888888” there’s a freakin’ easy way to share on Android (probably iOS too but I am sans i-device at the moment).
Swipe down, choose internet, locate the Wi-Fi you want to share, open it up via the cog, choose share, you may be prompted to verify that it’s you sharing this, and a QR code will be produced.
Simply have the person who needs it open their camera app, point it at your QR code, and they should get a prompt to join a Wi-Fi without being prompted for a password. If for some reason the process fails, you at least have the password up on the screen and they can type it in.
Should you want to print up a QR code that does similar so your guests don’t have to deal with a complex password when joining your network, we have a tutorial on how it needs to be formatted here if using a QR Code generator and text input, or you can go to any QR Code generator on the net and do it for free. I would personally advise setting up a guest network and giving them access to that Wi-Fi rather than your home secure network, but you do you.
Also if using QR code generators on the internet, there’s zero reason to sign up, pay, etc. Don’t be scammed. I am not putting a link to a QR code generator in this article, so do not email me asking if I would insert your QR code generating website ;)
The story part about why I’m writing this article and includes references to my ancestors mostly omitted, but I did have to share Wi-Fi networks quite a bit recently and it seemed nobody knew that you could just open the camera app, look at a QR code, and it would trigger a Wi-Fi connect.
I gave the kids a week to pack and come up with any tech requests they needed. All they needed really was headsets and a portable batteries or two and they could be through the airline portion entertained. They couldn’t find any of these which is strange because I’ve given each of them three headsets and they stole all of my portable batteries.
Balanced rocks in water. Not sure if this was done by my wife or by the people who were balancing rocks before we got there. Outskirts of Olympic Nati
I gave the kids a week to pack and come up with any tech requests they needed. All they needed really was headsets and a portable batteries or two and they could be through the airline portion entertained. They couldn’t find any of these which is strange because I’ve given each of them three headsets and they stole all of my portable batteries.
Balanced rocks in water. Not sure if this was done by my wife or by the people who were balancing rocks before we got there. Outskirts of Olympic National Park.
I learned that my AOHI Magcube for some reason fell out of every bottom outlet I plugged it into in Oregon and Washington. I do not have that problem in any outlet I tested it in in Tennessee and can only assume that the age of the places I was staying probably had something to do with it.
I took 3 power cables for four devices, of those 2 power cables two went bad in my bag. I used to be the person who wondered what people were doing to their power cables to destroy them and now I’m getting USB-C cables with no apparent damage getting slow <1amp charging.
I got to drive one of the sportier 2024 BMW models as a rental because Enterprise Rent-A-Car was out of the family wagons we wanted. After a week with it I have enough tales for an article, which will be forthcoming probably. BMW’s offline navigation occasionally wants you to drive through someone’s yard is one of the highlights.
You can’t get your cell phone to focus and take a picture in the time a whale is up. Just put it on video or drop the camera.
When roaming into Canada for the first time on T-Mobile you’ll get a text telling you you’ve got 5GB of data included with your T-Mobile plan.
If two people on the same T-Mobile tower choose to navigate to the same location chances are there will be two different results from Google Maps. My result of course took us through a 50 minute traffic jam caused by a stalled car.
No matter what I set my Nest thermostat to do it would override me eventually and I’ll wake up to an alert that my house was getting hot from another device I have that monitors temperature among other things.
I got tricked by Google Ads when I was attempting to install Parking Kitty and instead clicked their advertised content. Really don’t know how that happened but it did.
Learned that playing music on a child’s profile there’s no way to keep it playing through the night if they have a downtime. I’d add 24 hours and the phones would lock at midnight or so and kiddos would wake up. Both listen to music or white noise on their Google Home devices so this was a change we expected would be manageable via their phones. But I don’t trust either of them with an unlocked phone after bedtime, so problems all around.
I will probably never purchase a Sony TV and sound system. Inlaws got one and man… from motion smoothing on everything to boomy echoing on the sound system everything felt like I was sitting outside of a drive-in theater trying to watch the movie listening to some dude’s car stereo from half a mile away. Their biggest complaint is turning it off evidently involves exiting whatever app you’re in, going to the home screen and then pressing power. I thought I turned it off one night and nope, it was still on.
While we have wired file exploring on all versions of Windows in use today, and a clunky phone integration, but a new method will appear (if you want it,) and wired or wireless and allow you to move files from or to your phone even if it’s sitting on a wireless charger in the living room (or sitting in the car) directly from Windows File Explorer.
It’s currently available only for the Windows Insider crowd, but will probably filter to Windows 11 main soon enough.
Not world shattering, but
While we have wired file exploring on all versions of Windows in use today, and a clunky phone integration, but a new method will appear (if you want it,) and wired or wireless and allow you to move files from or to your phone even if it’s sitting on a wireless charger in the living room (or sitting in the car) directly from Windows File Explorer.
It’s currently available only for the Windows Insider crowd, but will probably filter to Windows 11 main soon enough.
Not world shattering, but does mark the final days of plugging a phone into a computer to move off 200 gigs of photos.
There have been third party methods of doing this in the past, but this is the first MS attempt and is one of the few of MS’s new everything-in-one-OS strategy I appreciate.
If you already know how, skip. Nobody’s forcing you to read. For those who don’t know how to share a Wi-FI AP and Password without trying to run through “Lowecase T as in Tom, the number 1, two hash marks, an elephant emoji, and the word COW all in lower case, 2444666668888888” there’s a freakin’ easy way to share on Android (probably iOS too but I am sans i-device at the moment).
Swipe down, choose internet, locate the Wi-Fi you want to share, open it up via the cog, choose share, you may be
If you already know how, skip. Nobody’s forcing you to read. For those who don’t know how to share a Wi-FI AP and Password without trying to run through “Lowecase T as in Tom, the number 1, two hash marks, an elephant emoji, and the word COW all in lower case, 2444666668888888” there’s a freakin’ easy way to share on Android (probably iOS too but I am sans i-device at the moment).
Swipe down, choose internet, locate the Wi-Fi you want to share, open it up via the cog, choose share, you may be prompted to verify that it’s you sharing this, and a QR code will be produced.
Simply have the person who needs it open their camera app, point it at your QR code, and they should get a prompt to join a Wi-Fi without being prompted for a password. If for some reason the process fails, you at least have the password up on the screen and they can type it in.
Should you want to print up a QR code that does similar so your guests don’t have to deal with a complex password when joining your network, we have a tutorial on how it needs to be formatted here if using a QR Code generator and text input, or you can go to any QR Code generator on the net and do it for free. I would personally advise setting up a guest network and giving them access to that Wi-Fi rather than your home secure network, but you do you.
Also if using QR code generators on the internet, there’s zero reason to sign up, pay, etc. Don’t be scammed. I am not putting a link to a QR code generator in this article, so do not email me asking if I would insert your QR code generating website ;)
The story part about why I’m writing this article and includes references to my ancestors mostly omitted, but I did have to share Wi-Fi networks quite a bit recently and it seemed nobody knew that you could just open the camera app, look at a QR code, and it would trigger a Wi-Fi connect.
I gave the kids a week to pack and come up with any tech requests they needed. All they needed really was headsets and a portable batteries or two and they could be through the airline portion entertained. They couldn’t find any of these which is strange because I’ve given each of them three headsets and they stole all of my portable batteries.
Balanced rocks in water. Not sure if this was done by my wife or by the people who were balancing rocks before we got there. Outskirts of Olympic Nati
I gave the kids a week to pack and come up with any tech requests they needed. All they needed really was headsets and a portable batteries or two and they could be through the airline portion entertained. They couldn’t find any of these which is strange because I’ve given each of them three headsets and they stole all of my portable batteries.
Balanced rocks in water. Not sure if this was done by my wife or by the people who were balancing rocks before we got there. Outskirts of Olympic National Park.
I learned that my AOHI Magcube for some reason fell out of every bottom outlet I plugged it into in Oregon and Washington. I do not have that problem in any outlet I tested it in in Tennessee and can only assume that the age of the places I was staying probably had something to do with it.
I took 3 power cables for four devices, of those 2 power cables two went bad in my bag. I used to be the person who wondered what people were doing to their power cables to destroy them and now I’m getting USB-C cables with no apparent damage getting slow <1amp charging.
I got to drive one of the sportier 2024 BMW models as a rental because Enterprise Rent-A-Car was out of the family wagons we wanted. After a week with it I have enough tales for an article, which will be forthcoming probably. BMW’s offline navigation occasionally wants you to drive through someone’s yard is one of the highlights.
You can’t get your cell phone to focus and take a picture in the time a whale is up. Just put it on video or drop the camera.
When roaming into Canada for the first time on T-Mobile you’ll get a text telling you you’ve got 5GB of data included with your T-Mobile plan.
If two people on the same T-Mobile tower choose to navigate to the same location chances are there will be two different results from Google Maps. My result of course took us through a 50 minute traffic jam caused by a stalled car.
No matter what I set my Nest thermostat to do it would override me eventually and I’ll wake up to an alert that my house was getting hot from another device I have that monitors temperature among other things.
I got tricked by Google Ads when I was attempting to install Parking Kitty and instead clicked their advertised content. Really don’t know how that happened but it did.
Learned that playing music on a child’s profile there’s no way to keep it playing through the night if they have a downtime. I’d add 24 hours and the phones would lock at midnight or so and kiddos would wake up. Both listen to music or white noise on their Google Home devices so this was a change we expected would be manageable via their phones. But I don’t trust either of them with an unlocked phone after bedtime, so problems all around.
I will probably never purchase a Sony TV and sound system. Inlaws got one and man… from motion smoothing on everything to boomy echoing on the sound system everything felt like I was sitting outside of a drive-in theater trying to watch the movie listening to some dude’s car stereo from half a mile away. Their biggest complaint is turning it off evidently involves exiting whatever app you’re in, going to the home screen and then pressing power. I thought I turned it off one night and nope, it was still on.
Something I did not catch when ordering a highly rated solar panel was that it might not work because the manufacturer didn’t know what they were doing when designing a solar panel for the Nest Cam Battery. Additionally the people reviewing it were not testing any longer than was required by whoever sent it to them.
The result is I have in my possession a solar panel that every time a could of significant proportions floats by I get a notification that one of my Nest Cams is not receiving en
Something I did not catch when ordering a highly rated solar panel was that it might not work because the manufacturer didn’t know what they were doing when designing a solar panel for the Nest Cam Battery. Additionally the people reviewing it were not testing any longer than was required by whoever sent it to them.
The result is I have in my possession a solar panel that every time a could of significant proportions floats by I get a notification that one of my Nest Cams is not receiving enough power.
The problem is the solar panel reports that it’s battery power as opposed to solar and runs like it’s a powered camera for a bit and then alerts me. This is not a huge problem if you have no clouds ever but every cloud results in a notification that appears to be in the same class as any of my other Nest camera notifications.
As I am testing out a few solar panels (yeah, I got stuff going on it just doesn’t look like it after my 3 month medical hiatus,) I can tell you they do make solar panels that identify to the Nest Cams as Solar, and they cost the same.
Above left is a solar panel reporting it’s a plugged in USB power, it will alert during cloud cover. The one on the right correctly reports to the Nest Cam that it’s solar, and I got no issues with cloud and errant squirrel notifications.
Anyway, skip to the 1 star reviews as it doesn’t appear most people reviewing these on Amazon consider constant useless notifications to be a thing.
Side note – the ones I am reviewing had no reviews at time of acquisition, but the crappy ones are filling up with 5 stars even though they work significantly worse, and that burns my goats.
Something I did not catch when ordering a highly rated solar panel was that it might not work because the manufacturer didn’t know what they were doing when designing a solar panel for the Nest Cam Battery. Additionally the people reviewing it were not testing any longer than was required by whoever sent it to them.
The result is I have in my possession a solar panel that every time a could of significant proportions floats by I get a notification that one of my Nest Cams is not receiving en
Something I did not catch when ordering a highly rated solar panel was that it might not work because the manufacturer didn’t know what they were doing when designing a solar panel for the Nest Cam Battery. Additionally the people reviewing it were not testing any longer than was required by whoever sent it to them.
The result is I have in my possession a solar panel that every time a could of significant proportions floats by I get a notification that one of my Nest Cams is not receiving enough power.
The problem is the solar panel reports that it’s battery power as opposed to solar and runs like it’s a powered camera for a bit and then alerts me. This is not a huge problem if you have no clouds ever but every cloud results in a notification that appears to be in the same class as any of my other Nest camera notifications.
As I am testing out a few solar panels (yeah, I got stuff going on it just doesn’t look like it after my 3 month medical hiatus,) I can tell you they do make solar panels that identify to the Nest Cams as Solar, and they cost the same.
Above left is a solar panel reporting it’s a plugged in USB power, it will alert during cloud cover. The one on the right correctly reports to the Nest Cam that it’s solar, and I got no issues with cloud and errant squirrel notifications.
Anyway, skip to the 1 star reviews as it doesn’t appear most people reviewing these on Amazon consider constant useless notifications to be a thing.
Side note – the ones I am reviewing had no reviews at time of acquisition, but the crappy ones are filling up with 5 stars even though they work significantly worse, and that burns my goats.
Something I did not catch when ordering a highly rated solar panel was that it might not work because the manufacturer didn’t know what they were doing when designing a solar panel for the Nest Cam Battery. Additionally the people reviewing it were not testing any longer than was required by whoever sent it to them.
The result is I have in my possession a solar panel that every time a could of significant proportions floats by I get a notification that one of my Nest Cams is not receiving en
Something I did not catch when ordering a highly rated solar panel was that it might not work because the manufacturer didn’t know what they were doing when designing a solar panel for the Nest Cam Battery. Additionally the people reviewing it were not testing any longer than was required by whoever sent it to them.
The result is I have in my possession a solar panel that every time a could of significant proportions floats by I get a notification that one of my Nest Cams is not receiving enough power.
The problem is the solar panel reports that it’s battery power as opposed to solar and runs like it’s a powered camera for a bit and then alerts me. This is not a huge problem if you have no clouds ever but every cloud results in a notification that appears to be in the same class as any of my other Nest camera notifications.
As I am testing out a few solar panels (yeah, I got stuff going on it just doesn’t look like it after my 3 month medical hiatus,) I can tell you they do make solar panels that identify to the Nest Cams as Solar, and they cost the same.
Above left is a solar panel reporting it’s a plugged in USB power, it will alert during cloud cover. The one on the right correctly reports to the Nest Cam that it’s solar, and I got no issues with cloud and errant squirrel notifications.
Anyway, skip to the 1 star reviews as it doesn’t appear most people reviewing these on Amazon consider constant useless notifications to be a thing.
Side note – the ones I am reviewing had no reviews at time of acquisition, but the crappy ones are filling up with 5 stars even though they work significantly worse, and that burns my goats.
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