High Ed Hangout

HEH 21: I Just Wish It Was Bulbous at One End

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The gents chat about current books they are reading and then talk about what (non-computer) hardware they use for home, media, health and more.

What books are we currently reading?

What hardware do you use?

  • Amazon Echo
    • Smartthings Home Control
    • Ken built an echo with a Raspberry Pi
    • Nest Thermostat
    • Automatic bluetooth connector for car to feed information to the phone app
    • IFTTT
      • Search for conferences and email
      • Stocks watching
      • Nest notification of movement
      • Craigslist notifications
      • Lumo Lift
        • It notifies you when you’re slouching
        • Fitbit Aria Weight Scale
          • Tracks weight over time and does BMI
          • Withings activite-pop
            • Step tracking
            • Media Devices
              • XBox One for media
              • Apple TV 4
              • Plex
              • Windows Media Center
              • Chromecast
              • Streaming Services
                • Sling works, but having to watch on a specific schedule is hard
                • What Internet Service do you have?
                  • Comcast
                  • Mediacom
                  • SouthSlope Coop fiber to the home
                  • AT&T Uverse
                  • Comcast Xfinity
                  • New FCC Chairman is anti-net neutrality
                  • Do we use a tablet of any sort?
                  • How do you take notes
                    • Laptop to Google Drive/Docs
                      • Naming is important and tagging
                      • You can assign stuff to others in google docs!
                        • ...more
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