Welcome to Ember Networks, my online blog on technology, the world, and life in general. We all take on a lot of different roles throughout our lives and have to learn to navigate the world. Our parents, siblings, friends, schoolmates, teachers, and co-workers have always provided us with plenty of bits of input throughout history. …
Lather, Rinse, Repeat We all have plenty of things we do every day, every week, or on some other similar type of schedule. We all have monthly bills that need to be paid, for example. Do you turn outside lights on and off at certain times of day? How often do you back up the …
Everything Comes at a Cost Every day, we all willingly make compromises with regard to a variety of things. Many of those compromises we don’t even think about and may have simply become habits. Have you ever stopped to think about the ways in which you are making compromises and what those may “cost” you? …
How and Why Manipulating Online Feedback Ruins Your Personal Brand The What In today’s digital economy world, your online brand is a combination of your resume and your reputation. We all want to show everything we believe we are very good at and we want as many people as possible to validate our skill with …
There are a lot of people that are either very intimidated by cooking in general or are not sure how to expand what they cook beyond the most basic things for any number of reasons. I thought I would offer up a handful of things that I’ve learned over time that make cooking in my …
It has been 25 years since an event of significant magnitude shook the world. 25 years since 8:46AM, September 11, 2001. And for any of us that were old enough to have been watching any of the news that day or were anywhere near the site, it is almost certain to be a memory that …
The Initial Challenge A long time ago, I set up a home media system that includes a TV antenna and a couple of network-connected digital tuner boxes. I integrated this into my Plex and Emby setups so that within those systems I could access live programming and record it. I started with just Plex and …
What’s a DTC? If you’ve ever owned a car, driven a car, or have been around people that have owned or driven them, you have probably heard of the Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL, also known better as the Check Engine Light or CEL) and Diagnostic Trouble Code (DTC, or sometimes just “code”). What are these …
NAS Is Everywhere! It seems like, everywhere I turn, I’m reading about how people need a NAS and why it’s so important. Many companies sell enclosures with their own software: QNAP, Synology, and Asustor are just a few names you may come acrcoss. Open Source software like FreeNAS, UnRAID, NAS4Free, or Open Media Vault can …
A short while back, I wrote a number of posts that were focused on getting control of your personal finances. In one of those posts, I described the idea of spending money as a way to save money. Think of this post as a real-world follow-up to that with a concrete, simple example. Spending to …
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