Bird Buddy & Eero Mesh Wifi

Bird Buddy is a wifi-enabled bird feeder that snaps photos of your feathered visitors and automatically identifies which birds have visited. It began as a Kickstarter project, with initial units shipping to supporters in Fall of 2022. When new products first ship to early adopters, some growing pains are common. I’m sure that the Bird […]

Mortons vs Windsor Kosher Salt

Does Morton’s Kosher Salt vary significantly in weight from Windsor Kosher Salt? Quick Answer: They’re about the same. One Tablespoon of Morton’s Kosher Salt weighs 17g, while One Tablespoon of Windsor Kosher Salt weighs 18g One Quarter-Cup of Morton’s Kosher Salt weighs 71g, while One Quarter-Cup of Windsor Kosher Salt weighs 73g Long Answer: I […]

Instant Pot “Flavour Bomb” Leftover Chicken Soup

I’ve been tweaking this chicken soup recipe for quite a while now (borrowing liberally from other recipes I’ve found on the internet), with the goal of a one-pot soup made from leftover roasted chicken. I think I’ve finally cracked the code, by using a “flavour bomb” to contain all the throw-away bits that make the […]

Ideal Setup for Cogeco Internet and Mesh

To begin, I want to be clear that for the vast majority of households you simply plug your mesh router into the cable modem and follow the simple instructions to set up your new mesh network. If you’ve done that and you’re happy with how things are working then you’re done. Move along, nothing to […]

DNS & Why Cogeco Keeps Going Down

On the heels of two outages this week so widespread that the school board sent alerts to virtual learners, you might be spending some time this weekend fixing yet another “the internet is broken” complaint from your household. Quick Summary: Don’t change internet provider, just change your DNS server. The issue that plunged nearly half […]

Internet in Milton (2023 Update)

The most common question I see on social media in Milton is regarding Internet. Whether you’re new to Milton and looking for the best option or you’ve been here a while and your internet has been frustrating you, this post is here to gather all the common Q&A into one spot. Your home internet depends […]

Internet Troubleshooting

As a followup to my article on Internet Options in Milton, I’ve received a few questions about how to troubleshoot your Internet speeds at home. If you’re trying to figure out why your internet isn’t great, here are the steps I would follow. Test Wired Speed. Plug a laptop directly into your modem and run […]

Cable Cutting Fall 2015 – Goodbye Media Center, Hello Tablo!

The year was 2003, and frustrated by the terrible state of cable boxes I rushed out to the store and bought one of the very first Windows Media Center home theater PCs. I went deep: tweaking and hacking, community support on message boards, ultimately being invited out to Redmond several times to work with the product […]

None of my clothes fit any more!

Last fall, I decided I wanted to get more fit. There was no trigger point, no health scare, nothing other than the realization that since I’d started working at home I really could make better use of my lunch hour. So I went to my local gym to sign up, and spent an hour with […]

Cutting the Cable in Canada – 2015 Update

I’m starting to see the cord-cutting conversation move from the geeky niches of the country into more of the mainstream, and given how fast things change in this space it’s time for me to provide an update on the state of things in Canada. This story has been told before, back when Napster took off […]