Apple Watch Band Organization With TimePorter
TimePorter is a product that organizes my Apple Watch band collection… eliminating the need to search for the band I want to wear.
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Author: Skip Owens
A rocket-scientist, father of 3, amateur astronomer, piano/keyboard player and soon to be sci-fi author who wears his geek badge with pride.
Review: iPhone EDC Pocket Organizer From Waterfield
Modern life with an iPhone has consolidated many carry items into the iPhone itself, but most of us still need to carry car keys, a driver’s license, and some headphones in addition to the phone. That is where the iPhone EDC Pocket Organizer comes in.
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Forté: Functional Charging For iPhone
With Apple’s recent release of iOS 17 bringing the new StandBy mode, it was a good time to review an iPhone MagSafe charging stand that supports this new feature.
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Ultra Comfort: Trail Loop for Apple Watch Ultra
After owning the Apple Watch Ultra for over a year, I finally picked up a Trail Loop, and now I’m wondering what took me so long.
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Review: Meross Smart Wi-Fi Garage Door Opener
I’ve got a lot of HomeKit automation in my house. So when our HomeKit garage door opener stopped working, it was the one automation my wife wanted me to replace right away.
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The Video Games of ‘Ready Player One’ Revisited
This is an update to an article I wrote 5 years ago on where you can play the games that were key to the plot of the ‘Ready Player One’ novel.
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Going to the Gym Without Your iPhone
When your gym makes you check in at the front desk with their smartphone app it makes it hard to leave your phone at home… but not impossible.
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Searching for the ‘Black Tiger’ 80’s Arcade Game
For the last several years I have been searching every week on the Nintendo Switch eShop in their new release section for the old 80’s arcade game Black Tiger. But didn’t have any luck…until recently.
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Commonplace Books Part 6: Automation Revisited
The addition to my previously published and shared commonplace book automation is adding in the ability to annotate the copied text from the book (highlight, underline, or write in my own thoughts on the passage) and then attach that annotated text into the Ulysses entry in my commonplace book.
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How My Family Uses Our HomePods
With Apple recently releasing and shipping the latest version of their full-sized HomePod (HomePod 2), I figured this would be a good time to share how my family has been using our two HomePods over the last few years.
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Automating the Apple Watch Ultra Action Button
Since you can trigger a Shortcut automation with the Action Button, this seemed like the obvious choice to get the most utility out of just one button.
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My Impressions of the Eve Outdoor Cam
Nothing is more important that keeping you and your family safe. That is why having an extra set of eyes watching the outside of your home at all times is a security measure everyone should consider.
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Zoop Alert: ‘Pink Midnight Presents: The Butterfly House’
Paul’s decision to infuse experiences regarding their gender identity journey into the story is a bold move, and that generally pays off for the reader when the creator has that kind of emotional connection to the source material.
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Review: ‘The Journey of Marcel Grob’ Graphic Novel
Marcel Grob’s tale is told in a very personal, story-driven way that reads more like a nightmarish adventure than a history book—even though this graphic novel is very much a lesson in history.
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Review: ‘Money Can Grow on Trees’ Graphic Novel
One of the most important practical life lessons just happens to be a subject that isn’t often taught in school or discussed much by parents…budgeting. That is where Oliver Pursche’s new graphic novel ‘Money Can Grow in Trees’ comes in.
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Review: The Apple M2 MacBook Air for Home Use
Rather than go into depth about every brand new feature and tech spec on the new M2 MacBook Air, I wanted to review the product from the perspective of someone just using it as their main home computer.
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My Apple Watch Ultra Initial Thoughts
Rather than try to write a review with such a small amount of time spent with the Apple Watch Ultra I thought it would be more helpful to address some of the questions some of you that are on the fence about purchasing an Apple Watch Ultra might have…
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Home Automation: A Day in the Life
I’ve been slowly over the years building small automations into my life so I thought I would share how I use them throughout a typical day. I hope this gives you ideas of how automation can make tasks in your day just a little bit easier like it has mine.
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The HiRise 3 Is an All-In-One Charger Worthy of Your Desk
The all-new HiRise 3 from Twelve South helps you eliminate clutter and even adds some functionality to charging by acting as an iPhone stand while simultaneously charging your Apple Watch and AirPods.
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Carry Your iPad mini in a Leather Book With BookBook
The ingenious BookBook design by Twelve South transforms your glass tablet into a rugged, portable, highly functional and protective leather-bound book (at least on the outside).
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Haul Your Cycling Gear With the Waterfield Cycling Tote
The new Cycling Tote from Waterfield is an easy bag to grab and go that is designed to carry all our essential cycling gear.
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‘Tempest 4000’ Arrives on Nintendo Switch
Hungry for some more electric death? Well, Nintendo now has you covered with the recent release of Tempest 4000 for Nintendo Switch.
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The Perfect iPad Mini 6 Case
I wanted to write about my quest for the perfect iPad mini 6 case as I suspect other people will like the case I found just as much as I do.
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Going Back to the iPad Mini
The iPad mini really is the optimally sized device for me and that just might be the case for some of you as well.
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The ‘Ready Player Two’ Playlist
About this time last year the pre-ordered edition of ‘Ready Player Two’ by Ernest Cline was delivered to Skip’s Kindle device and he spent the Thanksgiving break diving back into the world of Oasis 80’s nostalgia. Skip shares the playlist of songs he put together based on all of the music references from the novel.
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GeekDad Review: AirPods Max Shield Case by Waterfield
Like other Waterfield products I have reviewed in the past, the build quality and the attention to detail in the AirPods Max Shield case is phenomenal. You get what you pay for with Waterfield products and this case is no exception.
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A Haunted House of Home Automation
It’s all fun and games until Metallica is blaring through the HomePod in your bedroom for no apparent reason at 2am…
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GeekDad Review: RepliTronics Hotline 16000 Power Bank
If you are going to carry around a portable USB power bank, it might as well have a retro look and draw some curious looks when you pull it out of your bag.
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Where Is My Apple Watch Backup?
I’ve done this several times over the years and almost every time I run into the same problem of not being able to find my most recent Apple Watch backup with which to setup the new Apple Watch. This is how you fix it…
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GeekDad Review: RepliTronics Charge Machine USB Hub
Most families could always use a few more places to charge their devices, so why not do it with a bit of classic geek style? RepliCade Amusements is a collection of fully-playable, arcade-art masterpieces by New Wave Toys and their most recent release is the Charge Machine.
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