Continuing last month’s post on ports and connectors, we’re going to cover audio connectors and network connectors today. I’ll also talk about some legacy types of connectors that were common when I was cutting my technology teeth. You may not recognize some of the older technology, but I still encounter it often enough that it’s…
Well, Society6 made a decision. They’re going “curated,” and my photography products didn’t make the cut. Here’s the opening paragraphs of the email: We hope this message finds you well. As Society6 continues to evolve, we are making strategic changes to our marketplace structure to better align with current market dynamics and customer preferences. While…
What if your Internet connection could be unhackable? Quantum networking is a next-generation way of connecting devices using the weird and powerful rules of quantum physics. Instead of just sending data with electricity or light like today’s internet, it uses particles that can be instantly linked—even across long distances—to enable communication that’s ultra-secure and incredibly…
I’m not a great cook, and when I’m trying out a new recipe, I can get the kitchen pretty messy. It would be nice if I could try it out in a kitchen that self-destructs at the end of the experiment. Anyone with me? How about with technology, though? Well, in the computing world, we…
The images my camera captures are pretty big—around 21 MB. But the ones I post online? Closer to 2 MB. Why such a difference? It’s in the image format, but the image format affects more than just size. We’re going to look at JPEG, TIFF, and RAW image formats. We’ll examine what they mean, what…
Our Internet capabilities have grown tremendously over the past two decades. Most of that progress is thanks to improvements in the Internet itself. As recently as 2000, the idea of three people in a home watching three different movies on three different devices was inconceivable. Today, if we can’t do that, we figure something’s wrong…
Last October, my husband and I had the opportunity to tour the Kirtland Temple and the historic village. During that visit, two phrases I heard several times during the tour particularly struck me. One was the description of the Savior’s voice as the sound of rushing waters, which I wrote about here. But our guides…
You’re almost certainly reading this using a browser of some type, whether it’s on a phone, tablet, or computer. The browser is your gateway to the World Wide Web, or what we call the Internet. We count on our browsers to just do their job so we don’t have to think about them, but how…
From the time you wake up on Monday to the time you wake up on Tuesday, chips surround you. They’re everywhere – your phone, computers, even your refrigerator. For decades, we have relied on silicon and electrons to transmit power and data. They’ve worked so well that we continue to find ways to use them….
Emphasis on “the trades” as an alternative to a traditional four-year-just-after-high-school option has been a hot topic recently. Politicians, educators, commentators, and parents all have opinions on the topic. What comes to mind when we hear “the trades?” Mechanics, welders, carpenters, electricians – yes, these are all trades as we use the term. We use…
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