Labor Day on the New River bike trail

Posted on September 6, 2017February 19, 2018 by Jim Leave a comment

Where we rode the New River Bike Trail. Over Labor Day weekend we drove up to a friends place, Brian and Terry Timmerman, near Galax VA for a bike ride and dinner. The weather was just great, mostly clear and sunny and high of 75 degrees. We couldn’t have asked for a better weather for […]... Read More

Import videos from Google Photos to YouTube

Posted on August 31, 2017March 2, 2018 by Jim Leave a comment

Google Photos is GREAT. You can set your Android phone to back up all the pictures and video you take, and can easily access and view your photo and video via the web through Photos.Google.com. Sharing these photos and videos outside of Google Photos, however, is cumbersome or not so user-friendly… For example, if you […]... Read More

Nature Photography June-July-August 2017

Posted on August 28, 2017February 19, 2018 by Jim Leave a comment

It’s time to share some nature pictures I shot in the last 3 months. As my kids know, I love to take pictures of nearly everything, including nature, little critters, plants, clouds, waterfalls, outdoor reflections and more. But who wants to lug around their 35mm digital SLR camera every day, where ever you go. Oh, […]... Read More

Visual Studio Code Outliner

Posted on August 25, 2017March 2, 2018 by Jim Leave a comment

The other day while working in many large code files, I wished I could shorten them so scrolling up and down the code would be easier. I remembered having an extension or addon to Visual Studio that would add the ability to expand and collapse blocks of code making the overall height or length of the page […]... Read More

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Total Eclipse with the Fireflies in Columbia SC

Posted on August 22, 2017February 19, 2018 by Jim Leave a comment

August 21, 2017, a total eclipse of the sun occurred across the length of the united states. Here in NC, we would see a nearly full eclipse, maybe 95% covered, but not a full eclipse. However, down in Columbia SC, approx 3hr away, there would be a full eclipse. We found that they have a […]... Read More

Switched to Verizon

Posted on August 20, 2017March 2, 2018 by Jim Leave a comment

About 2 years ago we started with Sprint and everyone got a new LG G4 phone. A few months later we learned about the G4’s reboot loop issue, where the phone would suddenly get stuck in a reboot loop and rendered the phone useless. We had 5 of these phones. First 2 of them went […]... Read More

Android Auto

Posted on August 8, 2017 by Jim Leave a comment

I am a fan of Waze, have been for years. I use it for vacation trips and other long drives. But for the every day driving around town, to school, work, etc… I now prefer Android Auto and Google Maps navigation. Maybe some day Google will add support for Waze in Android Auto for the […]... Read More

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