I have a confession to make. Ever since I was really young I never really enjoyed reading. Early on I tried to read Homer's Iliad, Beowulf, many of Shakespear's works and the like. My parents were just like that, classic education and all that. I didn't understand them; allegory and »
Ok so that title might be an exaggeration but the more I use the Nintendo Switch [http://amzn.to/2pDtWY7] the more I realize that this device is capable of many many configurations. It seems like an incredible API for hardware. This is of course intentional. Just looking at the »
Start by trying some of these things out! Amazon STEM kits [https://www.amazon.com/STEM-Club-Toy-Subscription-year/dp/B01M7UDAVI] MEL Chemistry [https://melscience.com/en/] Creation Crate [https://mycreationcrate.com/refer/Nicho-AJBNSNEH] Think with Art [http://rwrd.io/43z2thi] »
A while ago I came across a great post [http://www.hanselman.com/blog/PlexIsTheMediaCenterSoftwareEcosystemIveBeenWaitingFor.aspx] on getting plex [https://www.plex.tv/] media server set up on a Synology NAS (Network Attached Storage). Since then installing and running Plex on a Synolgy NAS [https://www.synology.com/en-us/] has »
In a previous post [https://archcoder.com/rachio-nest/] I was writing on how integrations can make incredible things happen when the devices we use are open and use great integration points. The post described how I use Nest [https://nest.com/] and Rachio [http://rachio.com/] to help protect my »
The National fire protection association estimates the average number of house fires in the U.S. from 1977-2013 to be roughly 1/2 million [http://www.nfpa.org/research/reports-and-statistics/fires-by-property-type/residential/home-fires] ! While the numbers are dropping they are still pretty high. courtesy of NFPA [http://www.nfpa.org/ »
I recently made a purchase [https://www.microsoft.com/surface/en-us/devices/surface-book]. It was one I did not take lightly, that was intended to set me free from many devices and is by far one of the best developer/creative machines that I have ever used - more on »
We covered a lot in this segment: Violence, what it takes to make a great game and even story telling. It was amazing with a great end cap at 1:21 – no spoilers for those who want to watch VGTM [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3214002/] . To start it off »
There was a question I posed to my kiddos after we watched the most recent segment of the movie [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3214002/]: Are video games art? To which they all quickly responded, “YES!”(image courtesy: nerdlocker) What an odd thing to answer so quickly, so confidently. I »
So we were all huddled around the TV and cracked open Plex [https://plex.tv/] and started the first 30 minute (0-28:26) segment of the movie [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3214002/]. I promise not to douse you with spoilers but the first bit was on the history of »
My three oldest boys and I have decided to go through a documentary together: Video Games: The Movie [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3214002/] created by Jeremy Snead [http://www.twitter.com/Jeremy_Snead]. It’s from a project I backed on kickstarter [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mediajuicestudios/video-games-the-movie] »
