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Extended warranties and repair plans

Posted on November 20, 2022 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

“Extended warranties” have a bad rep in retail. In large part because they are pushed by cashiers and sales persons who earn a commission selling th...

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Zenith Self-Prying Pro-Bar

Posted on December 13, 2021 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Buy it now at Home Depot or Amazon.com. This year’s major house project has been attic insulation. And getting all of the old out to put down the new has ...

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Beyond Bright’s rather significant flaw

Posted on February 7, 2021 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

In a bid to cut our energy consumption, I looked at all the various lighting around my house. Most of the bulbs were already CFLs or LEDs, so there wasn’t...

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Thank you, Duracell

Posted on August 4, 2020 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

I’ve mentioned before on this blog that I’m a hobbyist photographer. Back in December I had a photoshoot with a then-10 year-old girl at a local par...

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State Line Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram in Kansas City, MO

Posted on May 8, 2019 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Recently I had routine service on my Jeep Compass at the dealer where I purchased it – State Line Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram in Kansas City, Missouri. It did...

10Gb network upgrade/Product and service reviews

MikroTik CRS317 10GbE switch

Posted on January 6, 2019 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

For the last two years I’ve been using the Quanta LB6M as the backbone of my home network. A 24 port SFP+ switch with four (4) GbE RJ45 ports connecting t...

Driving/Product and service reviews

Combating glare in the daylight

Posted on July 31, 2018 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Quick product review here. I have a dashcam in my SUV. And glare is one of the major issues trying to use it, since my dashboard reflects onto the windshield wh...

Espresso/Product and service reviews

AK-47 Espresso

Posted on June 13, 2018 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Messenger Coffee’s espresso blend has been my go-to for at least the last year to 18 months. Messenger Coffee is in Lenexa, KS, and sold by several local ...

Firearms and Ammunition/Product and service reviews

Alien Gear ShapeShift 4.0 IWB

Posted on May 5, 2018 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Let’s flashback about three years to when I wrote a review on the Alien Gear Cloak Tuck 2.0. At the time, I said it was the best value holster available a...

Product and service reviews/Raspberry Pi

Plex set-top with the Pi Desktop

Posted on June 30, 2017 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

A NAS to readily serve up media content combined with the Plex Media Server or other DLNA platform provides a powerful entertainment setup for the home when com...

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