Item i was attached to as a youth

Describe an item you were incredibly attached to as a youth. What became of it?

Army fatigues, what can i say. They are comfortable, have pockets and you can find them anywhere. For the most part i have not had true fatigues in a while, cargo pants in the style of fatigues are the closest i have. But again same reason, pockets, comfort and easy to find.

BLINK Security Cameras

BLINK Camera review

I have been using these cameras for a few weeks now. For the most part, they work well, but they do have some serious downfalls. I shall review the short list of issues I have found thus far.

  • The range is not stated anywhere I can find in its documentation that I have found yet, but the sync module has a range of approximately 100 feet from the router. This is an open-air range; 1 wall cut that range in half, and two walls cut it down to 2/3rds. However, this is fine for most small homes, not in my current situation.
  • Range lacks due to poor radio power on the sync module itself. Again, the module’s power is not stated anywhere in the documentation, but I suspect it is less than 1/4 of the output power of a standard router, possibly even 1/8th.
  • Lack of the ability to add an external antenna to increase the range.
  • Sync Module is vulnerable to disconnects in low or dirty power states. I have had one sync module disconnect every one and a half hours sometimes less and could not figure out what was going on. I moved the module several times, different outlets, dedicated outlets still the problem persisted. Suspected it was a faulty module, Blink support sent me a new one, still the problem persisted. Then I began suspecting internet issues and called my provider, again no issues found. I was stumped. Well since I had two sync modules I would move a camera to the other sync module. I moved my door bell camera, which is located at the perimeter gate of the property. HMMM no power there, so I hooked it up to a 20000 MAH power bank. It stayed up and running for 4.5 days on that power bank with no loss of connectivity. Mean while dropped connections still persisted on the other one. Both Modules still connect to the same wi-fi router, the only difference is power source. So I now have the second sync module connected to the exact same type of power bank we shall see what happens in the next 24 hours.

perfect space for reading and writing

Daily writing prompt
You get to build your perfect space for reading and writing. What’s it like?
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A Small off-grid cabin, 10 feet by 16 feet, big enough to live in. Nestled in a quiet, well-forested lot, away from prying eyes, but not so far away from conveniences and high-speed internet. Heated preferably by a small wood stove or pellet stove. The room should be filled with my favorite author’s books, and they should be on bookshelves that line the walls. A small round wood table about 3 feet in diameter is off to one corner, and the fireplace is in the other corner. A window along one wall that is large enough to see out into the backyard while seated at the table. The window should be adorned with floor-length curtains that can be drawn for privacy, preferably black; if not, red, old gold rope sashes, the kind with tassels at the end for either color. Lighting should be dimmable LEDs that have an antique, possibly Edison light-type design augmented by candle sconces. The table in itself should be a pedestal design allowing a person to sit anywhere without having to battle table legs, and as mentioned previously round to avoid corners.

All I can think of for now but may come back to this one later and add to it.