Category: electronics

  • Should Everyone Download and Install the Windows Preview Updates?

    Should Everyone Download and Install the Windows Preview Updates?

    The short answer to the question above is “No, especially if you’re not tech savvy.” I’m not tech savvy by any means and I quit downloading Windows preview updates long ago when I read web articles saying they could be buggy and lead to a lot of frustrating computer problems. The latest Windows preview update…

  • Can Artificial Intelligence Learn from My Book?

    Can Artificial Intelligence Learn from My Book?

    Recently the publisher of a book co-edited by me and my former psychiatry chair Dr. Robert G. Robinson asked me to sign off on a proposal to involve Artificial Intelligence (AI) in using the work. The book, “Psychosomatic Medicine: An Introduction to Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry,” is 14 years old now, but is still a practical tool…

  • Today We Get Internet?!

    Today We Get Internet?!

    Today we did get internet and TV access! Boy, that surprised us!

  • The Hotel Gets Busy Handing Out Faux Cufflinks!

    The Hotel Gets Busy Handing Out Faux Cufflinks!

    Several days ago, a large wedding guest caravan arrived at the hotel. Fascinating group. The line of people checking in could have stretched outside beyond the front door.  There was this guy who was there for the wedding, but arrived without cufflinks. So, he asked the front desk to help him out. They gave him…

  • Learning to Use ClipChamp While Recording Cribbage Game on Cribbage Pro

    Learning to Use ClipChamp While Recording Cribbage Game on Cribbage Pro

    I’m learning how to use the video editor ClipChamp, the free version on the new laptop. So, I muddled through a screen recording of playing what’s called the Daily Cribbage Scrimmage on Cribbage Pro, a feature-rich computer Cribbage game on which you can different skill levels of computer players from easy to impossible as well…

  • Thoughts On Laptop Computers

    Thoughts On Laptop Computers

    We bought a laptop computer. It has been years since I’ve used one. I forgot how exasperating a touchpad is. Luckily, we have a spare wireless mouse and a USB port. The laptop is slim and very light, like most laptops these days. I remember the first “laptop” I had early in my career as…

  • About That Artificial Intelligence…

    About That Artificial Intelligence…

    I’ve got a couple of things to get off my chest about Artificial Intelligence (AI). By now, everyone knows about AI telling people to put hot glue on pizza and whatnot. Sena and I talked to a guy at an electronics store who had nothing but good things to say about AI. I mentioned the…

  • The SD Card Caper

    The SD Card Caper

    I have an SD card (more commonly called just a “memory card”) for my camera and the other day I couldn’t download the videos to my computer using the SD card reader in the tower. The card reader is just a slot-shaped port in the tower, above the USB ports. SD stands for Secure Digital.…

  • Press And Hold on The Keurig Coffee Maker

    Press And Hold on The Keurig Coffee Maker

    We got our new coffee maker. It’s a Keurig K-Supreme Plus, and it’s as fancy as the name sounds. It’s compact enough to save room for our other coffee maker, a Black & Decker, a model with a carafe and which you have to press and hold the “On” button to start the cleaning mode.…

  • The Dragon Breathes Fire Again

    The Dragon Breathes Fire Again

    Sena and I saw a news video about a technology called “DAX” which uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) the other day which promises to reduce or even eliminate pajama time for physicians trying to get their clinical note dictations done during the day instead of taking them home for several more hours of work. The video…