#the colors are a little messed up cause of our printer

[tigeristired]

I made a physically copy of my minecraft skin and now it sits on my shelf. look at the little guy :] (ft trinket shelf)

[kinghoranshit]

Just Another Normal Story (HS) - PT 1

I yanked on dark denim skinnies. Then pulled on an oversized, ugly, reindeer sweater. Tonight’s the Lowry family, white elephant Christmas. Since there were more than twenty of us, this was how we did it. 

“Nichole! People are arriving! Are you almost ready?” My mom called up the stairs. 

“Yeah!” I replied and walked out of my bedroom to look over the railing so she could see me. Then I went into the bathroom to brush out my silver, mid-length, wet hair and I did little makeup; it was just my family.  

When I reached the bottom of the stairs, I was immediately pulled into hugs. 

“How’s our little Nikki?” uncle Jeffy gushed. 

I laughed. “I’m doing alright. Got some of my own novels in the works. Started my new freelance editing work too.”

“Heard that’s not super stable,” someone commented. 

I turned around and rolled my eyes. “Writing is a career, Daren, and I’m quite good at it.”

His blue eyes laughed, but his lips pressed in a firm line. “Money will be tight.” 

“I know that.” I huffed. “Everyone keeps telling me that. Leo and my friend Sonnie are the only ones that haven’t. They trust my choices.”

“I think writing is a great career,” a deep, soothing voice stated. One that was completely unfamiliar, and British.

“Says the one who’s making music,” Daren, a great friend of our family, remarked and turned around to look at whoever it was. 

I peeked around his shoulder to see a guy the same height as him. He was obviously closer in age to me. His green eyes caused me to catch my breath. Holy fuck. He was attractive. I felt my cheeks burn at the realization that I am, in fact, wearing an ugly sweater. And my hair was still becoming an unruly mess as it continued to dry. I tried to not make my fingers running through my hair too obvious. 

Though, I felt better when I noticed he was wearing a somewhat ugly sweater as well. Green to match his eyes with grey snowflakes aligning across the chest. His hair was a little messy. Curls that looked the color of melted dark chocolate. His features were strong. I couldn’t take my eyes off him. 

His eyes met with mine and I couldn’t stop myself from changing my sight to Daren. I think my hands were shaking; I managed to fold them together to help stop my nerves. This always happened when anyone I found attractive remotely looked in my direction. 

“Nichole, this is my second cousin Harry Styles,” Daren introduced. “Harry, this is Mark’s daughter, Nichole Lowry. I feel like I’ve done my part.” A sneaky grin placed on his lips as he walked away and into the kitchen where everyone else had congregated to talk and eat. 

“Hi,” I breathed, my cheeks still burned. 

He had his fairly large hands in front of him, folded, and a cute smile crossed his lips. “Hi... So, you’re an author?” 

I nodded. “Yeah, sort of. I copy-edit for others right now.” 

“What do you write?” he asked, seeming naturally interested. 

An easy, big smile now replaced the nervous line I had moments ago. “Novels. All mostly YA mysteries and supernatural. I’ll basically write anything though.” 

A devious smirk replaced his smile. “Do you write, like, smut and stuff?”

I wasn’t going to question why he knew something like that. There were multiple reasons, but it wasn’t my business. 

I cleared my throat with a fake laugh. “You think you’re funny. Yes, sometimes, I do… What about you? You write music, right?” I was hoping to change the subject off of me. I’m not one to talk about myself. 

He brought a hand through his hair. I could almost guarantee that he had a popping bicep underneath that bulky sweater. He looked like a fantastic hugger by his stature and demeanor. I’d love to be wrapped up in them. I averted my eyes back to his to avoid any further (dirtier) thoughts. 

“I do. The lads and I are trying to make something of ourselves. Our working name is One Direction.” 

“I’m sure you’re great! What’s your main genre?” 

“Pop. A little mix of pop rock.” 

I slowly nodded. “Nice, my kinda thing. Maybe I could hear a song or two some time?”

His face brightened up like a little kid’s on Christmas morning. “Yeah, of course, love.”

My heart fluttered at the word ‘love’. I bet it was something that he used a lot on the daily considering he was british, but it was just so soft and sweet. I couldn’t help the butterflies that filled my internal organs.

I noticed the mass of my family coming out of the kitchen and gestured to them. “Later then… I think we’re starting soon.”

“Okay. I won’t forget.” 

I laughed. “Same. I’m gonna get a drink. Want anything?” I walked past him and headed towards the kitchen. For some reason, I just knew he’d follow. 

I grabbed a wine glass from the kitchen and poured some of the rose wine my mom had already opened. 

“I don’t know,” he replied. 

I raised a brow. “How do you not know? Either you’re thirsty or not.” It came out a little more snappy than I had intended and I shot him a sheepish look. “Sorry. Are you thirsty? We have water. I know a couple beers in the fridge. Rose wine. A bottle of white somewhere. Uhm… We also have some sparkling juice I believe.” 

He chuckled. It sent shivers down my spine. He rubbed his chin and it was now I noticed the rings he wore. God, those made the thoughts I was trying to suppress worse; I’ve only just met the guy, I needed to chill. But the fact he wanted to keep talking to me… Why?

“I think… I think I’ll have the rose.”

“You got it.” I reached back up in the cabinet on the middle shelf for another wine glass. The last one happened to be in the way back and I was having a hard time reaching. I felt something hard against my back and a hand lightly brushed mine before taking the glass. My face heated up furiously now at how close we were. 

I turned around and looked up into his intense eyes. I couldn’t help glancing at his luscious lips then back into his eyes. I noted he did the same. 

“Here you go,” he whispered, his voice a bit raspy, and handed the wine glass to me.

“Are you two coming?” Daren called. 

I groaned internally. “Yeah, Schumaker, we are.” 

Harry chuckled again. “He is quite annoying.” 

“You are right on that one,” I remarked and poured his wine. I corked the bottle before I picked up mine. “Ready for some fun?” 

He took a sip of his and tasted it thoughtfully, his eyebrows furrowing, “Yeah. How is it done?”  

I smiled and went on to explain it. We all got a number out of a hat or bowl and went in that order. There would be a couple rounds of the starter gifts, and then once round of the large gift. Items were locked down after the round was officially over. Families sort of became smaller teams when it came to getting certain items; we had the rule that items could be stolen up to three times before it was locked.

He tapped his chin. “Okay… I think I have it. Are we on a team?” 

That caught me by surprise. Usually, it was my two brothers, my mom, my dad, and I who are a team. When Daren came last year for his first Lowry christmas though, he just joined our team. 

“Yeah, sure. Our team also includes my two brothers Leo and John, mom, dad, Daren, and I,” I stated, pointing them out from where we sat on the carpet. My parents had a thing for naming us kids after famous actors. Leo was named after Leonardo DeCaprio, John after Johnny Depp, and I was after Nicholas Cage. They thought I was going to be a boy, thus they only changed a couple letters and still got their way.

“Okay… Uhm, not sure what to take so just tell me.” 

He was so freaking cute. He was both cute and sexy, he was basically a nuclear weapon. 

I giggled.“It’s not rocket science. Take whatever. Don’t be afraid to steal, we’re all friendly here.” 

He licked his lips. “You do know stealing is wrong?” 

“Not here. It’s all part of the fun. Seriously, don’t worry about it.” 

“Okay. Am I supposed to tell you what number I am?” 

I shrugged. “You can. Everyone will know eventually.” 

“Number twenty two.” 

“Hey!” I exclaimed, lightly whacking his arm. “I’m number twenty one, and you’re the last one. We can tag team.”

“Alright, everyone knows their number and is ready?” my aunt Dianna asked, who sat over by the massive pile of starter gifts. She always went overboard every year; she thrift shops a lot. 

“Yeah,” everyone chimed in on their own account. 

“Okay, let’s get this started!” She clapped her hands. 

***

I shook my right leg nervously. We were in the large gifts now; the final round of the white elephant. We had three rounds of the starter gifts. So far, no one had taken the gift I wanted to go for. An HP Envy 5525 printer. I knew which one it was because it’s one our family contributed. I didn’t know why. My mom knew I’d been needing a new one, yet she didn’t get me one for Christmas when it was one of the only things on my short list. 

This was the sucky part of being the second to last person. The anticipation. 

My cousin Jeremy was two numbers before me and my heart clenched when he went straight for it. Everyone ‘ooed’ after he’d revealed it, and it was now that I noticed other family members were interested. It wasn’t impossible for them to get it if they had the means. But Jeremy and his wife seemed to be smitten with the gift; it was a nice ass printer. 

I looked down at my hands in my lap, then looked back up when I knew it was the next person; Leo. Suddenly, I had an idea. Subtly, I texted him. He gave me a short nod and I let out a breath. We’d always been a great tag team. 

Leo stood up and walked straight over to Jeremy to grab it. Everyone ‘ooed’. And knowing he’d go for what Leo wanted, I’d steal from him when it was my turn. I watched as Jeremy went to take the FIFA games away from cousin David. Cousin David only laughed, eyeing all the presents. He decided to go for another large gift; there were only three left. It ended up being a toolset, which was up more his alley anyway.

My heartbeat quickened as I got up and went to Jeremy to take the FIFA games. There were ooo’s and laughs once again. I saw him look at Emily, his wife, and I mentally cursed. Jeremy took Emily’s gift and of course, she went to take the printer from Leo. 

Leo looked around and I internally cheered seeing my family plan the next moves. My oldest brother John and my mom had worked together so John could get the weight set and my mom could get the running gear. Leo took the toolset from my dad, and then he took the printer from Emily. 

I smiled widely, then frowned as she took, Jeremy’s mom, Nancy’s gift and in return she got the printer. Gah! It’s never ending! My dad looked at me and shrugged. I shrugged back. My dad went for one of the two last gifts. It was a movie, candy, popcorn basket; that worked for our whole family. It was two movies we already had though-- ‘We’re the Millers’ and ‘Battleship’. 

I looked over at Harry. “Your turn.” 

He looked at me thoughtfully and whispered, “You really want that printer?”

“Yeah, but you-”

Without hesitation he took it away from Nancy-- the last alliance for Jeremy’s side. 

He plooped back down beside me and presented it to me.“You said stealing was okay.”

I laughed under my breath. “Thanks, but now you didn’t get a large gift. I’ll wrestle my dad for that movie basket.”

“No worries, love. Your smile is enough.”

The heat came up my neck again and I forced myself to watch the end as a distraction. Nancy just took the final gift. It seemed like the large gift round was always equivalent in time with the amount of rounds we did for the starter gifts. 

Everyone who tag teamed switched their gifts around and all was right. Now, it was time for whatever before those who had to drive home did so. I might eat. 

“I’m gonna heat up leftovers, want anything?” I asked as I stood up and straightened out the sweater. 

He stood up as well and smirked. “I could eat, especially with you.”

It took a second for his words to click and I cocked a brow. “Did you just ask me out?” 

“I did.” He chuckled. It vibrated in my chest. 

“I’d love to.” I smiled before I headed to the kitchen.

Next: 2

[Masterlist]

[thetierdslytherin]

Its nice to have a friend  Spencer Reid x reader

So this is a Spencer Reid song fic based on its nice to have a friend by Taylor swift. and I saw someone else to a songfic based on this song for another character and i felt inspired. there’s mention of bullying and divorce but other than that just a fluffy fic.

Mostly gender neutral reader x Spencer but at one point the reader wears a dress

School bell rings, walk me home

Sidewalk chalk covered in snow

Lost my gloves, you give me one

"Wanna hang out?"

School was finally over as the bell rang signaling the end of the day my teacher said something but I didn't hear her. No, I'm too excited to get home. It's the first day of winter break and I couldn't be more excited. I didn't really see the point of kindergarten and most of the kids are mean.

           Anyways my mommy lets me walk home by myself alot of the bigger kids do and it's only a 10 minute walk to my house. I finally stop running just outside of the school yard where a lot of the kids color and draw on the sidewalk too icy to do it now which reminds me i'm not supposed to run because I could get hurt.

           As I look up to continue my walk home I see a kinda frail looking boy with crooked teeth and glasses too big for his face, ah Spencer he's not in my class with me but I know him cause a lot of the kids tease him and hide his stuff. I don't really know why but my parents say if you don't have anything nice to say don't say anything at all. Besides, I don't know why they do it all he really does is sit by himself and read. 

          He doesn't have any gloves on or a hat and it's snowing and I'm cold with my gloves and coat so I know he is too, maybe he doesn't have any. It's not really common to snow in Las Vegas but it's probably because the kids hid them from him. I run up to catch up with him. It's not that hard, he's not exactly moving fast, he doesn't seem really excited to get home, maybe he doesn't have anything to do. 

“Here take one of mine” I hold out one of my gloves to him so at least only one of his hands will be cold. He looks at me like he's expecting me to tease him or snatch the glove away at the last second but I guess he deems me trust worthy enough and takes it putting it on his furthest hand.

 “t-thanks i’m s-spencer”  

“I know i’m y/n you lost your gloves right?” I know the kids took them but I don't want him to feel any worse about it.

“Yeah I did thanks” he still looks really cold so I grab his hand closest to me and try to interlock our fingers so both his hands will be warm. He kinda flinches at first but then seems to accept that I'm not gonna hurt him. 

“So you won't be cold Spencer”

We walk for maybe a minute in silence before I get another idea 

“Wanna hang out?”

Video games, you pass me a note

Sleeping in tents

It's nice to have a friend

(Ooh)

It's nice to have a friend

(Ooh)

I'm now i'm second grade and Spencer is in third and ever since that day we've been best friends and do practically everything together and this is the first year without him in my grade and I miss him a lot but we still hang out everyday after school. 

          “C’mon Spencer it won't be bad I promise my parents are right inside and if you want to go you can but could you please try it”.

I'm referring to spending the night in a tent in my backyard.Sleepovers were a common thing for Spencer and I especially with his dad having left I think that's why he likes being over so much it lets him forget for a little while.Earlier this week I learned Spencer had never been camping due to his thing with germs but after a lot of begging and secret planning on my part he agreed “okay y/n but if I don't like it we can go in?” 

          I nod happily and lead him to the backyard where everyday after school I've been cleaning it and setting up a campsite in the cleanest way possible. “Did you know that 77 million american households contain a member that camps and 81% of households in America say they want to camp more?”

“No, I didn't Spence, do you have any more statistics about camping for me?’ this is one thing I love about him he can tell you something about any subject you ask him it's because of his Eidetic memory.He found out he had last year and its super cool he can remember and fact I wish I had his memory some times.

          I open the tent to reveal an air mattress with a bunch of blankets and some comic books my mommy bought earlier. It's not the big books like he likes to read but it's Marvel comics that I introduced him to a few months ago and we've been reading them together ever since.

           “w-wow y/n this is so cool, did you know the hulk was supposed to be grey in the original comics but was changed to green after a mess up with printer ink?” 

“No but i'd love to hear more comic facts”

He deserves someone to listen to him after everything with his parents and all the kids at school bullying him. I don't want him to ever feel alone. 

Light pink sky up on the roof

Sun sinks down, no curfew

Twenty questions, we tell the truth

You've been stressed out lately? Yeah, me too

Something gave you the nerve

To touch my hand

It's amazing how two people who are in such different places in their lives can still love each other so much while Spencer is the only 16 year old I know with 2 phds working on another i'm still in highschool. Not from lack of hard work though i’m graduating this year 2 years early so I can go to cal tech to be with Spencer. If i'm being perfectly honest if not for Spencer I wouldn't be graduating early but I miss him too much to stay any longer. I'm sick of highschool boyfriends and football games and dealing with the same kids who bullied Spencer for being a nerd acting like we’re best friends just because I made nice with them.

            Right now were on the roof of my house after a lot of convincing on my part to get him out here 

“Why are we out here y/n do you know how many roof related accidents happen a year?”

“No but I'm sure you do dr.” I think my favorite pastime of recent is teasing Spencer.

He's saying something to me as I nod along but I'm not paying attention to what he's saying. No, I'm too busy staring at him. 

          He's really grown into his features he still has a boyish look about him but now his jawline is very defined and his brown hair goes just past his hair curling at the ends after a long day of hanging out the gel has worn out making his hair as messy as ever and he’s traded his glasses for contacts but i still think he looks for lack of better word beautiful either way. I know I love him, I've loved him since the first day I met him and over the years at one point I guess the feelings went from platonic to romantic but I don’t tell him. I don't have to I know i'll spend the rest of my life with Spencer Reid 

“y/n y/n hello”

“Hmm, what were you saying Spence?”

“I-i’m sorry am i boring you y/n?” the worst part is he's not mad about it he looks upset like he feels bad for boring me.

“No never, i'm sorry I was just thinking” 

“About what?”

“You” why did I say that but it's fine it has to be Spencer won't care but I don't want to see his reaction to my words instead focusing on the pink orange sky 

“You know I love you right that i'll always love you”

I feel him grasp my hand interlocking our fingers and I let out a quiet gasp-but he heard it. We've only held hands twice our whole lives the first day I met him and after the goal post incident so this is well, completely out of character for him and our friendship.

“I love you too y/n”

Church bells ring, carry me home

Rice on the ground looks like snow

Call my bluff, call you "babe"

Have my back, yeah, everyday

Feels like home, stay in bed

The whole weekend

          They call us stupid-young and dumb-that well be divorced in 10 years but we love each other and known each other our whole lives hes just been accepted into the BAU at 20 he has to move to Quantico. I'm gonna go with him I can get a job i've finished my degree there's nothing keeping me here.

“Let's get married” 

“What?” it's rare that I make him speechless but this seems to do the trick.

“Why don't I love you and you love me. We've been dating for how many years now 4? I want to spend the rest of my life with you i've known that I wanted you in my life since that first day on the sidewalk I want to grow old with you and have kids and grand kids so why wait let's get married” I look up at him silently pleading with him to just agree with me.

“y/n 45% of marriages end in divorce and 20% of couples under 24 get divorced in the first year of marriage”. He’s cautious I don't blame him not after what happened with his mom and dad.

“Well this is one time i'm going to ask you not to trust the statistics. I may not know all the facts about marriage and life but i know us and i'd like to think that's enough. I don't want anything big just us we can go down to the courthouse and make it official” 

He moves over to the couch where i'm sitting and grabs my hand “yes”

          It wasn't anything big, him in the only suit he owns and me in a dime store wedding dress. The rings we have are cheap and the diamond in my hand may have been small but it means everything to me. 

          We didn't even tell our parents why his mom is institutionalized, his dad left and my parents don't approve of me leaving for Quantico instead its Spencer and I with 5 of our college friends. We both walk out of the courthouse as they throw rice at us-unnecessary but sweet of them-and get into his car driving off to go home. We aren't having a honeymoon unless you count moving to Quantico.

          He picks me up and carries me through the threshold of the apartment as he sets me down I ask “can we do our vows I know we both agreed not to prepare anything don't worry I didn’t I just want to tell you some things and you don't even have to say anything back I just need to say it. Spencer I just want you to know how incredibly proud I am of you and all you’ve acomplised and overcome even the first time I saw you I could tell we were gonna be friends.I am just so thankful to have you here right now and for sticking with me through all of the chess matches and late night adventure and stupid boyfriends and what I guess i’m trying to say is thank you for always being you I love you.”

          I look at him with tears in my eyes and with tears in his eyes too and he clears his throat “ y/n I will never be able to express how you have helped me over the years from school yard bullies to cal tech and my mom.And I know i'm not the best with words i'm better with analysis and fact but there is no fact or statistic that will let me describe how i'm love with you I am” I put one hand on the side of his face and pull him in for a kiss.

It's nice to have a friend

(Ooh)

It's nice to have a friend

(Ooh)

It's nice to have a friend

(Ooh)

(Ooh)

[cercareilgrandeforse]

1538.

Eat sushi every day for a month or eat onion rings every day for a month?  -eat onion rings...I’m not a sushi fan. 

Print off your own pictures or have them done at a store? -print from a store. I don't have a photo printer. Cook for a bunch of vegetarians or cook for a bunch of truck drivers? -truck drivers? Date the drummer of your favourite band or the lead singer? -lead singer...omg  Not have any access to music or not have any access to the internet? -no access to the internet. I have so much music on my library I’d be fine.  Listen to Tom Delonge’s voice or Mark Hoppus’ voice? -hahaha mark. Know what career you’ll have in twenty years or know who you’re going to be with in twenty years? -I’d like to know what career I’ll have? Attend an arena concert or an outdoor music festival? -outdoor festival. way more fun. Drink coffee without sugar or drink herbal tea? -herbal tea, cause I love that anyway. Can’t have coffee w/o sugaaa.

Swim in the Atlantic Ocean or Lake Ontario? -I’ve already swam in the Atlantic so Lake Ontario. Waste time on video games or computer games? -video games.

Change the colour of your eyes or the colour of your skin? -color of my eyes. Watch a truly terrifying horror movie that keeps you up all night or Twilight? -horror movie.... Be too thin or be a little overweight? -I don’t really care. I’m a little overweight now and I’m happy so. Learn how to dance from Justin Timberlake or Michael Jackson (when he was alive, of course)? -MJ Only shop at PacSun or Hot Topic? -hot topic. band tees for days. Spend money on new headphones or a new shirt? -new shirt. Have your wedding indoors or outdoors? -indoors. Play frisbee or touch football? -football. Drink beer with the guys or go shoe shopping with the girls? -beer with the guys. more fun.  Grow a flower garden or a vegetable garden? -vegetable!  Stand in line all day to see the cast of Harry Potter or the Jonas Brothers? -oh god....don’t make me choose. Receive money or a gift card? -either one.  Be the superhero or the villain? -villan... Play guitar for Metallica or AC/DC? -both Direct a big screen movie or direct a music video? -music video. Have Stephenie Meyer or J.K. Rowling write your life story? -J.K. Rowling...twilight sucked.  Watch a girl-on-girl sex scene or a boy-on-boy sex scene? -girl on girl.  Buy clothes online or have your mother buy your clothes? -online shopping is my life.  Watch a nature show about sharks or snakes? -SHARKS! Listen to hours of your least favourite band or spend hours trapped in a closet? -hours of least favorite band..it’s still a fav so it’s not that bad.. Meet online friends in real life or meet a famous celebrity? -online friends irl Eat fries with ketchup or without? -with Have a Twitter account or a Tumblr account? -twitter actually. Spend an evening with Billie Joe Armstrong or Joel Madden? -oh god....billie Joe.

Never be able to see your dad again or never be able to see your best friend again? -never be able to see my dad..I barely see him anyway.  Dye your hair blue or pink? -blue..I have dark hair so a dark blue is fine.. Wear a shirt with sexual innuendo on it or wear pants with JUICY across the butt? -sexual innuendo tee

1539.

Do you ever turn your phone off because you don’t want to talk? -yup Do you wear a lot of jewelry? not a lot, I just always have a few rings on, and a necklace. Do you like McDonald’s sweet tea? it’s alright...

Do you like rap? yeah but a lot of the older rap.. like 90′s-early 2000′s

Do you ever lay down and look at the stars? yeah...especially when it was warm out. 

Do you ever wear pink? yeah sometimes. Do you drink? yes Smoke? no Do you say “I love you” to your best friends? always.  Do you ever feel like you’re wasting your time? sometimes.  Is your room a mess? I actually just cleaned my entire house.  Are you on a laptop? yes. What’s your favorite perfume? j’adore by dior.

What is one song that you know every word to? I know every word to a lot of songs.. Tommy’s song by grayscale is my current cry song.  Don’t you hate when songs remind you of the person you’re trying to forget? yup...the worst Do you like when it rains? only if i get to stay home. Whose bed were you last in besides your own? I can’t even remember..I always stay In my own.  Are you really open, or are you embarrassed to talk about personal stuff? nah super open... Who’s the last person you kissed? my bf. What’s your relationship with that person? he’s my boyfriend. Do you know how many people you’ve kissed? I don’t have a specific number but I bet I could count it out.. Do you burn easily in the sun? no. I'm Italian so I get nice and dark. Any big plans for this weekend? Friendsgiving! What color is your bedroom? dark blue. Have you ever snuck out? many times. easier now that I live on my own..is that still sneaking out? Are you a good influence? I'd like to think so. Have you changed a lot in the past year? yeah. definitely.  Have you ever blacked out? yeah. What’s your favorite childhood memory? going to camp with my dad. I was little and my brother was younger. So my mom lied to my brother saying my dad and I were going to the store and we drove up to our camp, about an hour away and we listened to KISS and AC/DC and other good ones on the way up with the windows down. And the next morning we went to this place called Suzie’s in the mountains for breakfast..just us. That was right before my dad left. and everything went to shit.  Who do you hang out with the most? my boyfriend. Are you positive or negative? mostly positive. Do you smile easily, or do people have to earn your smiles? i smile easily. How tall are you? 5′5″. Do you regret anything you’ve done in the past 2 weeks? no. What is your zodiac sign? aries.

[amarantine-amirite]

Three Worlds, One Problem

Have you ever come across two or more things that seem completely unrelated, but aren't; and it all comes together once you have one more thing that relates them all? The best example I can think of that shows you what I'm getting at is if you have three puzzles pieces that are three different colors: blue, white, and green. They seem like pieces from entirely different puzzles, but they're part of the same puzzle. You don't see it until you have that fourth piece that links the three colors together.

In my lifetime, I've come across three things that seem totally unrelated, but actually are. The first thing is something that happened to me when I was 15 years old. At the time, I attended a school for gifted children that, for some reason, had an unusually high number of students pursue careers in the government, and the school would select a student in sophomore year at random to apply early to Duke as a government major (they weren't kidding; they sent you a pre-filled application and everything). The girl who they picked originally (Jane, her name was? Or maybe Judy?) died, and I agreed to take her place. Normally, this wouldn't be an issue, but I was just woefully bad at doing real, actual work. When I was at school, whatever I handed in would be extremely sloppy (if not incomplete) and it didn't matter one bit. They just checked it off as complete anyway.

Once I got to Duke, that wasn't the case anymore. They went over what you wrote with a fine-tooth comb. My first paper for history was about the Civil War, and what I turned in read like the plot of a stupid movie where The Beatles fought against radioactive Viet Cong sharks (no, really, I used the phrase "radioactive Viet Cong sharks" at least eighty times, if not more). I repeatedly never studied for tests, nor did I ever complete a paper before about 12 hours before it was due. I was always doing other things-be it watching YouTube, playing tennis with my roommate Ashlie (while I should've been studying for my history midterm) or writing dumb folk songs about people who wanted to ban bananas because they looked like penises (when I was supposed to be writing my history midterm) or anything else. Not only did I not get any work done, I forgot I even had work to do; to the point where I wound up on academic probation. In fact, I was teetering on getting suspended for my bad grades. I'd never been suspended before, but I'd been warned about it in the past. Never in any of my past experiences had I been warned of suspension as a consequence for half-assing it on my schoolwork, but I (at the time) didn't know that suspension was a legitimate consequence for bad grades in college. And I was very afraid.

Fortunately, I stayed. About 3/4 of the way through my first term, I pulled myself together and started doing my work for real. Gone were the badly written papers that my TA's mistook for B-movie proposals and my habit of missing midterms. Instead, I wrote eloquently, and I aced all my exams. I had legitimately changed. I had, inexplicably, changed. Why? The reasons everyone brings up ("Cassie fails to do work in class because she is defiant", "Cassie is bored in school", etc.) didn't hold water, nor did any of my explanations ("I was way out of my comfort zone", "I was woefully unprepared for university") make any sense. Whatever caused me to change my work habits for the better, it wasn't the warning of a suspension.

The second thing is the Sia song "Breathe Me". "Breathe Me" was written in 2004, and since then, it was used everywhere (I'm not joking, either. I remember being bombarded by it from movies, TV, and ads when I was in middle school). Not only was "Breathe Me" overused for a little bit, it was overused for a long time.

I'm not sure if I'm the only one who thinks this, but I seem to remember that (and this was especially true during my first year at Duke) it always reminded me of "Revolution 9" by The Beatles. The association was so strong, it couldn't have been constructed from my own memories. It could have only come from having heard one particular rendition of "Breathe Me" that was really weird. When I say weird, I freaking mean it. The piano part was played on a sitar, and there was this weird whispering thing that kept saying "right" throughout the second stanza, and there was that outro. Oh, my God, that outro. That outro was so bizarre.

Honestly, maybe I didn't actually hear it in real life. Now that I mention it, I probably dreamt it. It seems too weird to be real. Sia's lawyers would have gone absolutely nuts had somebody made a version of "Breathe Me" that was that strange. The more I think about it, the more I suspect that I might have dreamt it, because I began to associate that weird version of "Breathe Me" very strongly with wind turbines, electrical lines, and other energy related outdoor structures. To me, that just screams dream.

The thing and final unrelated thing concerns a conference I had attended about the same week I turned 16. Since I wasn't invited to the conference, I tried to lay low as much as possible. Usually, this meant that I just hung around and talked with all these financial people. I pretended to know what they were talking about, but I kept changing the subject when I got the chance. If someone said that the bank of wherever was on thin ice, I'd change the subject to how ice crystals formed. Either that, or I'd hang around eating all the cucumber slices that they have.

That said, there was one place where I screwed up. I screwed up so much, it was glaringly obvious that I was neither invited to the conference nor as calm and collected as I appeared. About halfway through some old German guy's speech about the (dim) future of the Eurozone, I just completely lost it. I actually had a panic attack that was so extreme, the speaker told me to shut up. I remember the guy's exact words: "If you panic at the thought of the collapse of the Eurozone, just kill yourself. Your life won't get any easier from here on in. In fact, you shouldn't even be here. Fuck off, will you?" That, and that, was the thing that sent me from panic to flat-out rage. I walked right up to the guy and told him to reach up his ass and pull his head out. A chase (and a flip-out) soon ensued. My God, that was some flip-out. I pushed a photocopier out a window and onto a fire hydrant.

After things cooled down, it was all over. They found out I snuck into the conference, and they kicked me out. In a fit of defeat, I went to bed. I didn't fall asleep easily that night. In fact, I was so upset that I spent most of the night thinking of dropping out of Duke and just plain going home. I was so scarred by what I did, I probably won't be able to go to a financial conference again.

Now, all three of the things that I told you (my sudden improvement in my work habits, my association of Sia's "Breathe Me" with The Beatles's "Revolution 9", and my flip-out at the conference) are completely unrelated. They're just three things that happened around the same time that have no connection to each other, right?

Wrong. There is a connection. That connection is, of all things, an episode of the girl's cartoon Winx Club.

Typically, this wouldn't make any sense. How would a cartoon connect three seemingly unrelated events in my life? Well, between the death of my high school classmate Jo (finally, I remembered her name) and the end of my freshman year at Duke, I would watch Winx like there was no tomorrow. I loved (and I do mean loved-the past tense is for a reason) Winx Club, and my obsession with the show peaked around the same time at the conference. It was right when the German guy began speaking at our conference that I stumbled across a "lost" episode of Winx Club on YouTube. Without so much as a second thought (or for that matter, a first thought), I clicked on it and watched. The title of the episode was "The Kraken", and at the time; I figured that maybe the Winx would have to rescue somebody from a giant space octopus. Well, there was a giant octopus, but nobody was rescued. If anything, everybody was more or less doomed.

This sounds like a cliche, but it's not. I remember clicking on the video and it taking almost an hour to load. I also remember my laptop crashing. After turning it off and back on again, I went back to the video. This time, it played no problem. I was so excited that I got to see the episode. Looking back, there wasn't much of a tip off that things weren't normal. The opening sequence was normal, the video didn't get stuck a second time, none of it. Absolutely nothing was amiss. Unfortunately, the normalcy ended with the title card.

The episode started sort of normal, but there was this purple tint to everything that persisted throughout the entire episode. The very first scene showed the window to Bloom and Stella's room. You couldn't really see them that well, but you could see their silhouettes. They were talking about how they couldn't figure out what was bothering Flora so much. Bloom's guess was that it had something to do with Helia (Flora's boyfriend) actually being female this whole time, while Stella's guess is that it had something to do with how she put on a few pounds. Either way, they couldn't agree on something. They couldn't even agree to disagree. Yet, their disagreement wasn't what stuck me as odd. What struck me as odd was that there weren't any scenes where you saw their faces. Either you got a silhouette or a closeup of their lower legs. I was a bit weirded out, but I continued to watch the video.

What happened next was where things started to really head downhill. While Stella and Bloom were arguing, Tecna was busy taking apart the printer at the end of the hall. Musa kept saying, "Tecna, you're not allowed to take the printer apart", "Tecna, for the love of God, stop messing around with the printer", and "Knock it off, or I'm ratting you out". Tecna completely ignored this, and continued messing with the printer until she got it to pick up the Yankee game. Meanwhile, Bloom and Stella continued arguing until Bloom asked, "Why's Tecna watching the Yankee game on the printer?" Unsurprisingly, Bloom thought this was hilarious. Again, nobody's face was shown. All you literally saw was the display panel on the printer and, eventually, the Yankee game.

The scene faded to a silhouette of Flora crying. She talked about how she was fearing for her life, that she was actually a test subject for a government experiment. She'd escaped after the power went out during a fire drill, and she mentioned that she cut off the tracker attached to her wrist before the power came back on. She'd been hiding out at Alfea ever since. As I watched this scene, all I could think of was oh, come on, enough with the conspiracy theorist rant, make your point already, but I pricked up my ears when she mentioned something called "the Kraken". As she said the word "Kraken", a strange, staticky image of an octopus splashed across the screen. The whole thing gave off a really, really strange vibe. A really, really, really strange vibe.

The third scene was where things really went down the drain. We didn't see anybody's silhouette this time, but the quality of the video went downhill. The Winx girls were in Faragonda's office, and she wasn't pleased. She was swearing at them, calling them "disgusting bitches who belong in a sewer", and threatening to beat them. Now, this is incredibly dark for a kids cartoon (and it isn't even dark in the normal way Winx is sometimes dark. To be honest, it sounded like it came from some stupid Lifetime movie about a psycho teacher). What was even more unsettling was that the girls were all wearing black masks. Some wore half masks, while others wore full masks. The masks were crudely drawn, like they were those anonymity silhouette things you sometimes see on the news. Apparently, not only did Faragonda find out about what Tecna and company did to the printer, but she got off the phone with the government scientists who worked at the research facility from where Flora escaped. Musa had ratted both Flora and Tecna out. Later, Flora and Tecna were led outside; Flora to a black van, and Tecna to a blue car. This is the part of the episode in which the weird version of Sia's "Breathe Me" begins to play. The minute I heard "Breathe Me" play, I thought oh, jeez, not this shit again. Yet, this was different. Something caught me totally off guard the minute Tecna got in the blue car. An androgynous voice uttered the following words: Take this brother, may it serve you well.

After that, I couldn't not watch it. I had to see where this 100% messed up episode was headed. "Breathe Me" resumed, and the black van pulled up to the research facility. The two drivers of the van dragged Flora out and led her into the facility. The scene eventually cut to Bloom flying towards the facility, only to get caught in electrical lines while Tecna (who's boarding a helicopter at this point) says to the man escorting her, "You hear something?" just before the scene fades out to wind turbines. As the scene fades to wind turbines, the phrase "number 9, number 9, number 9" (and, of course, the random screaming of "Right!") repeated in the background.

What happens next is probably the reason why I will never listen to "Breathe Me" (or, for that matter, anything else by Sia) the same way again. There was a close up of Stella getting struck by the blades on one of the wind turbines. Now, I never liked Stella (she was bit of a doofus), but seeing her get killed by a wind turbine just made me feel ill. Worse, there was a lot of cutting back and forth between the helicopter flying off into the night and Flora in the research facility, getting subjected to some God-awful experiment where she was injected with something that made her turn into a werewolf and lash out against the scientists. This is where the bizarre outro to "Breathe Me" starts playing. One of the scientists was about to kill Flora, but his coworkers had to hold him back. She was uncontrollable, violent, wild even. I really don't want to delve into too much detail here, but in the end, she mauled the scientists to death.

The rest of the episode was just a mishmash of Flora destroying things and the helicopter with Tecna in it catching on fire and crashing into the ocean. The sound was a mishmash, too (Seriously! At one point, a half-human-half-lupine Flora said, "Satan, look at me. Please?"). That is, of course, until the very end. The screen cut to black, and it was completely silent, with the exception of a very low frequency hum. 

At this point, a Matrix -esque sequence of letters and numbers flicker on the screen while a roboticized Tecna looks right at the camera. I will never forget the menacing red glow of her eyes as she said the following: Yes, what happened to Flora was a tragedy, and what became of Magix and Alfea was nothing short of disastrous. But, I know where everyone lives. I know how you fake sympathy, crawl away from the truth, search out cognitive consistency, and kill off our faith in humanity. I know what you do. I can watch your every move, and I can control what happens. Your insignificant little blue planet means nothing to me. I made you do these things, and I can make everything stop. I'm the Kraken, goddammit! Again, the staticky image of the octopus appeared, but it didn't just flash over the screen. It actually played a video of the octopus splitting the Earth in half, then transforming into a black hole. After that, the episode was over.

I was in shock. I thought it was a never before seen episode of Winx, but it turned out to be the most demented thing I'd ever see. What I'd just seen had ruined me. I was so shocked that I melted down. Right there. At that conference. All that work I put into laying low at a financial conference was wasted by the simple act of watching an episode of Winx Club on my laptop that scared the ever loving shit out of me. This is gonna sound stupid, but I think it fundamentally changed me.

Seriously, that one episode of Winx Club is the reason that I kicked my schoolwork into high gear 3/4 of the way into term, the reason that I associate Sia's "Breathe Me" with The Beatles's "Revolution 9" , and why I flipped out at the conference. That was the thing that tied together three otherwise unrelated events.

Oops, my bad. There were actually four unrelated things happening. The fourth thing was Jo's death. Thinking back on the episode, I couldn't help but notice the name on the byline: Siobhan Lansig. Maybe it was someone with the same name, but I kept thinking to myself, isn't that Jo? I also couldn't help but notice the description of the video Let's get a few things straight here. I'm absolutely desperate to get the hell outta here! My teachers treat me like crap, I've been bullied so much you'd think it was a joke, and I got booted out of every club for my "behavioral disorder". Here's the reason why schizophrenics are "evil": YOU ACT LIKE WE ARE. PERIOD!!! I'm taking that early admission to Duke even though my study habits are even worse than those of Cassie Oakley. After that, I'm gonna take over the world. I understand that I don't have much time left, so this is what I'm leaving behind to all them mortals here on Earth. I know I'm gonna die, and I know that I'm gonna come back. Someday, I'll be back. Siobhan "Jo" Lansig (AKA the Kraken)

Not only did Jo dying allow me to get early admission to Duke's government program, she also wrote the messed up Winx episode that shocked me into better studying. The more I think about it, the more I think that Jo did this as a personal message for me. It wasn't so much as "Do well, make me proud" as it was "Get your shit together or you're gonna get it". Jo was never my friend; she was a madwoman. If this was the power she held when she was dead, I don't even want to think about the power she would wield if she were still alive.

[rynne311]

65 Questions You Aren't Used To

Tagged by @an-all-write-life, thank you lovely!

1. Do you ever doubt the existence of others than you?

I think I may have answered this one before, but basically no.

2. On a scale of 1-5, how afraid of the dark are you?

1, maybe 1.5.  I really don’t mind the dark, but sometimes it’s the unexplained sounds that will get me.

3. The person you would never want to meet?

I don’t know if any of you watched Community, but Troy loved LeVar Burton, he was his favorite celebrity.  Even though Troy loved LeVar Burton, the most he ever wanted was a picture/autograph, he explicitly told Pierce that he never wanted to meet him.  When Pierce brought LeVar Burton in as a way to mess with Troy, he was completely starstruck and could not speak, he just sat there wide eyed and terrified of disappointing his hero, until he ran away from dinner screaming.  Long story short, any sort of media hero I have I wouldn’t want to meet because I’d probably make Troy look like a normal person with how starstruck I got.

4. What is your favorite word?

Oh boy, this is a lot of pressure! I don’t want to offend all the other words.  I’ll go with onomatopoeia because it’s kind of fun!

5. If you were a type of tree, what would you be?

An oak, I guess.  They look pretty as they change, and dropping the acorns can cause mild annoyance, which I seem to be able to do pretty easily for the friends and family around me.

6. When you looked in the mirror this morning what was the first thing you thought?

Why does it have to be Monday??(I answered this when I started working on these yesterday)

7. What shirt are you wearing?

Simple pink and gray stripes.

8. What do you label yourself as?

Nerd

9. Bright room or dark room?

Dark, it just feels kind of relaxing and like it’s time to unwind.

10. What were you doing at midnight last night?

Sleeping - I’m kind of boring and go to bed by 10:30 (usually earlier) every night, so I’m definitely dead asleep at midnight.

11. Favorite age you’ve been so far?

I actually really enjoyed ages 18-20, and 23 was pretty good too.  I’m sure I’ll hit a good stride of ages again, but until I hit that sweet spot, I’m just going to roll with it and have the most fun I can.

12. Who told you they loved you last?

Umm, probably my friend Alex telling me she loves me more after I had sent her a second reminder in a night that I love her. Or my mom.

13. Your worst enemy?

Honestly, I’m probably my own worst enemy.

14. What is your current desktop picture?

It’s the generic blue design that came with the laptop

15. Do you like someone?

In any way other than platonically, no not right now.

16. The last song you listened to?

Either “Rich” by Maren Morris or “Hotel Key” by Old Dominion on my way into work.

17. You can press a button that will make any one person explode. Who would you blow up?

If I dislike someone that much, shouldn’t they just be left to suffer...like forever.

18. Who would you really like to just punch in the face?

It would be too easy to say some of those politicians that I think are awful and spewing hate, but that’s probably who I’d want to hit the most. But then I’m putting hate and violence out there and I aspire to be better than those I wish to punch in the face.

19. If anyone could be your slave for a day, who would it be and what would they have to do?

Yeah, people shouldn’t own people. What I would be more interested

20. What is your best physical attribute? (showing said attribute is optional)

Probably my eyes or smile.

21. If you were the opposite sex for one day, what would you look like and what would you do?

Umm, I sure hope that would mean I would be tall! At least considerably taller than 5’2” and then I’d go and reach stuff on the top shelf...without a step-stool.

22. Do you have a secret talent? If yes, what is it?

If I do, it’s news to me.

23. What is one unique thing you’re afraid of?

My fears are pretty run of the mill.

24. You can only have one kind of sandwich. Every sandwich ingredient known to humankind is at your disposal.

I might just be pretty boring and say a really good grilled cheese with like a good kind of cheese like pepperjack or something.

25. You just found $100! How are you going to spend it?

If only that would cover all my loans! I’d probably treat myself to something like a new pair of heels or just save it for a bit and maybe put it towards Christmas presents.

26. You just got a free plane ticket to anywhere in the world, but you have to leave immediately. Where are you going to go?

Probably back to Spain.  I loved the four months I lived in Salamanca and want to go back! Also, my host family was amazing, and I’d love to visit them again.

27. An angel appears out of Heaven and offers you a lifetime supply of the alcoholic beverage of your choice. “Be brand-specific” it says. Man! What are you gonna say about that? Even if you don’t drink booze there’s something you can figure out… so what’s it gonna be?

I’d probably get some Barefoot Pink Bubbly, but I’d be a little suspicious of some greater ulterior motive.

28. You discover a beautiful island upon which you may build your own society. You make the rules. What is the first rule you put into place?

Everybody has to be left-handed lol, actually establishing some sort of guidance for rights and behavior, making sure that all groups are treated equally and fairly.

29. What is your favorite expletive?

Shit. As much as I curse in real life, I try to avoid it in my writing, instead opting to find other words to express the sentiment, although that isn’t always possible.

30. Your house is on fire, holy shit! You have just enough time to run in there and grab ONE inanimate object. Don’t worry, your loved ones and pets have already made it out safely. So what’s the one thing you’re going to save from that blazing inferno?

Probably one of my mom’s jewelry or memory boxes that has mementos from my late grandma in them.  It would mean the world to her and I was close with my grandma too, so I’d still be able to preserve a piece of her.

31. You can erase any horrible experience from your past. What will it be?

As much as I’d love to erase any bouts of poor mental health I’ve had in the past, I’ve learned from them and without that experience, I wouldn’t be prepared to tackle my next big challenge whatever it may be.

32. You got kicked out of the country for being a time-traveling heathen who sleeps with celebrities and has super-powers. But check out this cool shit… you can move to anywhere else in the world!

Just like in question 26, I’d probably move to Spain!

33. The Celestial Gates Of Beyond have opened, much to your surprise because you didn’t think such a thing existed. Death appears. As it turns out, Death is actually a pretty cool entity, and happens to be in a fantastic mood. Death offers to return the friend/family-member/person/etc. of your choice to the living world. Who will you bring back?

As much as I would love to bring my godfather back, it wouldn’t be fair to take him from the afterlife, or to put his wife, kids and the rest of us who love him through that pain again.  If I could open some sort of communication between this life and the next, I would absolutely offer it to him.  At least being able to communicate would probably be able to heal some wounds for a lot of us here, and I’d love for his 10 year old son to get to know him outside of the stories he hears from me and the rest of his family.

34. What was your last dream about?

Selling houses and moving...just all around kind of odd.

35. Are you a good….[insert anything you’d like here]? -  Are you a good listener?

I’d like to think I am, yes.  Recently at my weekend job, I was clocking out for the day and finished one of my purchases and the woman in front of me had a bag that was just a little too heavy for her to carry, so I brought her bag out to the car for her.  I ended up spending another 20 minutes out there with her talking, well she was doing most of the talking, and before we went separate ways she kept thanking me for listening to her.  So if that is any indication, yes I am a good listener, also it broke my heart that she felt the need to thank me for listening to her because it tells me that she really isn’t getting much of that in her life.

36. Have you ever been admitted to the hospital?

I’ve been to the emergency room twice, but never admitted to the actual hospital.  And both of those visits were within three days.

37. Have you ever built a snowman?

Grew up in New England, it’s kind of a mandatory part of childhood here.

38. What is the color of your socks?

Gray and teal

39. What type of music do you like?

Country, plus some pop and rock

40. Do you prefer sunrises or sunsets?

I’m rarely up for sunrises, but when I was in college, I was pulling an all nighter in our computer/printer room and I got the most spectacular view of the sun rising over the mountains in Vermont.  It made up for the severe lack of sleep I was experiencing.

41. What is your favorite milkshake flavor?

Chocolate

42. What football team do you support? (I will answer in terms of American football as well as soccer)

I don’t sport.  As far as American football goes, I suppose the NY Giants, but in reality it’s more of anyone who isn’t the Patriots.

43. Do you have any scars?

A few on my arms from stupid stuff while growing up, like fighting with my sister.

44. What do you want to be when you graduate?

I graduated from college 3 years ago and still don’t know.  Maybe to know and be happy and secure.

45. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

Physically - the list is kind of long and pretty personal.  Otherwise, I’d get rid of those nasty things like my anxiety and depression.

46. Are you reliable?

Almost to a fault where some people have tried to take advantage of it so they could slack off.

47. If you could ask your future self one question, what would it be?

Have you found the happy path you want to be on?

48. Do you hold grudges?

Yes, but it’s something I’ve been trying to work on.  I’ll stop and think what did this event/person impact my life and is it still important?  That’s been pretty helpful for letting things go.  I doubt I’ll ever be able to move on from things immediately, but being able to step away after I’ve had some time and choose forgiveness really does help.

49. If you could breed two animals together to defy the laws of nature, what new animal would you create?

CatDog

50. What is the most unusual conversation you’ve ever had?

Probably once when talking about childhoods and one girl brought up how she got sent to water therapy because she would insist that she was a mermaid and didn’t have legs to walk.  If I remember correctly, they thought this was her way of manifesting her fear of water, but really with her red hair, she just wanted to be Ariel from Little Mermaid.  It was definitely a wild ride of a conversation.

51. Are you a good liar?

Yes and no.  I’ve got some tells, but over the past few years, I’ve gotten much better at hiding them.

52. How long could you go without talking?

If I’m not talking because I’m mad, at least a few days.  I love talking, so if there isn’t much of a reason to be silent, I’m probably going to be talking.  There have been a few times I’ve been home alone and will just begin talking to the dogs or the cat as I’m going about my business.

53. What has been you worst haircut/style?

As much as I like them every time I get them, bangs! Within a few months I’m done with wanting to deal with the maintenance and they never looks as good as when I first get them done.  Some folks look absolutely amazing with bangs, but as a long term thing, they are just not for me.

54. Have you ever baked your own cake?

Yes! I love to bake.

55. Can you do any accents other than your own?

A little bit.  With practice I can start to imitate other regions of the US and with enough drinks, I’ve tried an Irish accent.

56. What do you like on your toast?

Butter with a bit of cinnamon sugar.

57. What is the last thing you drew a picture of?

If painting counts, and I’m going to say it does for this, then a nice riverbank landscape I did at a paint and wine studio near me.

58. What would be you dream car?

Jeep Wrangler - like Lorelai’s in Gilmore Girls

59. Do you sing in the shower? Or do anything unusual in the shower? Explain.

Not really, I’m mostly focused on getting what I need to done and getting out.  I might go through an argument in the shower while I’m washing my hair, but that’s about it.

60. Do you believe in aliens?

I guess so, but that’s more of the universe is so expansive and I think it’s a little narcissistic to think that we are the only ones occupying it.  Besides, if there are no aliens, how will Superman exist to come and save us some day??

61. Do you often read your horoscope?

I don’t, and most of the reason is I don’t believe in them. It’ll pop up in other stuff I’ll be reading, but it always frustrates me that pisces are put at the end of the list so I don’t even try.

62. What is your favorite letter of the alphabet?

R! Yes, it is my initial, but I also like doing the sign for it in my sign language class.  The sign is like you’re crossing your fingers, so it’s like R has some mystery and is keeping a secret.

63. Which is cooler: dinosaurs or dragons?

Dinosaurs

64. What do you think about babies?

They are really cute and I like getting to spend some time with them.  It can be really fun to watch someone experience so many things for the first time, especially things we take for granted.

65. Freebie! Ask anything interesting you can think of. - Worst movie you’ve ever watched?

Leprechaun in the Hood without a doubt!

I’ll tag anyone else who wants to do this! :)

[kazibug]

September ArtSnacks Review

AAAA – UUUU – AAAA !!! BOXING THROUGH SEPTEMBER!!!

… Sorry

* Not pictured: the Mystery Flavor Dum-Dum that was basically eaten before the contents of the box were fully unwrapped

So there were some really fun goodies this month, including another colorful sticker to be added to my collection, waiting for the day when its delicate skin will be ripped apart, exposing its adhesive innards, doomed to live the rest of its existence plastered to whatever surface I see fit at the time.

… too much? Eh. Well. It’s a sticker. It doesn’t have feelings.

No. NO DON’T I’M SORRY I DIDN’T MEAN IT

Ahem. Anyway. Our first tool this month is the Plumchester P4 Fineliner. This is an Artsnacks exclusive brand, so you aren’t going to find this at your local art store, or even on Amazon! (which is saying a lot these days) Like the name implies, it’s a .4 nib, which is a nice midpoint between fine and broad for lining.

The ink does feather a small bit, so the smoother and less tooth your paper has, the more success you’re going to have with this. The best quality I had with this was actually just on plain old 8.5x11 printer paper. It also stood up well to the ‘wet test’ – the paper actually started to warp before any ink bled. So yes, I’d go so far to say that this would pair well with your wet mediums!  

I actually think the coolest thing about this pen is the fun little ‘window’ that the cap has, which allows you to quickly glance at and recall how wide or fine .4 actually is. I know I can’t think of that size off of the top of my head at least.

Next is something to give one final taste of summer as temperatures are dropping into the lower 40’s F here. The Stabilo pointMax Pen Set comes with four awesomely vibrant colors to add a delicious splash of neon to your pieces. The tip is a durable nylon versus the felt that they look like they might be (though they are still labeled as ‘felt tip’) and apparently is specially designed to maintain a .8mm line width. You can also supposedly leave them uncapped for 24 hours and they’ll be just fine. Great for your local space cadet! … *looks at self in mirror*

What I find really cool about these is that the colors that come out are actually true to the pen bodies! And as it claims, the line width does stay extremely consistent. The ink is water based, so as you can see, it does not play well with the H2O

And next up we have the Mark Henry of writing utensils.

… You think I’m kidding.

THIS IS A PENCIL ON STEROIDS. It even comes with its own straight jacket so it doesn’t go into a Hulk-esque rage and destroy your city. The Alvin Draft-Matic Mechanical Pencil is the MAN’S PENCIL. With .9mm of pure testosterone, it will cause you to grow a full head of hair on your dominant hand while you bench press a car with your other. It weighs approximately 600 pounds and in order to refill the graphite you need to smash a beer can on your chest.

Seriously though, this guy is heavy. It’s definitely a high-quality pencil, and if you do a lot of traditional drafting or sketching, I’d highly recommend it, especially if you love thick bold lines. It has a grip built into the design, which for being steel, is actually quite comfortable. I enjoy being able to twist and turn and pull my pencil when I draw, so despite it working well, this is kind of a drawback for me.

There’s also a small rotating view to show which type of MANHOOD graphite you have inside of it. Very useful if you work with multiple mechanical pencils!

Now shave off your hands and clean up your mess with the MOO Professional Artist Eraser. It gets bonus points for being named a ‘Moo.’ As you might be able to tell, I sent it for a test run before I took its picture, so that’s my bad. It’s quite soft, but holds up to pretty vigorous rubbing. This eraser is interesting in that instead of leaving behind eraser ‘dust,’ the residue sticks to itself and bundles up into thick strands for easy cleanup

Like so! That’s all that was left behind after erasing those chunks

End Results:

I pieced together this fun neon/modern D.va for this month’s challenge, and while I confess I was hesitant to use such bold colors with limited blendability, I LOVE the end result of this, and it has inspired me to do more in similar themes.

This month’s box retail value basically broke even with the subscription price at a total of $24.69. These are all awesome supplies, especially with Inktober around the corner. So if you’re putting a list together of fun inks, definitely stick these on! You won’t regret it!

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What makes ArcGIS Pro so… ‘Pro’?

I think I can speak for all members of the ArcGIS Pro team when I say, one of the most common questions we get is “What is so special about ArcGIS Pro?”  In the moment, it is pretty easy to rattle off the top few things that come to mind, but this really doesn’t do Pro due justice. There are so many things that are already special and the list is only growing.

We wanted to compile a list of some things we think are advancements in ArcGIS Pro. We know the list isn’t exhaustive by any means, but that’s where you come in! Please leave a comment below letting us know what you think is an advancement in Pro.

We asked the Desktop development team to contribute their ideas. Here is the list!

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3D

One of the biggest strengths of ArcGIS Pro is its 3D integration. 3D is a great way to analyze and visualize data and Pro makes it much easier to do. 3D capabilities in Pro include

-          Linked 2D and 3D views

-          Convert between 2D and 3D in the click of a button

Animations

Another great way to visualize data is through animations. Animations are user-created simulations that walk-through camera keyframes of your maps. This functionality is available in ArcScene, but it is just better and more powerful in ArcGIS Pro, not to mention really easy to use.

I wanted to explore animations before I posted this blog because I had never done it before and after about an hour of messing around I came up with this video…

It’s not very pretty, but it’s pretty good for just an hour of trying something new! It just goes to show how easy it is.

For a more ‘aesthetic’ example click here.

Charts

Charts are another feature that were available in ArcMap but are more powerful in ArcGIS Pro. Charting capabilities are enhanced with multi-series support, filtering by map extent and selection as well as time and range sliders. Line charts also support advanced time aggregation. In Pro you can create many kinds of charts and insert them on your layouts. The charts remain live and update as your data updates.

Developer

Pro makes it easier than ever to download and install additional Python libraries using Conda and the Python Package Manager. This takes the guess work out of finding libraries that are compatible with your version of Python. Due to the new organization of ArcGIS Pro (projects, maps, etc.) ArcPy has changed a little bit, but it is easier and once again more powerful in ArcGIS Pro. Pro also provides improved database schema creating tools.

Editing

There are some major advancements within editing in ArcGIS Pro. Here are some that we came up with

-          No need to start/stop editing

-          On-the-map interactive annotation editing

-          Group Templates

-          Contextual editing

-          Editing Grid

-          Element Snapping

-          The extents from elements on the page can act as natural snapping positions allowing you to easily set up a well-organized layout

-          CAD-like editing feedback

-          Edit in 2D and see results in 3D or vice versa.

Geoprocessing

ModelBuilder in ArcGIS Pro has a plethora of enhancements including search and filtering to find specific model elements, grouping which allows you to select multiple elements and collapse them into one label-able item, and improved selection and connection tools.

Along with the new and improved ModelBuilder functionality, there are a lot of new geoprocessing tools that are specific to ArcGIS Pro and other old tools that have been ‘beefed up’ in Pro.

Layouts

Being able to have multiple layouts in one project in Pro really optimizes workflows and improves data organization. Enhanced features within layouts in ArcGIS Pro are listed below.

-          Layouts have their own table of contents –  North Arrow, legend, etc. are all objects in the table of contents.

-          Feedback when resizing elements – When you add a new element, or resize an existing element you get a feedback box telling you the exact x,y size of the element.

-          Map extents are uncoupled from layout map frames – In ArcMap when you change the extent of your map, you can inadvertently change the extent of the map in the layout. This can be bad if the map you want to print has a specific extent that needs to be kept.  To change the extent of a map frame in Pro, you must intentionally Activate that map.  Then you can reposition it, and Close Activation to maintain the extent.

-          Printer page sizes decoupled from the page – In ArcMap your page size is coupled to the page sizes in your installed printers. If you send a map to a friend who doesn’t have the same page sizes on their printer it can inadvertently change the size of your page.  In Pro, we have decoupled this so you won’t accidentally cause your page size to change.

-          Improved gird and graticules user experience – There are many enhancements to the grid and graticule experience in ArcGIS Pro, including the ability to format grid labels in many ways.

-          Insert Multiple Guides – You can add more than one layout guide to the page at a time. You can add them horizontally, vertically, or in both directions and add them in the center, offset from the edges, or evenly spaced to create a grid.

Organization

ArcGIS Pro has a project based structure. This makes it much easier to organize work as you can have  multiple maps and layouts in a single project. Project templates also make it easier to repeat projects with new data. With the 2.0 release of Pro, ‘Project favorites‘ allow for easy access of frequently-used  folder, database, and server connections to any project.

Performance

It’s just fast… it’s a 64 bit, multi-threaded application.

Symbology

These are some of the symbology advancements in ArcGIS Pro

-          Smart mapping UI for authoring symbology

-          Apply Transparency to Graphics and Text – Any color in ArcGIS pro can be transparent. You can use this to make any graphic or piece of text in your layout transparent.

-          More symbology types and richer symbology options

-          Unclassed colors symbology –  no more spending time trying to figure out the best classification system.

Tools

Many system tools in ArcGIS Pro are enhanced to support interactive feature input. Only custom-built tools could leverage similar capabilities in ArcMap.

Also, analysis capabilities from ArcGIS Enterprise (Standard Feature Analysis tools, GeoAnalytics tools, and Raster Analysis tools) are only available in ArcGIS Pro.

UI

ArcGIS Pro’s user interface is definitely an advancement. Here are some things about the UI that make it advanced

-          Context-based ‘smart UI’

-          No more remembering which toolbar to enable to get to a tool

-          No more giant pick lists of layers to change simple things like transparency.

-          On-screen navigation control (for 2D and 3D)

Other Unique Features

Like I mentioned above, this list is not exhaustive, but some other unique features of ArcGIS Pro include

-          Export of PDF –  now supports native transparency (no more jaggies)

-          New ‘range slider’ for interactive and dynamic filtering across multiple layers

-          Integration with ArcGIS Online in terms of both adding data from the Living Atlas and other sources and sharing maps with AGOL.

-          New advances in space time pattern mining are only available in ArcGIS Pro

-          ArcGIS Pro has geo-enrichment capabilities through the Enrich Layer geoprocessing tool.

-          Tasks

-          R-bridge

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Did we capture everything? What do you think is better in Pro? Leave a comment below and add to our list!

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- Tylor the ArcGIS Pro Intern

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Designer Won’t Give You The Master Files

Yes, I won’t, sorry. Sometimes I get a question about why I won’t give the original, master files to the client. Well, the answer was given by ‘Breakaway Graphics LCC’, so I won’t repeat it just show you her thoughts about it. Here we go...

Often, anaemia in design, there are requests by the client to release the layered, master files. Many clients feel a bit peeved when their designer tries to explain that the master files are not included in the final price and are not considered part of the Final Deliverables. Perhaps they are right to feel this way based on a misunderstanding of the profession and the assumption that the price they pay is for the rights to the master artwork.

One of the roles designers play is to educate the client (or public) about many things, one of these things being why Master files are not always part of the deal. In an attempt to to clear up misconceptions, I’ve detailed the main reasons behind why master files are not considered part of the package for many freelancers.

So, “why aren’t master files supplied to me, the client? That’s what I am paying for, right?” The short answer is no and here’s why:

You’re paying for the final product, not the tools to create that product. When you contract a professional graphic designer to create and deliver a brochure, that’s what you will get for your money, a fully completed, fully thought out printable (or printed) brochure. You are not paying for the history, tools or layers used to create that brochure nor are you paying for the fonts and images contained within it. Think of it this way: if you went to the hardware store to buy a drill, you pay the cashier for the drill to take home and use as-is, not for the manufacturing trade secrets, right to the mechanicals and mechanisms or for the rights to take that drill, remove the brand sticker, replace it with your brand sticker and sell it to the public for profit.

There are third parties involved that you may be unaware of. Every designer uses fonts, photos and graphic elements that are often the works of someone else. Designers spend a good amount of money (font licenses can cost anywhere from $25 to $600) purchasing licenses to multiple typefaces in order to offer you options that maybe you don’t already have and to create the perfect overall look for your collateral. We spend our capital to have access to stock imagery that must be purchased for use in your collateral. These tools are not our property but are the property of their respective creators, we have simply secured the right to use it to provide you with awesome designs. Because of this, it would be unethical and illegal for Designers to release those tools to you as we are not the copyright holders.

You likely don’t have the hardware or software to handle or manipulate the master files. Graphic files can be very large and what I can open and manipulate with a fair amount of quickness with my heavy-duty machinery, could slow your equipment down to snail speed. Assuming that you have the proper software and can open the document, what are the chances you know what to do with it afterwords? Do you know how to change the text, what color space and resolution to use, how to format it for different mediums or how to collect it for submission to printers or vendors? There is a whole host of technical junk Graphic Designers have to learn and use everyday. We’ve already put in the time to learn the ins and outs, the technicalities and techniques, so why not just let us handle it and save yourself the headache?

We worry about issues with file types. As designers we often keep track of multiple proofs, files and file types. For example, I may have a high res psd or tif file that I use for the artwork, a indd file I use for the text and layout, various files for import into InDesign, a few low res pdfs of various revisions, a high res pdf with trim marks for an offset printer, a high-res pdf without trim marks for another printer, a high res pdf with half-inch margins for in-house, inkjet printing, a low res jpg for web, and possibly several more. I know the specs, color space, technicals and use for each of these files and can easily send the one needed to various vendors if need be. What many designers worry about is that a client with all the files will erroneously and unknowingly send the wrong file, causing a headache for the client, the vendor and the original designer as usually we’re the ones who have to step in and remedy the situation. Also an issue is that if a layered file is supplied to a vendor who doesn’t have the same fonts or embedded images, the formatting and typeset can go very askew (i.e. the font will automatically change to a default font, ruining any formatting and the images will either show up as grey boxes or in low resolution and will not print properly), turning our hard work into a mess and making life harder for the recipient of the file and causing undue upset to the client.

If you have the software and technical know-how, why do you need a freelancer? The simple answer to this is that most people don’t have the specific skill-set and/or talent to do the work or that they simply don’t have the time. If you are hiring a designer simply because you don’t have the time and are looking for someone to collaborate with, then the work is considered work-for-hire and would be handled as mentioned above. Similarly, if you are hiring a design professional for their creative and technical talents with the intent to use them for the concept and initial execution but not for derivative or future works of the concept, with the purpose of making future changes yourself, you would need to work out a Work-for-hire agreement between yourself and the creative. Unfortunately, many designers face the sad fact that there are people out there who want to pay them for a stellar concept without being completely forthcoming with their intentions, then secretly hand off that concept to a novice or cheaper designer to save money. Since the original designer has done all the hard work already, the second designer gets to reap the recurring financial benefits of that design for doing little work. It’s unethical and unfair to the professional designer. Of course, if this is stated up front by the client, most designers will negotiate an additional fee or higher hourly rate to complete the work for another designer to take over. In this case, it is Breakaway Graphics, LLC’s practice to require the client to purchase all fonts, elements and photos used in the design and stipulate that once the files have been released, we are held harmless of any warranties with the design.

If you are working with a designer and would like to obtain rights to their layered/master files, just ask. Most designers won’t have an issue negotiating a price for the transfer of full copyright including layered files and are more than willing to help you secure the various image and font licenses to protect yourself from violating a third-party’s copyright. The industry standard for copyright transfer is 300% of the total bill so if you’ve used your designer for letterhead and business cards that totalled $200 in design fees, be prepared to offer him/her about $600. This will cover the loss of future income for the designer from those designs as well as the time it will take him/her to collect and prepare the documents for sale and aid you in securing licenses. If you are working with a designer who flat out refuses to release copyright without one of the above valid reasons, find a new designer.

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The Best Wireless Routers 2017 Reviews

The Best Wireless Routers 2017 Reviews

Introduction:

The Best Wireless Router Extender are devices that not only work choices and work of a router but also include of the popular qualities of a radio front entrance. A wireless router allows you distribute the globe wide web connection in your home to several of devices, for example, PC networks, notebooks, mobile phones, tablets, Internet-capable TV sets, internet-based video boxes. If your ISP (internet service provider) is your cable company, then your wireless router will be linked to a cable network, which provides your get wired to the web. For other types of support, the wireless router may in some cases be along with a high-speed internet network in only one box that your internet connection suppliers supply when you sign-up. If you do not want to buy or hire router from internet connection suppliers, you can still get one on your own.

A wireless router typically contains both wifi and wired capabilities. Corded, or Ethernet, connections are better because they are faster and less risky than wifi. They are also less insecure to interference from other devices in the home, for example, cordless cell phones and microwave ovens. The wireless router also removes the mess that wires bring.

Our chosen wires fewer routers:

Here are some of the main designs we have chosen for you.

NETGEAR Orbi High-performance AC3000 Tri-band Mesh WiFi Network (RBK50)

Netgear Orbi is one of the best wifi routers. The Orbi has one exclusive function different from other Wifi methods are that the add-on wifi extender to the main wifi router using a separate wireless router group. That is because it is not just a router, but also an extender and a signal optimization network. The kit contains two products, an extender, and a base. The wireless router has the extender and white-colored a red top.

The network helps three groups, both the common 5GHz, and 2.4GHz, plus a separate 5GHz path route not usually accessible with the 802.11 standards. You have 3GB Ethernet connections and a USB 2.0 slot. The network is made to be simple to set-up that makes it one of the most client valuable range extender devices in the industry.

Model

Recently, considerably more social media devices are being released with an exclusive design under consideration. The same with the Netgear’s Orbi Wireless router. Undoubtedly, this wireless router is a unique and various design, angular and covered with antennas. Many products can be bought with this same comprehensive design.

Communication

The interaction requirements used by Orbi are what places this network apart from competitors. Signal high-quality problems are most standardly triggered by overloading of wifi networks. Every wireless router qualities in two different groups, 2.4GHz or 5GHz002E Each group only has a particular set of applications available, determined by the 802.11 standards. If wireless routers tried to use their applications to tap into some of that unused air, they just would not communicate with any devices.

Pros:

•    Multiple Result (MU-MIMO) able

•    Multiple Feedback

•    Highly configurable

•    Fast throughput

•    Multi-User

•    Easy to install

Cons:

•    Does not have support for visitor social media

•    Limited USB functionality

•    Heavy

  Final Verdict

The large cost aside, the Orbi Product is an excellent and sure way to have a relatively large home with high-speed Wireless coverage

NETGEAR Nighthawk AC1900 Dual Band Wifi Gigabit Router (R7000)

The Netgear R7000 is a new wireless router from Netgear in more methods than one and is the best Netgear has made for home customers, more than now.

Indeed, it provides quite a lot of its cost. It is controlled by a dual-core processor that qualities at 1GHz that causes it to be the fastest 802.11ac wireless router from Netgear and among the fastest in the industry.

Model

It is sleek, angular lines and black metallic complete makes it look like something a Cylon might pilot, and its three thick and resilient external antennas add aggression factor that conveys Netgear indicates about the business. It has from the with astonishingly heavyweight  and a resilient development tends for making the biggest wireless router we have seen.

Netgear is not prepared to coordinate its competitors on theory, though.  It raises the bar on their dual-core 800MHz processors. It has 128MB of native flash memory and 256MB of RAM.

Despite a mass of game illumination (the online, power, 5GHz WiFi, 2.4GHz WiFi, 2x USB, 4x Ethernet slots, and WPS) Netgear also keeps factors elegant with white-colored game illumination.

There is a significant aspect of this design as well with Netgear choosing to front aspect side mount a USB 3.0 slot for one simple inclusion of USB storage. This will be a useful work for many, though if you completely keep two devices linked over USB, the facts it leaves just one at the rear again will sustain wires tidy harder.

Pros

•    Fastest the best possible throughput yet

•    Class significant USB network performance

•    Great throughput at 5GHz.

•    Front set up USB port

•    Full VPN capability.

•    Excellent range.

•    Wonderful QoS.

•    Sharp design.

Cons

•    Loses out at range to AC1900 rivals

•    Asus & Linksys competitors offer easier setup

•    Premium pricing

Final verdict

The Netgear hs earned it's $200 selling price with incredibly fast speed and useful qualities. In other words, the R7000 Nighthawk is made with a simple purpose: to be the fastest, with the most powerful ranges wireless router. You can use this on you little workplace.

NETGEAR AC1750 Smart WiFi Router Dual Core 800MHz Processor - Router Only (R6400-100NAS)

The NETGEAR AC1750 Smart Wireless Router with external antennas provides Wifi very quickly. With Gigabit Ethernet speed, AC1750 Wireless, and high-frequency external antennas, this NETGEAR AC1750 Smart Wireless Router provides the biggest performance in wifi protection for large workplaces or homes with more than 12 wifi devices. It has the 3x faster access than identical 802.11n technological innovation and more efficient streaming for computers and Wifi mobile phones. This wireless router has ultra-fast speed and balance needed for applications like smooth, lag-free several HD video streaming, multi-player game playing, and a protected and efficient internet connection. The NETGEAR AC1750 Smart Wireless Router also contains NETGEAR genie® home network control about home network control and set up.

With more and more homes having several Wireless linked devices, more than a dozen, reducing down all of the devices wifi speed of all devices, has become a proper issue. The R6400 has an aspect known as Airtime Value, which is made to help mitigate this. Traditionally, it would take more time to transmit a packet over a radio network to use the old 802.11 requirements, meaning that newer devices, which service a faster standard, would have to service while the wireless router first served old.

Rather than looking forward to old, more devices to reply, Airtime Value change how time is allotted to devices, allowing faster devices to downstream data at highest speed without having to wait for old devices to complete communicating. By changing the purchase and time the wireless router spends communicating with each network, it can increase the transmission capacity of every network.

Pros

•    You can access and share a USB laptop or computer printer wirelessly

•    Allows you to filter content for linked devices

•    Ideal range for larger homes

Cons

•    Outer plastic body network signifies that the wireless router may be insecure to breakages if you do not control it with care

Final verdict

With NETGEAR AC1750 Smart Wireless Router’s innovative qualities and high-class technological innovation, you will decrease interference and enjoy the efficient Wireless connection. At the cost-effective amount of $150 on Amazon, it faces some stiff competitors, but you will not be disappointed by its performance.

NETGEAR Nighthawk X4 Ultimate Gaming Router - AC2350 4X4 MU-MIMO Dual Band WiFi Gigabit Router (R7500v2) with Open Stream Service

NETGEAR Nighthawk X4 Ultimate Game playing Router is one of the best wireless routers for fastest game playing performance. Streaming with unmatched processing power, it is one of the newest and excellent Wireless technological innovation. Undoubtedly it the best wireless router for gaming with its MU-MIMO, 160MHz, and Quad Stream technological innovation provides Wireless to several devices at the same here we are at faster speed. Whether it is streaming or game playing, you are getting 160MHz bandwidth utilization that assures low-ping and best flow high quality. Enjoy biggest Wireless speed more than 2.53 Gbps and Powerful QoS, a remarkable 1.7GHz dual-core processor, delivering smoother streaming and game playing by showing priority for devices and application.

We find out home in all shapes and sizes, and with powerful antennas and amplifiers, the NETGEAR Nighthawk X4 wifi router provides Wireless protection regardless of where you link in your home. Therefore, if you use the globe wide web, you will just have to see what you get.

Access and Share Your Photos

Share and Access your data stored on a USB Drive-thru NETGEAR Prepared CLOUD USB Access. Link your USB drive to your NETGEAR Nighthawk Wireless Router for making properly secured personal cloud storage service for anytime or anywhere to access at your home. And now with the newest Kwilt development you can not only access all your pictures stored on social media, but you can now add your external USB drive as an origin of pictures so that you can search, index and share all of your pictures from your iOS Kwilt app.

Pros

•    Multiple Result throughput in examining

•    Many control configurations

•    Solid 5GHz and Multi-User

•    Multiple Feedback,

•    Good slot choice

Cons

•    Middling file-transfer speed in our tests.

•    Expensive

Final verdict

When we compare the performance of the best wireless router for home, it is outstanding. It reaches in every region of the home with beamforming+, amazing amps, and four top speed external antennas with fastest MU-MIMO performance. It has fast online high-speed streaming as well as well game playing.

NETGEAR Nighthawk R6700-100NAS AC1750 Smart Double Band Wifi Gigabit Router

NETGEAR Nighthawk R6700-100NAS AC1750 Wireless Router uses dual wifi regularity groups to transmits Wireless alerts. It has a maximum speed of 1750 Mb per second distributed over two groups. On 2.4 GHz, it has a maximum speed of 450 Mb per second, and on 5.0 Ghz it has a maximum speed of 1300 Mb per second. Both groups are capable of doing accurately to plug different devices. It is the best wireless router for gaming with all qualities, you need. However, it is also little expensive if we compare it to other AC1900 wireless routers in the industry.

NETGEAR Nighthawk R6700-100NAS AC1750 Wireless router has three external removable  antennas that propagate Wireless alerts throughout the home. It has a powerful black body network with the outstanding design. The wireless router has one USB 2.0 slot and one USB 3.0 slot to plug external storage devices. It has four LAN ports wired Ethernet connections in case you need to be hard wired and wifi connections. A fantastic wireless router has excellent protection. Be prepared have fun with 4K HD Video streaming and video streaming, web-based Actions with lag 100 % completely free speed and can share pictures, videos, and images over the wifi network with faster speed.

Extra Security

Keep your Wireless network properly secured by using WPA2 protection to help keep out any unwanted criminals. There is also Guest Networking access for guests use and relish the globe wide web, should you want to allow them to have internet connection but have your network data properly secured.

Pros

•    Fastest the best possible throughput yet

•    Class significant USB network performance

•    Front set up USB port

•    Ready SHARE Vault

•    Router Stability

•    Slick model

•    Long Range

Cons

•    USB 3.0 performance not much better than USB 2.0

•    Still looking forward to assured  features

•    Loses out at range to AC1900 rivals

•    Asus & Linksys competitors offer easier setup

•    Ports are not all consolidated on the back

•    Very expensive

Final verdict

The Netgear Nighthawk R6700 is a cinch to set up and use. With the Netgear Genie app, have the ability to control and monitor the R6700 from a network, smart cell phone or your computers and it is best suited for making changes or for tracking your network place. There is also a Wireless key to manually allow or disable wifi and a WPS key to several new Wireless customers to your network without having to log into your wireless router whenever. Overall, it is the best dual group wifi router.

ARRIS SURFboard SBG7580AC Docsis 3.0 Cable Modem/ Wi-Fi AC1750 Router

The ARRIS Board Wireless Wire Modem and Wireless dual group wifi router have the most innovative and powerful technological innovation. It is the top class network made with four-port Gigabit Ethernet and MoCA media. Use this best wifi router, watching films, gaming, live video streaming, and main computer or data file exchanges when using a laptop or computer.

Modem

Possibly the most essential component of all, the network is the backbone of your whole internet connection. Fortunately, the ARRIS Board SBG7580AC is a remarkable little unit. Using the DOCSIS 3.0 standard, it can speed 3x more than the theoretical restrict of DOCSIS 2.0.

This network is technically made for speed of 1400 Mb per second, although you will hardly ever see this in real life. The reason for this is that online speed is not that fast yet.

Router

The SBG7580AC, the wireless router is a powerful contender against even the very best customer wifi technological innovation. With upload speed more than 343Mbps, bandwidth speed more than 1.4Gbps, and Wireless speed more than 1750 Mb per second it is the most efficient Wireless router in the Board collection. You will experience no buffering or streaming problems while streaming HD films. Additionally, best of all, there are no more dead ports when you use this design.

Pros can cons

Here are some of the main benefits and drawbacks we have chosen for you.

Pros

•    Router has many qualities that can be useful for those who are looking for included security

•    Router is capable of doing as a NAS web server as well as OpenVPN server

•    Speed on all the groups is flawless without any hiccups

•    The wireless router has incredibly amazing hardware

Cons

•    The wireless router feels bulky

  Final verdict

The ARRIS Board SBG7580-AC Cable Modem/Router is an excellent value for the people who want to get the fast speed internet connection. It is powerful enough that you will be able to keep it for several years without having to upgrade. The proven truth that there is such the best dual group wifi router set up in the network is just the frosting on the cake. Usually, the wireless routers found in locations are just a postscript and offer only the minimum support needed to keep users happy. With it, this wireless router is every bit nearly as outstanding as any mid to high-level customer wireless router available in the industry.

SURFboard SB6190 DOCSIS 3.0 Cable Modem & ARRIS SURFboard AC3200 Wi-Fi Router

ARRIS Board SB6190 is the first modem-router for combo network and better in some cases than, using a separated tool and another Wireless router. The new network uses high-end elements components and even has built-in support for MoCA, which is an outstanding bonus for those looking to succeed an overwhelming wired home network using the current coaxial wires that have a TV signal to different places.

What makes this an outstanding wireless router for players are the pace benefits this design brings? Depending on the internet cabling service company making a process through the best wireless router for home will result in speed boosts more than you expectations, providing you to play games at your best online.

It is helpful with game playing Networks and Computers, and the uncomplicated procedure is pain-free. As a strict wifi hub, placed in a well-ventilated location, the ARRIS Board SB6190 can control the top speed needs of a comprehensive game player!

Pros:

•    Compatible: Players can often experience chained to their net cable service company or more particularly, their network. This wireless router is appropriate for all significant companies and many local workplaces.

•    Boosted: sharing Comcast, many customers of that service have noticed a little bit faster speed when using this wireless router for their service. Similar experiences have been noted with Cox customers.

•    Simple: Fitting this wireless router will be pain-free. Regardless of the degree of experience, pre-set elements, or net cable Service Company, this is a no-brainer when it comes to set up.

Cons:

•    Heat: Be sure to place this wireless router in a well-ventilated area: it has a tendency to warm up quickly as well as heat sink inside has been known as untrustworthy. I

•    Inputs: There are no direct Ethernet plugs for computers trying to establish a LAN connection, so make sure all devices you need to get online have a radio card. The ARRIS Board SB6190 is wifi only.

Final verdict

This best wireless router is a little bit changeable, which is best suited for DIY-oriented customers. The various antennas can be unscrewed and replaced with more time ones to increase its range, and the amazing manufacturer assurance will secure any problems that may arise from tweaking with this wireless router.

Linksys AC1900 Dual Band Wireless Router (Max Stream EA7500)

The Linksys MAX-STREAM AC1900 is the best wifi router for home. It is appropriate for your offices and homes with outstanding Wireless guests, lets you to at the same time link more than 12 devices, for example, tablets, cell phones, 4K UHD TVs and gaming Nintendo Wii. The Multi-User MIMO technology assures a simple, ongoing Wireless connection even when several devices are linked at the same time.

1.4 GHz dual-core processor – The AC1900 Next Gen can control three simultaneous data sources and still deliver superior Wireless performance and faster Wireless speed to your devices. This high quality can particularly be useful for games such multi-player gaming on the globe wide web.

Gigabit Ethernet Ports: These let you to operated together data files and they are linked to devices at speed much faster than Fast Ethernet slot. Moreover, you can easily exchange data or share devices for example picture photo printers with other customers on your Wireless network via 3.0 and 2.0 ports.

Linksys is expecting you will consider the EA7500 as a remedy for these, and other, problems. It is a $200 wireless router controlled by a 1.4 GHz dual-core processor. It provides more than 1.9Gbps of bandwidth utilization, and you can use this wifi router across several devices. That is enough bandwidth utilization to control a home filled with streamers and players.

Uninterrupted Video Streaming

You will find no more frozen screens while streaming the best films and TV shows. With Linksys MU-MIMO technological innovation, everyone can participate in sleek performance when at the same time streaming. This wifi router has a combined 2.53 Gbps Wireless speed wipe out frustrating streaming and allows faster downs.

Now read some benefits and cons:

Pros

•    Modest design with surfaces mounting

•    Rock powerful performance

•    Very fast Wireless speeds

Cons

•    Drives you towards Smart Wireless service

•    Not as quick as fastest AC1900 routers

•    Only one USB 3.0 port

  Final verdict:

Affected by problems, the Linksys EA6900 Smart Wireless-AC wifi Router AC1900 is only nearly as excellent as a single-band wifi router and hence not values its great price. You can enjoy fast speed with low-priced wifi router. 

Linksys AC1900 Double Band Open Stream Wireless router (WRT1900ACS)

The WRT1900AC is very different from past high-end wireless routers by Linksys: It is the most efficient wireless router on the industry, and it provides. The WRT1900AC have showed itself right and excellent wireless router with its amazing speed and performance. It is the fastest Wireless routers you can find in the market with its exceptional range. When hosting a storing network, Linksys AC1900 best dual-band wifi router also provides network performance equal to that of many high-end devoted NAS servers.

The wireless router has a few little shortcomings, however, for example, its outstanding cost of somewhere between $250 and $300 (around AU$280 and up in Australia), and the lack of customizations for its Wireless networks. The Web client customer interface, while structured, is also a little unintuitive, especially for network spanking new customers.

Retro design, amazing hardware

The new WRT1900AC arrives with a new design compared with wireless routers released by Linksys over the last few years. Indeed, this design reminds back to the "classic" year-old, blue-and-black Linksys design.

Of course, the new WRT wireless router now has much better elements than its past one. It is the most efficient home wireless router you can find in the industry running with the product range of a 1.2 GHz ARM-based dual-core processor and have the 256MB of DDR3 RAM as well as 128MB of flash storage. This amazing factor is even its essential speed also support third-party firmware.

Pros and Cons:

Pros:

•    It claims a cool classic design and allows fans to exchange in alternate third-party firmware.

•    The Linksys WRT1900AC Wireless Router provides amazing social media elements has excellent Wireless range helps add-on storage performance and a superb data speed.

Cons:

•    This is the costliest and probably the biggest wireless router on the industry.

•    The Web client customer interface might require some getting used to for first-time customers.

Final verdict:

 Though expensive, the WRT1900ACS' lengthy range and fast Wifi can offer fast Internet to locations in your home that other wireless routers might find out it too hard to reach. You will find Linksys WRT1900AC Wireless Router one of the best home wireless routers in the industry.

Linksys WRT AC3200 Open Stream Dual-Band Gigabit Smart Wireless Router with MU-MIMO, Tri-Stream 160 (WRT3200ACM)

Linksys provides the biggest portfolio of operating MU-MIMO solutions, for example, wireless routers and range extenders. The Linksys WRT AC3200 Smart Wireless Router works in a top speed; work rich result perfect for homes or little enterprise. MU-MIMO is creation x Wireless 802.11ac Wave 2 technological innovation helps to enhance the performance and performance of a Wireless network and devoted bandwidth utilization to MU-MIMO able client devices as if they have their devoted wireless router. With MU-MIMO, everyone and little workplace can participate in 4K and HD TV streaming or other outstanding data transfer application to several devices all at the same time.

Tri-Stream 160

Almost all of modern home wireless routers max out at 80 MHz path width, but the new WRT3200ACM is Influential Frequency Selection can allow work at 160 MHz path size in the 5 GHz group. For example, an AC1900 wireless router uses three sources at 80 MHz path size. Each stream is more than 433 Mb per second.

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Pros

•    The design is classic and will please those who do it for the aesthetics

•    The NAS performance is probably the best we have seen.

•    Wifi range is amazing and provides outstanding speed.

•    Have very amazing elements

Cons

•    The standard application is confusing for the newcomers and losing for the fans.

•    The cost might be a bother for some.

  Final verdict:

So is this wireless router perfect? Apart from some little subjective flaws like great, heavy designs, there is not much to write badly. The wireless router emerged victoriously; we haved managed to carry out without crashing. The applying experience might confuse those who are not experts and at the same time, might be losing for network fans. With that said, if you have the cash, and you are looking for the best wireless router, this one is your best bet.

ASUS RT-AC88U Wireless-AC3100 Dual Band Gigabit Router, AiCoverage with Trend Micro for Complete Network Security

RT-AC88U is Asus’ wifi newest dual-band wireless router, not to open up the best Wireless router the company has had to provide so far. It is the first home Wireless router with eight Gigabit LAN ports with support for Dual-WAN and slot gathering or amassing.

 On top of that, it has a powerful and fun-to-use Web client customer interface, some outstanding network-monitoring qualities, a built-in VPN web server, and the capability properly secured your home network from viruses and criminals. The Wireless router helps MU-MIMO, and it is specially engineered for game players. In all, I have never seen a radio wifi router with more to provide than the RT-AC88U.

You cannot go incorrect with the RT-AC88U if you are in the sell for a top-notch home wifi router with the little bargain. However, at $280, it is not cost-effective. If you have cash, though, it values the cash, especially for customers with substantial needs. It is also a better buy than other competitors, more expensive Wireless routers, the Asus’ like AC5300 wifi router. Each of these has a large cost but does not offer nearly as much.

Pros:

•    The Asus RT-AC88U wifi router has eight fast Gigabit LAN ports, rapid Wireless performance, and many useful qualities.

•    Its Web client customer interface is beautiful and customer valuable.

Cons:

 The wifi router is USB 3.0 slot is unclearly placed, and when along with a hard drive, its NAS performance is just frequent.

Final verdict

 Although Asus’ RT-AC88U is expensive and you will pay a lot for it, it has everything you would want in a radio wifi router. If can pay for expensive wifi router, my suggestion is to get this is the wifi router.

ASUS RT-AC87U Wireless-AC2400 Dual Band Gigabit Router, AiCoverage with Trend Micro for Complete Network Security

The Asus RT-AC88U justifies its above-average speed with unmatched record-breaking next-generation 802.11ac wifi performance. With four antennas and NitroQAM technological innovation, which drives speed further still, Asus RT-AC88U wireless router allows wifi performance that can break the 1GB/sec restrict. There is any little capture; you should invest in a NitroQAM wifi adaptor, for example, the Asus PCE-AC88, to see its top rate and faster speed. Coupled with the comprehensive built-in application, an excellent array of eight external LAN ports and 100MB/sec performance from its USB 3 slot, best dual group wifi router is a winner.

With another high-gain antenna for each of the four longitudinal data sources, this power-packed wireless router gives you real 4x4 multi-user MIMO wifi games. Asus Wireless-AC2400 Router is made with Ai Radar universal beam forming, for powerful multi-device performance and the wifi signal protection more than 5000'. It provides top performance for all your wifi devices, even those using old Wireless requirements. As with all ASUS social media products, you get the support with the biggest range of network compatibility, and 100 % completely free firmware updates for a while, so your wireless router will always be at the forefront.

Asus RT-AC88U wireless router has built-in for more than 10-times faster data gets in USB storage devices, laptop or computer printer sharing using USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 ports, and 3G/4G dongle support. It has ASUSWRT gui for hassle-free great network control and simple, CD-free 30-second set up.

Make Your Personal Cloud

ASUS AiCloud keeps you close to your data wherever and whenever you have an on the globe wide web connection. It links your home network an internet-based storage service, contribution you admission to your data using the AiCloud smart cellphone app on your Android cell phones, iOS, or via an individual browser URL. You can share pictures instantly to solutions like Facebook, Flickr or Dropbox directly from the AiCloud client interface. AiCloud can be linked with another appropriate wireless router to succeed your cloud even further.

Pros and cons

Pros:

•    Fastest possible wifi speeds

•    Comprehensive application interface

Cons:

•    Requires special elements to use fastest speeds

•    Expensive

Final verdict

No doubt, the Asus RT-AC88U is the best router set according to our analysis with all its qualities and astonished to see its performance. Due to its specs, it could reduce your data on Ai Cloud.

ASUS RT-AC66U Dual-Band Wireless-AC1750 Gigabit Router, AiCoverage with Trend Micro for Complete Network Security

 Fans of ASUS' RT-N66U "Black Knight" wireless router have been munching at the bit to know whether its first draft 802.11ac, the offering is a better option.

The RT-AC66U is the best wifi router, despite it is the three external antennas are low in performance, and still offer best regularity and range. It has a decorative diamond-shaped design of casing and the name group ASUS is elegantly golden color. You will also see nine small LEDs flashing on the top near the edge for the LAN ports, and WAN each wifi group, and USB network connections. When a connection is effective and ongoing, the LEDs shine a great red.

The look of the AC66U you can describe in just one word: magnificent. This impression is given by the router’s three optional external antennas and its unique angular design. Both elements fly in the face of latest wireless router trends that turn towards internal antennas and sleek, rounded finishes. The AC66U will not fade into the background, but it will sit there declaring that it signals company.

Features

One of the most stimulating features to the AC66U is its efficient flexibility since it is capable of doing as a router, wifi bridge, and wifi front entrance. Of course, the cost for connects and access points is much lower than the AC66U, but when you upgrade in the future, they will show the best performance.

In spite of the strange flash of the new firmware model, I went ahead with the upgrade. I never saw any step up from the place bar. After about three minutes, the site remained the same with no enhancement in the bar, except at this aspect, I received an immediate to login back into the wireless router.

Pros

•    The fastest wifi a wireless router yet

•    Excellent 802.11n speed and range

•    Fast, simple setup and control

•    Intuitive client interface

Cons

•    Lacks real Reasoning platform of D-Link/Linksys

•    Model not the subtle

•    No USB 3.0 ports

Final verdict:

The Asus RT-AC66U is a superb wireless router and is currently one of the best choices for the newest 802.11ac support of Wifi standard. It has amazing qualities and covers all needs of your home to use the several products.

ASUS RT-AC3200 Wireless-AC3200 Tri-Band Wireless Gigabit Router, AiCoverage with Trend Micro for Complete Network Security

It has taken ASUS quite a while to take its answer to Linksys' EA9200 Tri-Band Smart Wifi Router AC3200 and NETGEAR's R8000 X6 Nighthawk classification wireless routers to promote. However, it is finally here, so let us see if waiting around for ASUS fans has been valuing it.

The RT-AC3200, same as AC3200 wireless routers, uses Broadcom's X-Stream "tri-band" development. The Deep-dive AC3200 details are in X-Stream vs. MU-MIMO; The Coming Fight for Wireless Airtime. However, the rapid story is AC3200's key function is its potential to embrace greater total throughput out of several 5 GHz devices. X-Stream does not bring range enhancement to the party, and maximum link cost is the same as AC1900 classification, for example, 600 Mb per second in 2.4 GHz and 1300 Mb per second in 5 GHz.

The AC3200 seems to be almost indistinguishable to the AC87U with its extra antennas wired onto the right and left back corners. There are no slots on the wireless router top protected, only on the end and sides.

ASUS kept the soft red LED placement and the top end panel's undercut styling from the AC87. You cannot find yourself picking it more than clearly see the light or work LED and Wireless on/off changes unless you use the wifi router.

Pros

•    The Asus RT-AC3200 Tri-Band Wireless Gigabit Route has amazing elements and excellent performance.

•    The wireless router has many valuable qualities, for example, the capability to keep viruses from entering your home network.

•    It is capable of doing as a remarkable VPN/NAS web server.

•    Plenty of powerful features

•    Good 5GHz throughput

•    Multiple low-profile LED indicators

Cons

•    Middling file-transfer performance

•    Expensive

•    Huge footprint

•    Bulkier

Bottom Line

The Asus RT-AC3200 Tri-Band Router is a behemoth of a procedure that sports a modern design and six adjustable antennas. It is a powerful 5GHz performer, and it is streamed with qualities, but its file-transfer performance could be better. Only those who do numerous limited intensive tasks via Wireless, or who can enjoy the Asus RT-AC3200's unresolved set of qualities, will find this wireless router value the cash.

How We Select the Best Wireless Router

A wifi router is a significant portion of elements in your home LAN or local is the network. It can also be difficult and hard to keep or find out set up problems. Looking properly for the best wifi router can benefit you for those who want wifi from high-speed Internet access in the home or a small workplace, or anywhere else that wireless routers are used.

With the wifi routers connection, we are linked with several computers in our homes for sharing and installing sources have now evolved into something. We rely on many extra tasks ranging from viewing training videos stored on a PC using our tablets, to free long-distance VoIP telephone calls from our mobile phones, streaming training videos on our smart TVs, controlling our smart network, and a lot more. Besides, the one thing that connects everything together is a Wireless router. Although everyone's buying experience is different, we have some typical games to help you select a wifi router that will be an excellent fit for your Wifi network. Keep under consideration the following function to get the best wifi router.

Booster Club

You can become a member of a faster connection from net service company if you like. Unless you pay for connection speed more than 100mbps, you are unlikely to run up against the performance capabilities of most wireless routers.

The Router Limits

A wireless router with its top speed will not enhance the streaming performance of Blockbuster online and YouTube videos. Across any network, data only moves as quickly as the slowest connection. In most cases, the slowest connection for Visitors the one between your home and your workplace is frustrating.

Frequent Airbnb or Host Home guests:

If so, use visitors network, which is available with all the wireless routers we analyzed. It is the second network provides online access without having to provide guests many security passwords, giving them access to most of your network.

How Much Security Do You Need?

You should protect your wifi router using the passwords by WPA2 protection. You have to enter the password into every wifi network you use just once; afterward, the network will keep under consideration it. Security is for the most part important if you are living nearby the others, such as in a condo or a populated place of the city.

Why You Should Buy a New Wireless Router

If you have not improved to a new wifi router in a few years, you might want to consider it seriously. Specifically, the new wireless routers support new wifi social media requirements offering faster and less interference.

If you are consistently losing your wifi signal, experiencing choppy film when streaming online, or have to attend around for Web pages to complete, there is incredible poses your wireless router is having trouble checking up on your social media demands; in that case, it is the best. Here is what you should consider when you choose to buy your next wireless router. You are not getting everything your new notebooks, tablets, mobile phones, gaming networks, TV streaming boxes and other network-connected devices offer if you are using an old or out of date wifi router. That is why factors such as streaming Blockbuster in HD over Wifi just are not possible with your old wifi router.

Imagine that a procedure about the size of a salad dish can control an onslaught of requests and communicate with other solutions, websites, and devices all across the whole globe in near immediate fashion. It is amazing when you take a moment to think about it. However, it may be here we are at the reliable old Linksys, Belkin or Netgear, to join your technical trash pile in some wardrobe and desk drawer in your home.

Your old workhouse does the job but does not take advantage of the biggest technological innovation that most of the whole globe has now embraced. Old wireless routers do not have Gigabit Ethernet for high-speed plugged in capabilities, USB ports for Networked hard drive drives.

Wireless Router Features to Look Out For

During the procedure of seeking new high-speed online wireless router, often that the various designs you are thinking to find more alike, at least at you first sight. Now let me share the choices you should look for in a radio wifi router.  The manufacturers of wireless router are consistently applying new and better wifi requirements as the technological innovation becomes more fast and complicated. That is why you need like 802.11n, 802.11ac, and 802.11g; they are a description of wireless router capabilities. The standard single-home client will likely need a different kind of wireless router from the large player or media fanatic.

Here are some qualities you should consider before you purchase your next wireless router. Keep I thoughts that some of the qualities will not appear in wireless router descriptions, so you may have to find and research a modem's detailed requirements sheet, or you may find even in the manual, to see whether or not a given function exists.

1.    Dual-band Wifi

These times, the 2.4 GHz Wireless air is much popular. Wifi's 2.4 GHz group only provides three non-overlapping wifi networks, so unless you remain in the center of a cornfield, there is a fantastic chance your Wireless network is using the same frequencies as the other wifi networks closest to you, often resulting in interference as well as problems.

That is the reason of having a router that does both 2.4 and 5 GHz 802.11n can be a proper benefit. Use of the 5 GHz group is the less standard place, and the group itself provides much more elbow room as its eight available wifi networks are enough for adjacent networks to operated without stepping on each other. The only catch: You will need wifi devices that also include the 5 GHz group. Besides, a few wireless routers can 2.4 or 5 GHz operation; make sure you select one that can control both at the same time.

2.    Guest wifi network

If you frequently let guests use your wifi connection, having a wifi router that provides visitors network allow you do more securely and conveniently. Your online visitors will get they are the SSID to be linked to, and you can isolate it from your network, making sure that strangers will not have access to the local network for example Computers and picture photo printers.

Interpreting Wireless network speeds

Keep under consideration to take manufacturers’ speed declarations. For example, majority of the manufacturers list “theoretical” maximum data transfer on their boxes. You can find anything from 350 extremely attacks per second to 1900 extremely attacks per second, but you will hardly ever see it throughout perfect atmospheres in which devices, network, walls, doors, and other limitations individual your wireless router from its client devices.

Fortunately, wireless routers manufactured in compliance with the 802.11ac standard should be able of streaming a high-definition film or video over a fair range, provided there are not too many challenges in the path between the client and the wireless router .

Which Router Is Right for You

Probably every home, company, the apartment has a radio wifi router. An effective wireless router allows you to directly, link your laptop or computer to a high-speed internet network, so you interact and work together with each other data and stream media between your smartphone/Wifi devices.

Even if you could select an overwhelming wired wifi router, we will not recommend hardwired or wired wifi router and will recommend the wifi router to avoid the fear of Ethernet cable around the home. A wireless router is the best way to access the internet using your tablets or smart cell phone. Moreover, if you ever find out you must have an overwhelming wired connection; the wireless router will have a built-in change to control it. While you are at it, check out the best 802.11ac wireless routers on the industry, along with our guideline on how to protected your wifi network.

Here is a lot of range in speed, power, and procedures between wireless router designs. Here is a brief breakdown of three main stages of routers:

(N300-N600) Basic Wireless routers

This stage is correct more than six Wireless products, and it helps web-surfing, email, computer data file downloading and music loading.

(N750-AC1200) Premium Wireless routers

This stage is appropriate more than eight Wireless devices. It helps all of the options of the common stage, plus low-quality film and video loading.

(AC1600 and higher) High-Performance Wireless routers

The high-performance routers provide AC1600 and technology creation x in Wireless specifications. They include of all of the eye-catching popular qualities of the other levels, but they are also the best for multi-device loading and game playing, delivering more data transfer for the 4K loading film or video and lag-free game playing.

Which is best wifi router for gaming

If you are a serious player, you know how important it is to have the best wifi router for game playing. Even though games are meant to keep things interesting reasons, it is not all fun when a game accidents due to inadequate internet access.

This occurrence is not always taken carefully by those who are at the center of high competitive game-playing competitors. Because of this, among others, investing the time to discover the best wifi router for game playing is important.

We discover many different aspects to consider that can personal an average old wifi router from a remarkable game playing utility vehicle, and we are going to get rid of them all down here and now in our methods for the best game playing routers.

If you think you could have made that last headshot if your wifi router was just a little bit faster, then it might be here we are at you to look up the best game playing routers.

If you do not have much money to spend but still want to move to your heart’s content, both the TP-Link Archer C9 and Netgear EXO 1900AC provide efficiency at a fair cost that you can quickly control. If the prices are no issue and you remain in a larger home, however, the D-Link AC3200 and Netgear Nighthawk X8 provide highly effective signal balance at any range under any circumstances.

If you discuss with online players of the games, they will tell you that “corded is the only way to go.” So keeping all these things in mind, many improvements in the region of wifi technology has been done in the past a very extensive period. Now you can see what makes these choices some of the best wifi router for game playing you’re going to discover on racks these days.

Which are best wifi routers with lengthy range

We do not spit over outstanding routers we do over new tablets, cell phones, or TVs but, as the mind in your residence network, they are necessary. Getting rid of your included wifi router for one of the routers on our history could save you a whole fill up of complications and fits and tantrums. A significant amount is particularly important if you remain in your home rather than a set, and would ensure all areas choose the same highly efficient Wireless signal. Thanks to the development of USB ports, the best routers can now serve picture photo printers and external hard drives, while thinking support allows you even to use your smartphone to quickly mess with options.

After our 250 hours of analysis and research, we recommend the TP-Link Netgear EXO 1900AC wifi router for many individuals. We have analyzed it against nearly 30 other routers over most recent years, and it is still well known. This dual-band, the three-stream 802.11ac wifi router was not the quickest on all of our tests,  we also amazed to see its astounding range and provides outstanding efficiency for its cost-effective. It is an irresistible value.

The Netgear EXO 1900AC as costly as we think when evaluating to the other competitors, but it is faster and able of protecting a larger place than some routers that cost two to three times as much. It will also include the quickest wifi speed of almost every network we tried. No other wifi router does all this and speed as little as the Netgear EXO 1900AC speed.

Which is best wifi router for streaming

You may realize that your out of dated wifi router does not cut it. Really if you are using a wireless router provided by your phone or cable net company, you may not be aware that nothing is preventing you from enhancing to a lightning-fast, super-smart wifi router that prevents annoying insects and dropouts.

When you select a new wifi router, two things you must keep in thoughts to have a simple buying experience; 1 the region you are aiming to have the protection on, some user will be using the wireless router and how many networks will get in getting connected to it.

If you have a pre-existing wifi router, it may be getting to the aspect where it is a bit lengthy in the teeth, that it does not have the latest components or include the latest 802.11ac social media standard, which flashes faster range and speed. This affiliates to less timewasting cold web surfing and installing.

If you are stuck loading HD film sources, it might be your wifi router splitting and reducing the network speed. Even if many connection speed problems do not affect you, connection range could be a tremendous issue too. While enhancement Wireless released us from the attached connection enslavement, with it came many other concerns Best Wireless Router For Streaming Video.

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