Published inAbout Me Stories·PinnedMember-onlyAbout Me — Chad UnderwoodExperienced online creator taking writing serious. My Background Howdy. I’m Chad Underwood. I’m a 40 year old husband and dad to 4 boys and 1 girl. Yes, five kids. I grew up in a lower middle class family in America but I’m still searching for freedom. …About Me2 min readAbout Me2 min read
Sep 27, 2022Member-onlySurround Sound: Making movies sound like real lifeSurround sound makes the movie theater experience worth the price of admission. Last year, I convinced my wife we should have a theater in our house. I had spent the preceding year learning as much as I could about theaters. …Surround Sound4 min readSurround Sound4 min read
Sep 21, 2022Member-onlyHow Bots attack using DDOSA DDOS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack uses multiple connections to stop access to a website or internet service. These attacks use many computers to complete the attack. These computers can be PC, Macs, servers, video game consoles, and even smart home devices. …Ddos Attack5 min readDdos Attack5 min read
Sep 14, 2022Member-onlyOptical Character Recognition: How text in a picture becomes usableIn 2008 a small company called Evernote made a big impact on the note taking industry. I remember installing Evernote. I would snap pictures of things I needed to remember. Then I would save them to my Evernote account. I remember this because Evernote introduced me to Optical Character Recognition…Ocr3 min readOcr3 min read
Sep 1, 2022Member-onlyDigital Minimalism: Protecting your attention and focusDigital minimalism helps minimize anxiety and find more time for the things you love. Digital minimalism requires taking a deep look into the habits you’ve formed with your devices. You need to find what you can’t live without. Then get rid of the rest. There’s 3 places you should start…Digital Minimalism1 min readDigital Minimalism1 min read
Aug 30, 2022Member-onlySystems on a chip are all over your house. But where?As you sit down on the couch, you turn on House of the Dragon. You used the built in HBO app on your TV. You know it works but you’ve never thought about how. You assume there is a computer in there. Your assumption is right. …System On A Chip3 min readSystem On A Chip3 min read
Aug 23, 2022Member-onlyFirewall: the great protector of your networkA firewall is your protection from the internet Another place you might be familiar with a firewall is in your house. When a house with a garage is built, it needs a fire rated wall. The materials used to build the walls are fireproof. These walls protect your house from…Firewall3 min readFirewall3 min read
Aug 19, 2022Member-onlyProgressive Web Apps are the future of appsThe original concept of the iPhone didn’t include an app store. Steve Jobs’s idea of apps for the iPhone was to use websites as apps. This didn’t take off. Instead, they built the app store specific for the iPhone. …Progressive Web App3 min readProgressive Web App3 min read
Aug 9, 2022Member-onlyHow headphones can sound 3DSpatial audio is surround sound for headphones. A major benefit of watching a movie at a theater is the sound. You’re able to be immersed in the movie because the sounds are accurate. The theater gives you sounds from above, in front and to the sides. This same surround sound tech is available on headphones. Spatial audio…Spatial Audio3 min readSpatial Audio3 min read
Aug 2, 2022Member-onlySANs Solved the Data Sharing ProblemSANs were created to solve data shares. In the old days, a server would host its own storage. As tech has progressed, application reliability became as issue. When your data and application is on 1 server it becomes a problem fast. …Data Storage3 min readData Storage3 min read
