December 22nd, 2016
Kevin

I’m a fan of Anker products and this small, Ultra Thin USB 3.0 hub fits well with the other Anker items I use. The price of this hub has been reduced (at the time of this writing) to $9.99.
This is the “everyday carry” (EDC) USB hub for my Microsoft Surface Pro 4. This is not an externally powered hub but it expands the single-USB connection of the Surface Pro 4 into four. If you are looking for a hub that can power low-consumption USB devices, albeit slightly larger than Anker’s, check the Sabrent UM-43, also for $9.99 as of this writing.

QQ-Tech Mini Bluetooth keyboard with touchpad
I’ve been trying the QQ-Tech mini Bluetooth keyboard for a few months and it’s turned out to be a handy device.
The keyboard is powered by a rechargeable, internal LI battery. The keyboard takes a mini-USB cable for charging.

mini-USB power
The touchpad works well on connected devices. I’ve tried it with my Android devices and my Windows Surface Pro 4 tablet. The device provides several special character/feature capabilities that are difficult or unavailable using the Swype virtual keyboard I normally use on the Samsung Galaxy Note 5.

Audio Technica AT2020
I recently began podcasting after years of blogging and social media engagement via multiple Twitter (primarily @0bytes, @ADubiousDude), Instagram and other accounts.
Why
This venture arose, like several of my information security peers, out of a desire to promote my career through social engagements. A partner and I agreed to invest in this venture at professional information security strategists. My decision to stand up a podcast about my faith followed as a way to re-purpose the equipment and practices into which I invest for podcasting, extending my stewardship of these tools and skills.
This is a preview of
Podcasting Equipment: Audio-Technica 2020 microphone
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Categories: Personal, Podcasting, Professional, Reviews Tags: Alesis, Amazon, AT2020, audio, Audio Technica, avs, AVS4You, CAD, cybersecurity, Faith, information, infosec, podcast, risk, risk management, risk mgmt, Security, Tascam, XLR
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I have a Logitech R800 but my experience with that device was less than satisfactory.
I’ve often been able to use one of my company’s presentation devices but ran into a scheduling issue where their Logitech R400 device was assigned to someone for a presentation when I needed to use it.
I decided to double down on Logitech and purchase my own R400.

Logitech R400 and R800
Side-by-side
I am very happy with the R400 I bought. It works from > 35′ (~ 10 meters) away even working through walls. The R800 I had wouldn’t even work from 5′ (< 2 meters).
Categories: Personal, Professional, Reviews Tags: business, consumer, customer, laser, Logitech, presentation, products, public, service
September 15th, 2014
Kevin
After a lightning strike across the street blew out a transformer we’ve noticed erratic behavior on both the Linksys WRT310 wifi-enabled router and the Netgear gigabit switch used for the wired connections in the home office. I awoke the other day to find that all wifi access was dead and no matter how I worked with the wifi I couldn’t restore it. I quickly realized the switch had died silently some days before and the laptops had switched over to the wifi.
Categories: Personal, Reviews, Technology Tags: asus, cable, EPB, ethernet, Fiber, home office, Internet, router, wifi, wireless, Work, Xfinity