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The LockPicking Lawyer

((Shout Out)) – LockPicking Lawyer

Tech | Tools – Latest From ‘The LockPicking Lawyer’

The LockPicking Lawyer remains high on the list of tubers I watch on a month-to-month basis. Sometimes weekly or even daily. Depends of course on how long it’s been since I last viewed videos produced by the LockPicking Lawyer.

Now, I’ve not seen all the videos just yet, but definitely worth a few videos before you get ‘hooked’. Opinion, The LockPicking Lawyer top of the list, as part of my list of lawyer content creators on the interwebs – Rekieta, Law of Self Defense, Outdoor Boys(Luke is now a full-time YouTuber), I believe he is no longer practicing, however, Luke was a DUI attorney in the VA/DC area).Starting with the LockPicking Lawyer, he covers just a ton of locksmithing stuff, tools – some self-made while others are industry standard, an in-depth lock analysis, an insiders look at locks, locking mechanisms, how-to and the ‘safety’ one might provide. The list goes on and on, which is why I wanted to cover his content first. May be we will roll out a ‘Law Content Creators’ series where we can cover the online phenomena of law-tube. For now, and with all intense and purposes, the LockPicking Lawyer, his shop – Covert Instruments and now adding nearly 18k subs on Rumble – LockPicking Lawyer.

We’ll keep this one short as the LockingPicking Lawyers offers hundreds if not thousands (1400), 2 – 3 min walkthroughs, product overview, the ‘action’ to bypass a locks defense, his takeaways/thoughts; a sharp, quick video with a purpose. To me, it’s still ‘magical’ like an illusionist, to watch him work. It’s like street magic, I recommend the ‘cut away’ videos. I’ll wrap the post with a comment on the cut away series(not a great teaser, as there is probably a better description for a detailed look at the internal structure of a lock), the LockPicking Lawyers offers an inside look at a locking mechanism by cutting away metal, housing or materials might contain the locking mechanism. Very cool. This helps to demystify the illusion and see the talent this guy has when ‘picking’ a lock. Also, check out the tools over on Covert Instruments, as mentioned above; very cool offerings. Get yourself some swag, Covert Companion tools or Lishi tools. Check out the great deals over on Covert Instruments.

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Merchandise Update

October Gear Update

Sallee Technology LLC Merch

Gear – Sallee Technology Hats, Zip, Mugs, Zippo’s and More

Get yourself some new gear, Sallee Technology gear features The Game, Zippo, Yeti, Columbia, Champion, Flex-fit and more

A full listing to come, however, a sneak peak may serve its weight in gold here… Check out the latest merchandise, give us a shout if you would like to purchase our gear – new products next quarter. Currently, some swag is on backorder i.e. out some USB devices, stickers, magnets etc. and will return depending on demand. Let us know what you think about the merch, or if your looking for something special, one off, special order.

Small orders, large orders, don’t care – Happy to accommodate where applicable… just let us know what your thinking. Backend baseball, logistics are pretty crazy right now, ordering can be a bit of a pain which is why we are manually offering items to the public. Most are at the mercy of product, production and shipping, we are trying to stay on the edge of those issues. Let’s chat, happy to work with you to find what it is your looking for.

Sallee Technology Zippo Lighter ST THE GAME New Design - The GAME 2

iPhone12

Apple iPhone 12, Work Phone Upgrade

iPhone 12 Update

Gear – iPhone 12

Need an upgrade? Make the jump, follow along with our own iPhone8/iPhone11 upgrade – iPhone 12

Let’s start with this, no, the need didn’t meet the demand for an ‘upgrade’ per-say… this is more about keeping up with the other Apple products in house. Want/Need ended up being more of a test like anything else… Don’t judge the messenger here, simple cost/benefit, over want/need, So, the choice was made to go with the newer iPhone 12. Not the latest, but newer than the iPhone 11. Here is the meat and potatoes; with a recent move to the SG215g for our personal ‘stuff’ it was time for a work update. That said, the move was set forth, the Apple iPhone 12 was in-hand just before the hurricane.

Not ideal, but I’ll make it short. A need to do work, work phone needed an upgrade… As stated above, iPhone 11 to 12 was a quick and dirty upgrade with it’s problems. The goal was to buy a hardened, newer device, keeping it old school, bare minimum, limited data share, no health or home IoT software etc etc with the iPhone 8. Might be the best phone made by Apple by the way. Don’t let this lead you astray, I’ve used the iPhone 8 since it came out for work, travel etc. never let me down. Thus the high mark. This is pre 10 and the XR garbage with AI/Face AI not a fan, at least this is our thought.

Making the jump from 8 to 11 was a good jump sans Apple Bloatware – Health, Homekit, Siri (again, very annoying to have bloat-ware on the platform) now iOS requirements. Short-term feedback processing power, better screen time, hotspot support and what seems like manageable privacy/security ‘settings’ provided to the user. Seems like this device is always on, sharing data which in my mind is not a good thing. More power, more is better; to do what? And does that benefit the customer? This iPhone 12 is our work option, couldn’t justify the move to the 13 or 14.

As usual leave a comment below, let us know what you’re thinking?

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ADT Wiring

Touch Screen Alarm Systems

ADT Security System Control Panel

Lab Work – ADT Control Unit

Archived For Future Reference, which one was the red wire again? Need help? Just remember, always take a quick picture for historical backup value.

In all honest, this helps for future wiring/rewiring exercised etc, a picture at times is worth a 1000 words… so here it is, in simple form. Have an ADT Touchscreen security system, having issues? Need to move the screen? Reminder, don’t forget which one is + and which one is negative, 50/50 shot at this… no fail way to move this unit to another spot.

Leave us a comment below, cheers.

FAA Hurricane Update

Hurricane Ian Alerts Update

FAA Hurricane Alerts

Tech | Tools – FAA Hurricane Update

Know What To Do Pre/Post Hurricane Ian – Before you fly, know what’s going on in the sky above you… FAA Hurricane Update. Reminder, the drone space continues to evolve, grow and maturate…

Drone folks gonna drone. The ‘dronedom’ (Drone/autonomous fiefdom). This year the FAA has amassed a safety awareness day c, federal representatives, educators, ‘droonies'(as in the Droogs/droogies please reference – A Clockwork Orange – by Anthony Burgess, but drone people) and more… June 18, 2022 is the day to gather with your fellow droons… June 18th is FAA Drone Safety Day – join, support and/or host click here. This message is in reference to FAA notice number” NOTC2405.

For those of you who are interested in learning more about open FAA communications, licensed drone updates etc. give us a shout or leave a comment below

Galaxy Series Reset (De-OS)

Galaxy Reset or New – Privacy, Backups, Access and More

Samsung Galaxy Reboot, Reset, and Unplug

Tech | Tools – Samsung Updates

Before we move onto our dual-sim experiments, I wanted to share a few Samsung Tips or Tricks that might help you debloat your Galaxy series devices.

Let’s jump into it, a quick deep dive in the world of ‘de-bloating’ we had a good run there for awhile, yes, there has always been native apps included on various platforms, OS, iOS etc. But, for awhile now, it’s been 90’s PC sales all over again. That goes for both Android and iOS device types. Until we have a user-friendly Linux based mobile os, or an open source mobile kernel in which we can bloat or de-bloat based on our own needs; we’ve got this. Mobile phones tied up with Google bloatware, same with iOS, when did Homekit, Health, Health Sensors and Siri come preinstalled ‘on’ all the time with a million hoops to jump through to stop the madness. Good luck essentially, cause it ‘ain’t’ going away. However, as of late, I’ve been trying new settings, os specific knobs and switches with the goal of reducing bloat, bloat-warez, de-googlizing access, de-bloating Samsung Galaxy series phones with the latest OS. Whether it’s a fresh Galaxy S22, 215g or 10, or perhaps later… we’ve got some new ways to help take back your device. Diving right into it, whether you’ve got a new phone or now, Hard Reset is required… backup what you need, store it some place safe. Most of the time it’s auto saved somewhere, and we plan to take back that control and manually take steps to move the process forward. The time to de-googleize, de-samsungize or de-bloat your device is right now.

Short Tutorial(updated):
Fresh Hard Reset an existing phone or take your new phone out and start with the basics… First, do NOT add or allow any Samsung, Google or non-platform service you don’t want running regardless of power status. The big, bright red sign says “don’t sign in nor allow data transfer to any external services” that are not native to the system or required.

NEXT, disable any and all permissions by app, stop and remove permissions and alerts for unwanted apps, this is key as we don’t approve of the input/output by any of those particular apps we don’t approve of. Especially those that are third party, external and considered bloat, to track and find what you allow. We need to turn all of those apps or systems apps off. More over, move all apps around how or where you see fit, we typically combine those Samsung native apps that are required, place those in a separate folder with other Samsung apps, or Google apps. Do NOT turn on cloud services, sign in or log in to those (any) systems you will want later.. so not just yet.

Moving on then, we move into customization, customizing the base os and apps native to the phone, once the native and general IOS services have been disabled, force stopped and/or disabled i.e. Facebook, Netflix etc… Let’s start with keyboard and home gestures… add one handed app later, sounds… vibration basic beep beep and vib, connections before sounds… turn off connections you don’t need like such as NFC(near field communication) or bluetooth assuming BT is not applicable, control notifications. Once this has been completed, then we can move into non-native apps which will require you to sign in Google play… remember, only check the boxes that are required, removing any and all extra services, connections or space provided by the platform. Download apps that you desire, repeating the above steps for all apps downloaded and installed moving forward. This will keep you a baseline, a one time download all assuming all apps saved in library, move apps to desired locale, wallpaper blank. We recommend one hand companion for running apps, navigation and such, more on that later…

Tasks… with the ‘baseline’ in tack, we want to maintain that baseline, or non-bloat state. Back in the settings menu… we want to sign out of Google and any google services and remove Google Play. I like to think when it’s not installed or running we are cutting down what data can be transmitted legally. Work on your home and lock screens… if you so choose or want dynamic backgrounds etc. we don’t, cause it chews into performance, same for biometrics. Turn off bio-security, this helps to curtail privacy intrusive apps, hooks, api’s, services and so on. I spent a lot of time here, delete all ids, services not allowing any permissions… TURN OFF ANY AND ALL PERMISSIONS, when pressed, turn off precise location then the general permissions allowed for all apps, account, google, advanced turn all off, go through all panels… i mean all of them. Again this is key to combat geo-fencing, location hungry wifi, hotspots, anything that would be used to capture device names, ids, IMEI etc.

Finally, and time for reintroducing existing settings, we want to re-import contacts, any bookmarks or saved ‘behavioral’ help settings that are a must, and that goes for the Google/Samsung requests to access the phone; which remain a no. Clean up the home screen to your liking, add email accounts (preferably non-Samsung/Google accounts), remember iOS you need to add an app password from your apple acct., Browser settings when your ready, no go on Chrome, Google or Samsung Internet, we use brave with all turned off…

DON’T FORGET THIS, make sure privacy settings are changed to meet/match your needs. As usual leave a comment below, let us know what you’re thinking?

FUZZ

Who Called The Fuzz

URL Fuzzer - Pentest

Tech | Tools – FUZZ

“WHOOP WHOOP That’s the sound of the police” – KRS-One. Or, in our case, the URL Police…

As always, we press on, continuing our testing effort utilizing a number of testing apps, websites and testing consoles starting with The URL Fuzzer, GTMetrix, JMeter, LoadRunner, Selenium, validation tools and Google Admin Console… testing …testing …testing in progress. Testing marches on as you read this (well, when I wrote this post and of course, when you read it. Fingers crossed, same year (might as well be totally separate but you get the point)… More over, solutions need to protect our investments online and pentests/vulnerability scanning tools might just be the ticket.

For the purposes of story telling, two are running now, one from Pentest-Tools and the other Scantrics.io (nothing so far, these have been running for a few mins now, which may or may not be a good sign or way to predict the outcome. Ultimately, let’s cover few more, including Selenium, LoadRunner, JMeter, QTP, HTML/JS/PHP Validators, Guru99 a few others… but let’s start here.

Free tools below, so, keep this in mind when looking through the results once compiled and reported (said service provider). Additionally, free-premium tools don’t usually present the full picture, grain of salt; use multiple tools or pay the premium price… Testing multiples, a/b (a/b/c) a mixture of free-premium services and validators.

URLFuzzer, good to test the lite version… Scantrics, good to test lite version… Don’t forget to run your web entities through the toolbox, Toolbox – Google Admin

As usual leave a comment below, let us know what you’re thinking?

New ’22 Merch

New Midyear Merch – Sallee Technology LLC Merchandise

Yeti - Sallee Technology

Gear – Sallee Technology – Zip Jackets, Hoodies, Hats and Mugs

New merch means busy times, very busy! Check out what’s headed to our merch shop. New for this year, new drink ware, throwback snap-backs, fitted dark-camo Flex-fit and spring/athletic caps. Full zip fleece jackets and polos with pockets.

Drinkware options are about 2 weeks out – design, production and shipments around the corner. More Yeti? Check out our Yeti® Ramblers – 10 (10oz) and 20 (20oz). Two, The Game® collegiate hats are due by the end of ~September (depending on which user portal status holds true). Great throw-back hat option, Polos and Columbia® Fleece outerwear are a week out; sew outs are also in production now. Gear pictures will be up here shortly, but in the meantime, logistics/products remain at the mercy of time i.e. production, inventory and logistics… Stay tuned, most posts coming shortly, that update my friends will include the latest pictures.

Check our merch… Call for details, sizes, quantities, color etc. Give us a shout.

Sous Vide Smorgasbord

Sous Vide Success

Annova Sours Vide - Smorgasbord

Gear – Anova Sous Vide

Hungry? Prep, cook and service using an Anova Precision Cooker. Work up an appetite while you prep, cook and serve for an all day picnic. Fish, poultry, beef… Anova does it all

Skills test, put the Anova Sous Vide precision cooker to the test… Fish, shrimp, lamb, beef, chicken, pork… pork butt, all in a days time, prepare the feast for the masses or an all day picnic. 2+ pounds or more of our honey glazed, thick-cut bacon, a bbq inspired beef brisket, Italian sweet sausage with all the fixins’… chile, lime and garlic chicken and peppered beef burgers, and simple beef hot dogs. Although time is irrelevant when you’re having fun, new to precision cooking? Start early, early enough that the beef has time to cook, chicken prepped for a final sear; ready the offer prior to ‘game time’.

Typically speaking, a safe, four or five hour window, some of those who have more experience might choose a tighter window. With more experience, more time, the window would be much more refined(smaller). Duration aside, the options are limitless.

Try it all, reduce cooking times on the grill. No need to make a mess around with just the grill or stove top, whichever one you might have. Just be prepared, a precision cooker cooks to perfection. When finished on a hot griddle grill, you are your own chef at home. More on the griddle later.

For now, the feast is prepared, churning out smorgasbord after smorgasbord around that 130 degree mark. Give or take a few modifications, trial test runs… You’ll quickly learn how temperature and duration affect the outcome of your choice of protein or veggie alternatives. See what works for you. The most important thing to remember here is to seal your bags appropriately. Season your entrees with the freshest ingredients you can find, herbs and all the fixings as well. This is a great way to change up how, where and with whom you cook. What’s for dessert?

Just a quick sidenote, if you have not tried to sous vide or have not thought about the process of precision cooker via a food water bath… have a look around, some of the best food on the market has been sous vide, stored and re-heated for mass consumption. Now, I’m not saying I’m obverse to the process of using the cooking method in mass, I’m advocating for showing you that even your local, regional and global coffee shops, bars and gastropubs use this cooking method. The point, the method of cooking helps prep, heat, and serve at a very precise temperatures. Precision is key, we recently cooked a beef brisket for 3 days plus just to put this logic to test. Cheers
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S215G

Samsung Galaxy S215G

SG21 5g

Lab Work – Samsung S vs. iPhone Series Hardware

Our S21 Experience – More performance, less pain to privacy with optional dual sim card capability. Choose wisely young Skywalker; Pain-to-Privacy, Cost-to-Performance, our take on the matter.

Update* The decision was changed, while the S205G over iPhone11/iPhone12/S21/S22 idea worked in theory… The reality here is dual sim cards are a ‘go’ on S10 and S22, not on the S20. Quick U Turn here as the s20 swap takes place, swapped out for the S21. Ultimately, the choice is the standard size, S22+ or Ultra not an ideal size for our needs. Again, the device is not the latest, nor the greatest; it’s the best for our needs.

Galaxy Series 22 | 22+, here is the comparison page that’s nice to started with –
S Model Comparison – 22 Ultra, 22+ and S21

After many, many, many months of testing; many… retesting and learning more about eSims or electronic sim cards, allowing for us to maintain ownership of the latest software, hardware etc. Again, ultimately pulling the ripcord based on performance/cost and decided on the S21…. better battery life than the S10 (w dual sim option or hybrid sim option allowing for multiple numbers on a single device), 5g cellular service, upgrades to the hardware – display, camera, when comparing other S Models, None Samsung devices – Pixel, Xperia, iPhone and other Samsung models like the Flip or Fold. S Model remains affordable in tough device saturated market, top of it’s class as far as usability, user experience, control, privacy* and blot…

Moving onto the ROI, comparable ROI in the market when comparing price/performance. An *asterisk on privacy, goal is to maintain/secure the device as much as possible without relying on Samsung, Google or other third party hacks to maintain security. A lot of work, but worth the pain/privacy ratio.. this pain/privacy is quickly becoming the ‘elephants in the room’.

Anyhow, check out comments, do you research… iOS 16 is out now, good luck!

Birds

Bird Study

Birds In The Water, Three Pelicans

Artwork – Bird Series

Bird Study, pelicans, egret, heron, ibis and other shore birds

Highlighting various birds, bird species both acrylics and photography. Below are a couple of shots of birds around the lake.

Birds In The Water B/W Birds In The Water Birds In The Water

HRCC – Ham Study

HRCC: Ham Radio Crash Course Get Licensed Today

HRCC Ham Courses

Materials – Ham Study

“Want to Get Your Ham Radio License?” with HRCC, learn on your time, when you want and how you want. Give HRCC – Ham Radio Crash Course a look-over.

…let’s continue. I wanted to tee up another mini-series and/or online study tool. In this case, we will highlight this HRCC – Ham Radio Crash Course – a Ham study tool/series for those who are interested in learning the in’s and out’s associated with ham radios, operation and the fundamentals required to earn your ham license.

Moreover, we added this as part of our ‘lab work’ category, you can file it however you’d like… ideally, it’s there for future use, study etc. Again, HRCC – Ham Radio Crash Course is the way to go, give it a shot.

As usual leave a comment below, let us know what you’re thinking?

Apple Mouse

The So, So-Magical Mouse

Apple Magic Mouse to Logitech M525

Gear – Apple & Logitech Mice

Work mouse; and more on it’s back up/EDC Logitech M525, cause the Apple Mouse has been all but useless at times

Welp. It’s time to finally share a few things about the Apple Magic Mouse

First of all, we love the design (always do, life long Apple user, so take it with a grain of salt), slimline, usability (like touchscreen gestures and the like). Second, it’s got a nice weight to it, not to light and certainly not to heavy.

The problem that we are having, after a few hours of work… we have to stop everything and charge the device; and we have to do it more often lately. Furthermore, as a lifelong user of Apple products, this mouse seems to be ‘less userfriendly’ than those devices used prior. I’m not sure of any bugs or ‘battery’ issues with this device, but it’s a world of pain when you have to charge it. THE POINT BEING, YOU CAN NOT USE THE MOUSE WHEN IT IS CHARGING!

SO, while we are charging the Apple Mouse at this very instant (seriously, I’ve got the Logictech mouse on), clicking away… Thirdly, we got the Magic Mouse – Multi-Touch Surface a few months back and are increasingly learning to not want to use it. Again, love the gesturing, touch surface options, but every 8 hrs I’ve got to plug this thing in. What about the next 4 to 6 hours? We are talking paperweight for a good 1.5 hrs while the device charges up.

Onto the M525, no gestures, just a plain Jane type of mouse… bluetooth/usb, heavier I’m assuming cause of the batteries and a handy little internal storage area for the usb dongle when not in use. It’s got a wheel, laser for tracking and it works. It’s a stalwart of a mouse and remains in my EDC bag/desk for work.

Final Thought, if you want to over spend on an Apple mouse, get the trackpad, skip the mouse… always carry a secondary pointer device in a pinch. We do, and that is the Logictech M525. Buy one today…

Now Dec. 2022 – We traded up to the Logitech M720, check one out… we will post an update shortly
Charging the Magic Mouse Logitech M525 Wireless Mouse

Mid Year

Sallee Technology Mid Year

Adverts – A Strong 2nd Quarter

…closing out a strong 2nd quarter – we are sitting down to plan out the remainder of the year. While the year has time remaining, we look to future months in 2023 to improve and connect with our new and existing customers to see where we can help.

En of 2nd quarter, mid year; refinement, grooming, fine tuning all words which become the norm. Always time to change, reevaluate, reconnect with your products, services and customers. We can help, if you’re looking to start a new project before the new year, clean up old work lists or clean out technical debt; the goal is to get on the same page with your customers. Give us a call, we are working to build out our forth quarter backlog. Let’s connect.

Happy to help, reach out via email, phone or Connect via online form.

S205G

Samsung Galaxy S205G

Samsung S20

Gear – Samsung Galaxy Series

Time to switch? iPhone-to-Galaxy? Or LinuxOS? We think so, we test and make our decision… we share why we made the decision we did. The decision is in. S205G over iPhone11/iPhone12/S21/S22… latest. We are not talking the latest Galaxy Series or the Z-Fold, or the iPhone 13

It’s taken many months, hell it’s taken years of ‘practice’ per-say to change, make the decision to switch; ultimately practice makes perfect. Well, let’s stick with practice, practice and more practice! Nothing like everything MacOS/iOS, Yes, everything MacOS, iOS… So, what comes with the decision? Yes the UI familiarity, did I mention all the machines we use on a day-to-day basis are MacOS? Yes, we are certified to service these machines? Yes, comfort, it’s what we’ve always done… Safety, security, battery life, ease of use… on and on and on. Yes, all true including the use of iPhone/iOS products and services since 2006.

Practice, makes more practice. That’s a lot of practice in my book. Quickly, historically speaking, and assuming my memory is correct, we made the initial jump from the Blackberry and Blackberry Products specifically – Blackberry 8100 (’06) series and the 8300 (’07) Series to the iPhone… and for what reason and one reason alone? Touchscreen keys, the main reason at the time was incompatible, or lack of practice with onscreen-typing or touchscreen services. No can do, not down with the Blackberry touch model (whatever it was called). I’ll touch on a story real quick… Many moons ago, I remember sitting in a multi-million dollar test lab (usability lab), testing the latest UI designs/services etc…. and a user was ‘testing’ via the Blackberry Storm… I’ll spare you the pain, let’s just say during that specific test, the Blackberry touch devices were out, iPhone was in. iPhone 3G. Yes, it was early on, yes it was a Blackberry (the workhorse of many business years), yes, in a controlled lab experiment; it failed. Back to the reality, specific to iOS/iPhones, it’s been many, many year of practice, perhaps too many. I included in the link above, the specifically comparing the iPhone 13, 11 and iPhone 6s in the for those who want a quick glimpse into how the greater iOS device ecosystem has changed over the years… However, this is where those years of experience came to an interesting fork in the road.

Sometime in that 2017 2nd/3rd Quarter timeframe, the Samsung Galaxy made sense… road warrior tested, first the S9, s10 and moving quickly to 2022; the s205G model. I carried a work phone iOS device, the Galaxy and a few laptops with various OS platforms, etc. Yes, what a pain. In any case, I will spare you the details. Eventually, after the 100% travel, multi-device, same hotel staying… it was time to move on and although a few months behind schedule today, with the S20 we made the switch. Living life on the road, traveling for clients, nearly broke the iPhone spell if you will… those formed over years and years of costly iPhone devices, turn over and damage control. I think I mentioned this above, also the testing dollars, studying time and the certification time spent on learning, applying and maintaining iOS products, services, and the need to ‘fix’ iOS devices. Before I move off this point, we didn’t buy new, we didn’t buy direct and $1k saved made a difference in this experiment.

Buying new may be your thing, today it wasn’t ours nor is it moving forward. Matter of fact, you yourself can pick up many of our favorite devices second hand or ‘renewed’ today. So, not to belabor the point, you might ask – how did we come to buy the S205G? ((Panic)) The process was long and arduous. No, we simply had to test what was out there. We made the choice to buy the right product, put my money on the best option for me. What better way than trying everything on the market? We tried them all (mostly all). Everything from barebones, stripped Android/iOS and Linux older generational phones like the iPhone 8/11 series, Galaxy S9/S10, S20, old school Nokia 3300, the LightPhone2 and came back to the S20 model. Honestly, let’s touch on the Linux OS option first, until we have a Linux OS Linux based phone that can serve the masses. More here, check out these options Ubuntu Touch or Sailfsh or Pure. Beyond the scope of OS brands or builds, the device spread is fairly limited – OnePlus, Fairphone, Google Pixel 3 (3a), Pine, and Librem… So, limitation. Second point, do your research, before you buy of course… yes, buyer beware. Use caution, learn how to use command line code, service your own device, install via working code branch, OS varietals etc. Additionally, for now and until those Linux devices are ‘EDC’ (Everyday Carry) ready, and I mean not suited for the Developer class, it’s the Galaxy series phones… Not talking the 20+, Ultra or the S21 series.

Let’s wrap this up, I guess the meat and potatoes is this. We did it, doesn’t mean it is right or wrong, do what you think make sense for your budget, way of life and protection/security. The main reason for the switch is ‘control’, battery life, screen, performance and SIRI. Can’t stand SIRI, more over… Samsung has maintained a normal growth pattern, where (in our opinion) iOS hides, changes buttons/connection types/cases/materials pretty regularly, same with the auto ‘on’ features for data collection… Yes, Yes, I know this could be a preference, this is much the same for all devices. Crazy, how in just over 17 years, iOS is everywhere. Oh, and one last point. Did I mention, this is not a plug for any device/devices of choice, more a reminder to do the ‘testing’ part before you buy. Hopefully, this article helps to promote that step toward ‘testing’ what’s on the market.

Sous Vide

Do You Sous Vide?

Anova Precision Cooker

Gear – Anova Sous Vide

Anova Precision® Series Sous Vide – Have you tried a sous vide machine? We cover the Anova Precision® Series Sous Vide. Say what? Sous Vide? What’s a sous vide? Give the Anova Sous Vide a go. A sous vide, you say? Have you used one yet? We went with the Anova brand sous vide cooker. Specifically the Anova Precision® system with the 16 liter container.

(( SHOUT OUT )) @IHR, we got a tip from a local restaurateur (awesome guy, awesome stuff blasting out of the kitchen by the way), the sous vide is a great way to step up your kitchen game. These Anova cookers can be found at your local Anova. Listen, there are days when you need a little pick me up, special sauce; a little kitchen magic if you will… a little magic to whip up something special in the kitchen, and those of us who wish we had some real skills or talent in the kitchen*. The sous vide machine just might do the trick.

Taco proteins – Beef, Chicken, Pork, Fish, Shrimp etc., Briskets, Duck to Corned Beef, you name it, the sous vide does it. The only caveat is time. If you can set aside time for prep, create your entrees and sides, vacuum seal the pouches and done. Generally, we set aside a 30-60 mins for prep, 2 – 10 hours for cooking. This of course depends on the type of beef, we’ve tried the toughest, unfriendly kind and this sous vide machine kicks it’s *#$. Meaning, regardless of the time the meat took a bath, the result is what we’ve come to know as excellent.

We say kick the tires, have at it, the sous vide makes it easy to prep both sides and entrees, heat and cook dishes at an exact temperature. If you want, you can control the temperature home or away with the Anova app (we don’t use it now), helpful when starting down the path of bathwater cooking. Whatever meat, veggie, protein etc. is submerged will be kept at the temperature you want. This beast does it all. If you have time and the patience to learn how this thing works… May be a few cuts of beef or chicken, some cleaned/de-veined shrimp or a breast of duck. 3 easy steps, let the machine do it’s thing… you’re upping your kitchen game from zero skills to an arbiter of food stardom. This machine does require sealed packaging, from zipper bags to vacuum sealed bags – check out Anova’s Vacuum Sealer or Amazon – Anova Sealer.

World Changing for us. Listen, there are many kitchen gadgets, gimmicks, tricks, secrets, family recipes etc. that can spice up your game. We believe this sous vide machine is a long-term investment, and thought you might want to have a go at it too. We did and it made a whole lot of difference. We share a few shots of our kitchen setup, prep gear, finishing and clean up.

*Don’t beat us up in the comments, we are simply stating ‘we’ wanted to be better in and around the kitchen; we needed serious help LOL. So we found some!

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Dungeon Boss

D&D Fan? Let’s do Dungeon Boss

Dungeon Boss Opening

Lab Work – Utilizing Lord Zomm in Dungeon Boss

Press you luck with Dungeon Boss, a great mobile D&D RPG alternative.

Earn a Zomm, Lord Zomm! Take on ghouls, ghosts, skeletons, warriors and poisonous jelly molds. Press your luck as ‘the Dungeon Boss’. Don’t forget Zomm, Chomps, NubNub and a host of other characters to choose from. I may be partial to Zomm, seriously, you need a Zomm when playing Dungeon Boss. This is D&D, in your hands, anywhere, anytime…

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GTRacing Update

GTRacing Chair Frame Blunder

GT Racing Frame Fix

Gear – GTRacing

GTRacing Chair Parts Replaced. Will It Break?

Good on you GT Racing, dare I say GTRacing made it right? In hindsight yes, while being desk chair free for a week/week3’s or more, no.

Above, another ‘chair part’ relegated to the game and electronics drawer. Cables, plugs, wires etc. A full listing to come, however, a sneak peak may serve its weight in gold here… Check out the latest merchandise, give us a shout if you would like to purchase our gear – new products next quarter. We are looking to sort out some USB devices, stickers and magnets, depending on demand. Let us know what you think about the merch, or if your looking for something special, one off, special order.

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Techmo Bowl

NES Classic – Techmo Bowl

Lab Work – Techmo Bowl

Techmo Bowl – Cut Scene Great Plays, Easy Play, Play As The Most Famous Players of the time.

From Lawerence Taylor, to Walter Peyton, Techmo Bowl was the bar set for all football games. Madden, NCAA, Blitz, 2k, GameDay… all owe Techmo Bowl a head nod, not many games prior on the list beyond Elway’s Quarterback and Techmo Bowl; Techmo Bowl being the one placing the marker in the sand… Like I said, not a full list but the list covers more than 36 years (87-23) of gaming and football being one of the major sports games. The game set the bar for game play, strategy, play-time (hours spent grinding with the goal of dominating the game, a computer player or opponent). Loved the W. Peyton runs, the L. Taylor Defense, the Montana & Rice Domination; Erik Dickerson. There are more, to many to remember, there are lists for that reason – Techmo Bowl Player – Quick Reference. Honestly, another game, I spent hours of my early childhood ‘losing’ to my elders, neighbors etc. It felt like ages before I was able to ‘use the built in’ super powers or *cheat(s) to win. Not using the Game Genie, but certain plays – run or pass would be automatic. Same for defensive plays, locking down an opponent with basic plays. I can’t remember how many plays are offered, 6, 7, or 8, as the Offensive Coordinator, so game success was dependent on game play(duration).

Like many games, once you figure out the secret move, the right controller pad combination or button sequence, play etc. the game opens up, grows into a fun, exciting battle with your gaming competitor. Dominating at times. Might not have been fun for those who are just starting out, from what I remember! Not fun. Anyhow, I thought I would post a quick post on Techmo Bowl and share a game playthrough from one our favorite YouTubers – @nintendoComplete. Shout Out @NintendoComplete, thanks for keeping these games alive, and archived.

More Online Videos?

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Materials – Video Content

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