Antenna TV: All Through the House

Cutting the cord isn’t just for the living room.

I was in high school before my parents grudgingly bought a color TV. Back then a television was a piece of furniture, and any family who owned more than one… well that was pretty high class. Today it’s hard to imagine a modern home with less than three TV sets!

Gather 'round the TV!

All those screens in the modern home can be a challenge for cordcutters. Free digital TV broadcasts and the plethora of streaming services make it easier than ever to ditch expensive cable bills. But to get a stable signal of free over-the-air TV often requires mounting an antenna on your roof or in the attic.

Next problem: How to share that signal amongst a number of televisions throughout the house? That typically requires a splitter and/or amplifier to maintain a usable signal. Unfortunately that’s a finicky solution depending on the number of TVs and length of coax cable you’re dealing with. Seems like there ought to be a wireless solution?

There is.

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Airhead Love

Over the years I’ve owned a slew of wheeled mechanical contraptions. Cars, bikes, scooters— mostly of the European persuasion, some quite nice, others.. not so much. I enjoy restoring and tuning on them. Many years ago my fascination was Italian cars. Lately it’s been German motorcycles.

I bought my first BMW about 20 years ago. I’m now on my sixth, all of which have been R-bikes with the distinctive “boxer” engine. But the most recent is a classic BMW motorcycle from 1984, and very different from the fuel injected, ABS-equipped machines I have previously owned.

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Easy Trackback

How’d those @!#&~ get my email address?!?

Ever asked yourself this question?

Old-fashioned email might seem quaint in this age of social media and Web 2.0.. or 3 or whatever we’re up to. Believe it or not, some of us still enjoy perusing the latest emails with their morning coffee. What is not enjoyable is finding a bunch of crap you didn’t sign up for!

Here’s a little-known trick that can help Gmail users track who is sharing their information.

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