My hometown was hit with Ransomware

by | Sep 3, 2020 | Cybersecurity

Note: I have no affiliation with the City of Rocky Mount and have no insider knowledge outside what has been made publicly available either by press release or interviews with city officials. On August 14, 2020, my hometown of Rocky Mount, NC experienced a ransomware...
My eulogy for Dad

My eulogy for Dad

by | Jun 16, 2019 | Culture, My Life

My dad passed away on November 21, 2018. This is the eulogy I gave during his funeral. Many of you knew Greg as your manager, your car salesman, your team member, your golfing buddy, your neighbor, your uncle, your cousin, your nephew, your granddad and most of all...

Mac Pro: Workstation vs Desktop

by | Jun 4, 2019 | Apple

I keep seeing this comment – “The new Mac Pro is so expensive, typical Apple.” Reality Check: It is expensive but not for the level of computing. In computing, you have two main types of user systems – desktop and workstation. Desktops are the...

Modern Day Communication

by | Jun 1, 2019 | Culture

I hear it all the time, ”kids these days don’t know how to communicate because they are always on their phones” Newsflash, that is called communication, it just looks different. Just because someone communicates differently than you does not mean they are...

Right to Repair

by | May 30, 2019 | Apple, Tech

The device repair industry, pushed by iFixit, is talking out both sides of their mouth about repairability. Being able to repair every device you own is a great idea but in practice falls apart when consumers demand – thin, light, durable and long battery life....

Butterfly Keyboard Craziness

by | May 22, 2019 | Apple

I love Apple products but this is crazy. In 2016 Apple released a brand new keyboard with a new key switch design referred to as butterfly switches (the plastic that holds key in place and allows key to move up and down). The reliability of these keyboards has been,...

Let’s talk about 5G

by | May 21, 2019 | Mobile

The reported gigabit per second speeds have some serious limitations. Must be a direct line of sight to the base stationMust be within a few hundred yards of the base stationIt doesn’t work indoors as it does not penetrate walls. Overall, 5G will be an...

Tech as a tool

by | May 11, 2019 | Culture, Tech

Before jumping on the turning off tech bandwagon think about this statement – technology is to be a tool to accomplish a task in a simple and efficient manner. Just as a hammer helps hit a nail into a board, so does technology help spread information or simplify...

A Dad with kids in public is not brave, it’s normal

by | May 3, 2019 | Culture

Almost every time I take all 4 (soon to be 5) of our kids somewhere by myself I get the same response. “you are brave to do that as most dads would not.” While I appreciate the compliment it deeply concerns me that a Dad taking his multiple kids places is not...