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Thoughts on the Crealty Ender 3 V2 after a few years.

Several years ago I was given a 3d printer by my wife at Christmas. It was a Ender 3 V2, that at the time was a newer upgrade to the older Ender 3's that were running around in the world. I didn't know a lot about 3d printing then and the main thing that grabbed my eye was that the price of the device was low enough to make it possible to get into 3d printing. Over the next several years I spent a lot of time fiddling with and getting that device setup in so that I could get decent prints out of the thing. Give that this device didn't have the option to automatically level the bed and required a lot of manual fiddling it gave me a good understanding of how these things work and what needs to be done to make sure that the prints were functional. It was however a lot  of work and the printer is finicky as hell. Overall from a learning standpoint having the Ender 3 V2 was key in learning how these things work, however given the current state of things people starting out have ...
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A long term review of, what is now a old camera.

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In around 2004 I finally got around to looking into and purchasing a updated camera to replace my film camera. I had been looking into digital cameras for years at that point and while they were neat they where either too expensive or didn't take good enough photos to make it worth looking at using one full time.  I did have a couple of smaller ones over the years, a Olympus that I don't recall the model of and a A75 that was good enough, but they were all missing the controls and handling of a "proper" camera.  When looking at options I was initially looking at a Canon option, however since none of my older film lenses would have been able to be used I did start looking into other options and at one point I was handed a Nikon D70 and the feel and ergonomics of that camera basically sold me on that specific piece of hardware.  I initially purchased the device as a part of a kit with a 18-70mm lens and eventually added a 55-200 AF-S VR, a 50mm, and a 100-300mm Sigma Le...
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New Laptops, same as the old laptops.

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So Apple has announced some new laptops and I've seen a couple of reviews about the MacBook Neo that's coming out and I have some thoughts about it. Some folks seem to be really critical about the device having a CPU that was previously used in the iPhone or about the amount of memory and storage space on the device. Some seem to be thinking that this device is going to be the ChromeBook killer given the relatively low (for Apple) price.  Honestly for me the device isn't something that is that interesting, not because it's not a good device. More because it's simply not targeted at me.  This type of device is the laptop that someone who just wants a "laptop for school" but doesn't care about the specification will pick up. They will wind up grabbing it from the Apple store withe AppleCare and will probably walk out the door just around 1000$ out of pocket with a device that should last them through the next couple of years of school or basic email and ...
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So, who am I, and why should you care?

Frankly, I'm nobody in the grand scheme of things and you probably shouldn't really care what I have to say about anything posted here. This blog is going to be a place for me to toss down random comments on things that I'm interested in and anything here is my opinion , nothing more.  Feel free to read through as I'm posting things here and if something that I post makes sense or resonates with you that's great to hear. Keep in mind however that I'm just another random voice on the internet and anything that I'm posting here should be taken with a grain of salt and you should be doing your own homework to make sure that I'm not completely off my rocker.  That said, I'm interested in Technology, Photography, and I have been trying my hand at learning Brazilian Ju Jitsu for the last several years.  On the technology side I like playing around with different types of technology, but I also don't get super excited about things unless there's a a...
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Round 2 I Guess?

Back in 2015 I originally started this up as a place to rant, toss messages around, and in General just mess about with things. Honestly for the most part it was hard to bother with keeping things updated since none of what was posted was actually anything that I saw value in.  So, second round, let's give this another try and see if something of value can't be put on this page. 
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