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Make Your Smart Home Smarter With These Five Things

Image from Pixaline/Pixabay Just this afternoon, I found myself wandering through my one of my favorite stores - Best Buy. Oh man, the sweet smell of electronics greets me as the double doors open automatically. The associate says "Welcome to Best Buy!" to me, which also implies: You're welcome not to buy anything - but we know that that's not in my dictionary. I've never been to this particular branch in a long time, which means everything is quite new to me. The front row shows two or three aisles of DVDs, right after that was another couple of aisles of CDs, but then a few more aisles after is the one that got me. This aisle read, "Home Electronics." Now, now, I know that that's not a new thing. Maybe it was just weird that I felt kind of... old. I felt old because when I was a kid, all I could remember were cell phones and video games in that particular aisle. But now, home electronics. Not only did I feel old, but I also felt excited, of c

What's on TV vs. What's on Netflix: The Rise of Streaming Services

via Wikimedia Television has always been around us–– well at least for us, millennials. We've watched it grow as a medium for entertainment to a box to look at for movies. Let me reword that, we've watched it grow immensely. I mean do you still watch live television? Meaning do you turn it on just to watch HBO, Starz, TLC or HGTV? If so, step it up a little. Live a little for less! What do I mean? I'm talking streaming services here. They're all the rage. Read on and see how you too can step up your game. via GIPHY 1.) Netflix . Netflix has been around for nearly two decades now. I remember getting advertisements from them in snail mail. Almost everyone knows what Netflix is. If not, it is a streaming service for only $10.  You usually get access to new movies a few weeks after they've been released on DVD. It also acts as a channel, meaning that they have TV shows/movies exclusively on Netflix, also known as Netflix Originals. What's neat about Netfl