The Sony a7R III Alpha Mirrorless Camera is an amazingly powerful, high resolution, full frame mirrorless camera with a million configurable settings. This article outlines my personal best settings to get the most out of the Sony a7R III:
Blue Iris enables you to create a private, powerful, and economical video surveillance server – capturing video, alerting on motion/sound, and more from your IP and web cameras. But without the right configuration, your Blue Iris server can slow to a crawl. This article will give you some tips on...
The backrest of the BMW i3 driver and passenger seats has a thin, glued on fabric center that’s vulnerable to staining, ripping, and disconnecting. This article will show you how to repair the BMW i3 Seat backrest fabric. Get yourself some molding and trim removal tools if you do not...
BMW’s iDrive system provides one of the industry’s best in car access to entertainment, navigation, text messaging, and more. Despite its advancements, it is no match for the power of a cell phone which is able to run an endless library of navigation apps like Waze or Google/Apple Maps, media...
The number of accessories, tweaks, hacks, upgrades, etc to the BMW i3 seems endless. This is an extremely tweak able car with a large community of enthusiasts behind it. Here is a collective list of various accessories and tweaks I’ve found and may complete at some point: Accessories ☐...
This is a directory of terms specifically for the BMW i3. Hopefully it be useful to potential or new owners. Feel free to submit a new term/definition by clicking on the “submit a name” link.
ZWave is wireless technology used in home automation products like lights, switches, sensors, and more. It works by pairing ZWave devices to a ZWave controller. This article describes how to setup ZWave on Home Assistant (setup the controller, pair devices, control devices, and renaming devices). Parts: Aeon Labs Aeotec Z-Wave Z-Stick, Gen5...
Here are some quick steps to setting up a new Raspberry Pi: Format your SD card with MS-DOS (FAT) This is a critical step if you are on a Mac or if you have an SD card larger than 32GB. Download and extract the Noobs offline and network installer Copy...
A squished or stretched video can ruin one’s viewing experience. Normally correcting bad aspect ratios involves manually changing your TV, computer, or application’s aspect ratio or at worst case re-encoding the entire video. This article describes how to permanently change the aspect ratio of any MP4/M4V video within seconds. Download,...
This video shows you how to use and modify an iPhone 5 dock to fit your new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus with any case.