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My “Pick” for today is this fantastic WD Elements 5TB USB 3.2 Gen 1/USB 3 Portable External Hard Drive.
Looking for an external hard drive that’s spacious enough to store all of your photos and files, yet fit easily into a small travel bag? This is it. (And it’s fast too!)
Click here to check out the WD Elements 5TB USB 3.2 Gen 1/USB 3 Portable External Hard Drive at Amazon.
Today’s POTD features a springtime sunrise in the Blue Ridge Mountains. I hope you like it.
Have lots of treasured photos of your own that you’d love to display in your home but you have limited wall space? A digital picture frame (#ad) is an excellent solution. Check them out!
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January’s winner will receive a fantastic Ecoflow DELTA 2 Portable 1024Wh Power Station.
This will keep your computer or CPAP machine plus a few other small essential devices powered up for hours during extended power outages.
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The drawing for this month’s prize will be held on January 31 and the winner will be notified by email. The winner will be selected at random.
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Question from Dewey: Hi Rick. I have a wiring question that I hope you can help me with.
I want to install a light fixture on my back porch and use two switches to turn it on and off. One switch will be located outside on the porch and the other switch will be on the inside wall next to the door.
My question is how do I wire this up so that either switch will control the light without having to touch the other switch? [Read more…]
Integrating dash cams with fleet software and GPS creates context by aligning video, location, time, and driving events into a single operational view. This unified visibility improves safety reviews, incident analysis, and driver coaching by replacing assumptions with clear, evidence-based insight.
Beyond safety, integration strengthens daily operations and decision-making. Centralized dashboards improve route awareness, stop analysis, and cross-team coordination, allowing fleets to act confidently and scale without data silos or guesswork.
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It’s no secret that scammers love plying their trade on social media, and Facebook is far and away their favorite venue.
Facebook scams and hoaxes come and go, but some of the most insidious ones keep popping up on a recurring basis. One of the worst hoaxes of them all has been making the rounds for well over a decade, and unfortunately it’s back yet again. [Read more…]