Amazon Introduces Omni Series FireTV Sets

Amazon Omni Series FireTV

In a move absolutely no one ever expected [sarcasm], Amazon introduced a New line of LED TV sets from Amazon, with Fire TV and Alexa built-in. The high-end 65- and 75-inch models ($830 / $1,100) come with Dolby Vision support. The lesser models (43-inch for $410, 50-inch for $510, 55-inch for $560) do not. Pricing is similar to equivalent offerings from LG & Samsung. Check them out at Amazon.com, Amazon Omni Series FireTV (affiliate link). They’ll be released on October 27, 2021. But an important … Read Full Post

Moving on From Gmail

moving on from gmail

Back in March, I had a little scare with my Gmail account and was locked out for about 48 hours. That was a wake up call for me. I’ve been a Gmail user since the beginning. If I remember correctly, I was probably in the first week’s worth of invitations to create a Gmail account way back in 2004. With an account that old, it has been tough moving on from Gmail. Starting in early 2020, pre-pandemic, I’d already started thinking of taking a more … Read Full Post

The Matrix Resurrections Trailer

The Matrix Resurrections

Update. The full trailer is out, and it is epic. The Matrix 4 – Resurrections teaser trailer dropped today with a note that the full trailer is coming in two days. This is one of those movies that I have high hopes for, but an equal amount of dread. The first movie, The Matrix, was awe inspiring and captured my imagination like few other movies had before. The sequels were meh. They were entertaining enough, but failed to reach the high bar that The Matrix. … Read Full Post

Hartley URLs

As one who has been involved with the web since the early 90s, I’ve always tried to collect Hartley related domain names. I missed out on Hartley.com in the beginning and almost had Hartley.org at one point, but was outbid when the auction got a little too rich for my blood. But yesterday, I was able to snag hartley.co thanks to a domain backorder service that catches expiring domains. Spending all that time trying to grab one of these domains that I never really put … Read Full Post

Why I switched to Fathom Analytics

About a month ago, while on vacation in San Diego, I made the switch from Google Analytics to Fathom Analytics. This was one of my vacation mini projects I had set up for my self. Things I needed to get done, but just haven’t found the time. My History of Web Analytics Usage sh2.com has been online in some fashion since December of 1996. You can say it has been around the block a time or two. In the early days of the web, tracking … Read Full Post

Disney’s Animal Kingdom

I took this photo in 2016. We were set to go to Disney World in October 2020. The pandemic changed those plans, but I can’t wait too go back. Also, Disney’s Jungle Cruise hits theaters and Disney+ Premier Access on July 30th. As a Jungle Cruise alum from the summer of 1989, I’m looking forward to it.

What’s On My iPhone – February 2020

I haven’t posted one of these in a really long time. Given the attention to screen time concerns over the past couple of years, I’ve really slimmed down the applications I use – and have installed – on my phone. Currently I’m using an iPhone XS. My structure is 2 pages worth of apps and I keep an empty row between the apps and the dock. I’m also immune to the red notification dots. Page 1 Everything should be self explanatory. But some quick thoughts: … Read Full Post

Google Alerts for Fun and Profit

This post was originally posted in May, 2011 as Easy Reputation Monitoring. That post was deleted when I pruned my blog content in September 2018. A client had asked me if I still had, so here it is as it was originally posted. Visit: Google Alerts. Enter your search term in the box. In this example, I’m searching on my full name, so wrap it in double quotes to search as a phrase. Set it to Everything, As-It-Happens, Only the best results, and delivery to … Read Full Post

Year in Places – 2019 Edition

Big Slick 10 at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City

In my ninth year of recapping my travels during the year – dubbed the Year in Places – I hit a new low. And in fact, it is so low I really need to go back through my year and confirm that it is indeed accurate. Update: Yep, it is accurate. Featured photo for this post is from the Big Slick 10 event with the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium. 2019 was a challenging year personally, and professionally. I’m happy to be in 2020 … Read Full Post

Year in Places – 2018 Edition

Closing out 2018 with my annual list of travels. Things were a little light this year in terms of travel. Following up on my wife and I’s camping trip to Zion National Park, we took the kids this year. Here you go. Multiple nights indicated by an *. Home base is Omaha. Omaha, NE* (Home base) Green River, WY Cedar City, UT Zion National Park, UT* (camping) Springdale, UT Rifle, CO Carroll, IA My quote for this year’s recap is a little different. While we … Read Full Post