Wednesday, May 20, 2015

andrew-mccutchen-baseball-superstar-highlight-videos

I first saw Andrew McCutchen beat the Los Angeles Dodgers about a year ago. I do not follow baseball that much, however this guy is one of the greatest of all time.

Friday, May 15, 2015

david-brooks-the-road-to-character

This is an excellent presentation regarding "The Road to Character" by David Brooks of the New York Times. David is also involved in TV shows like Meet the Press, is a best selling author and has been #1 on the New Times best seller list.


Thursday, April 23, 2015

what-is-it-like-to-be-a-billionare


This is an interesting news video about being a billionaire and how you manage your wealth.

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

spacex-landing-and-meteor-hitting-Russia

This is a video of the Space X landing, too bad it does not have sound.
It reminds me of when I worked on taking military grade navigation and guidance systems and transitioning that system for automotive purposes. Back in the day,when I worked for General Motors many years ago.




Next I found a really interesting Russian video(s) of when the meteoroid hit Russia back in 2013. The best ones have sound, and it is amazing how loud it was when this meteoroid went though the atmosphere and hit the earth and became a meteorite.



Then I found the video below that explains it.

This video is very scientific and gives details of how scientists can now calculate the meteors origin.




Monday, March 30, 2015

Blog Post from Tony Alcock


By Tony Alcock
Close your eyes and forget that she's a nine year old!  In a very short time she has learned to sing and sing most beautifully and remember, she has had only a minimum of vocal training!   It's beyond words!  Truly one of the most amazing talents that has come out of these TV talent shows from many, many countries.  


Thursday, March 05, 2015

kaiser-video

This is a very interesting video that I found on Bernard Tyson's Twitter.
It is an excellent video that shows how Kaiser is the leader in health care technology, and you can learn useful information from watching it.


Wednesday, March 04, 2015

asus-802.11ac-wireless-access-point-set-up

Review and Set Up Information
Like many people I have many wireless devices and had terrible problems getting enough throughput from my FIOS Actiontec wireless router.  This FIOS router works fine for hardwired connections however it is very poor for RF strength and wireless throughput.

I have 150Mbps service from Verizon and the FIOS Actiontec ethernet router only allows 20-47Mbps of throughput to my laptop.  This is using an USB 2.0 internal laptop wireless card, that came with my Sony laptop.

After researching this on the Internet I realized the solution is to upgrade and buy an Asus wireless - AC1900, about $170 on Amazon.
You also need to upgrade your laptop wireless card to USB 3.0, so I purchased the Rosewill-Wireless-Dual-Band-Adapter-AC1200, you plug this into your USB 3.0 connector.  My laptop is about 4 years old and luckily it has an USB 3.0 (blue) connector.  Now within 10-25 feet of the new Asus Access Point (AP) I receive 138-148Mbps on my laptop, this is very good for wireless.  Your mileage may vary as even small adjustments in the usb 3.0 antenna can cause big differences in throughput.  Also if your signal has to go through insulated walls.  

The best way to set this up for most people is to turn the RF off on the FIOS Actiontec router.  You connect to:
http://192.168.1.1
enter your login and password and go the the screen that controls the RF signal.

Thursday, January 01, 2015

motivational-videos

This is a good motivational video to watch.  It presents several important lessons to think about for the new year.

Happy New Year.