Recent content by Ned

We've had excellent service from Oregon Scientific thermometers over the years.

We had HughesNet for about 10 years and could get online everywhere unless the line of site was blocked. Just be sure you understand the limitations.

Last December.  I've been on chemotherapy since.  2 more sessions to go.

When I consulted with my GE about the colonoscopy I was just starting showing the symptoms of something else. He then added an endoscopy to follow the colonoscopy.  He found a tumor in advanced stage and biopsied it, is was cancer of the esophagus.

Thunderbird is an excellent email client. It handles POP and IMAP.

Network discovery is turned off with a major update as a security measure. Simple enough to turn back on, but only for private networks.

Tom has summarized it nicely.

Get your prescription meds through Walgreens/CVS/Walmart and you can get refills anywhere in the country.

Since most campsites have a 20A outlet in addition to the 30 and or 50A outlets, you could just into that. I wouldn't connect an extension cord to one leg of the 50A service unless it was of big enough gauge to handle the possible loads.

Passport America is best suited to the traveler, not people looking for an extended stay.

Get a good quality air mattress. We had a Comfortaire in our motorhome for 19 years and never had a bad nights sleep because of the mattress.

Look at the Chromecast from Google.  You can stream almost anything from your phone or tablet.  It's only $35.

And in our front yard in Spring Branch.

They're almost done.  They came early this year, in March.

Go for it, Windows 10 is the best version of Windows released yet.  If there are any problems with the install, you have 30 days to revert to the previous version.