Technology
11 articles
For years, I've had difficulty with platform selections for most of my core mission-critical tasks in business. I've belabored website builders, financial software, design software, digital document tools... you name it. I recently posted that I was finishing a current platform stack to be used on an indefinite basis. It felt great and I made major progress. But after having to walk away to address a teaching project, I found myself very unhappy with a number of the decisions I had made. Not
I get asked a lot why I use Bing. Do I think that Google is evil? Am I that strange guy that really loves Microsoft? The answer to both of those questions is a resounding, “No” although I do believe that both Microsoft and Google are pretty nifty companies that can—often unintentionally—wreck some unfortunate havoc. […]
WordPress isn’t my jam. Let’s start there. But, I run ChaseRaz.com with WordPress because it’s easy, efficient, and we require our students in the undergraduate business programs at Full Sail University to use WordPress to power their portfolio websites. I ought to practice what I preach, even if doing so wasn’t necessarily my idea. A […]
For a number of years now, I’ve told myself that I’m going to update my graphics card and move from a two-monitor setup to a three-monitor setup. Up to this point, I’ve been thwarted by unexpected expenses, indecision on desired specs, and a general laziness surrounding any in-depth work on my custom rig PC. Unexpected […]
Have you read anything about the new AMD Threadripper 2990WX? It has 32 processing cores. That’s right, 32 cores in a non-server setting. I… want… one. Will I buy one? Well, not yet. Here’s why: In my production rig, ROI (Return on Investment) is a major factor, and I can’t yet justify the cost. This […]
So, I’m way behind the curve alright?! Today marks my first adventure with PC water cooling, and I’m equal parts frustrated, embarrassed, and overjoyed. I’ll tackle each of these parts one-by-one within this brief piece on why you shouldn’t be overlooking liquid cooling. Frustrated To fan or not to fan? Well, we all know the […]
Over the past week or so, I’ve been setting up a HDHomeRun device to stream live over-the-air (OTA) television across my home network. Okay, really, I spent five minutes setting up the HDHomeRun, about a day playing with recording settings in Plex for DVR capability, and almost every other annoying minute fighting with antennas. As […]
Generating a lot of ideas is easy for some of us. Sure, you hear the technically proficient repeatedly decry, “If only I could come up with an idea!” But, for those of us who are creatives… oh how we wish we could get anything done! Creativity and idea generation (ideation) seem to be a blessing […]
I love the Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic keyboard and mouse (and 10-key) combination. It’s my favorite combo yet, even if the keyboard can’t live up to the insanely high bar originally set by the IBM Model M keyboard. No fault there, nothing will ever compare to the Model M. But despite being my favorite input combo […]
Yes, the following was actually written by GPT-4, as integrated into the Microsoft Edge “Discover” panel. This paragraph is the only one that I wrote by hand, and I have to say… I have mixed feelings. I’ve left the computer output exactly as it was generated, including a punctuation error. Furthermore, I fact checked the […]
