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Amazon Fire HD 8 Android Tablet

HD8 back side

01/29/2018 The tablet started to drop signals with wifi frequently on both 5Ghz and 2.4Ghz. The apps launcher became extremely slow. I think the tablet is defective. Returned it for a different one. I need an Android tablet to play with and Samsung seems to be a great choice among tablets until I read about

Self Activation with Comcast/Xfinity Voice and Internet Arris TM822G Modem

Arris _TM822G

This new year resolution was to replace the 5 year old rental Arris TM722G from Comcast with a used/new/refurbished one from an Amazon seller for $65. I was skeptical about the compatibility and activation since I have both voice and internet with them. The instruction for self activation was amazingly accurate and easy to do.

Install Kodi and Genesis on macOS High Sierra

The new Kodi 17.6 now doesn’t support Exodus any more, Genesis seems to be the latest software for movies. The link for adding the new Genesis : //jesusboxrepo.xyz/repo/  

Mesh Wifi Network

It’s Christmas time, we want to update our Dual Band Router system to Mesh Wifi system. Our house is 2-story and 2300 sf. The current system does have some bad spots on the ground floor, and if we get the Mesh wifi, it should fix the problem. When we talk about routers, the features are

How To Install Virtual Box 5.2 with Windows on macOS High Sierra 10.13.1

Virtual Box 5.2

In macOS High Sierra, the VMware 7.x no longer supported so I have to use Virtual Box 5.2 to use Windows. Since this laptop comes with Windows 8.1, therefore it has a product ID which I extracted from RWEverything since it didn’t come with the DVD. The Virtual Box 5.2 works perfectly with macOS High