Rustic Technologies

05/19/2026

I saw this image this morning and it said a lot about the trust that many are putting into AI.

Every morning when I wake up, I ask Alexa for some news, the weather and the forecast. It is seldom correct.

I have been using ChatGPT, Claude, JasperAI, DeepSeek, Grock and several others and the same question posed to each of them can yield totally different results.

What needs to be understood is that AI is not really "intelligence" but more as a broker of information.

Remember the old saying "Garbage In, Garbage Out" ?

I kind of think of AI like that in some respect.

You can ask AI about a medical condition by telling it how you are feeling and your symptoms. It thing is going to look at tens of thousands of data points in a fraction of a second and determine what is wrong with you.

But how accurate is that?

Right now, most reports put AI between 80-95% accurate. Ok, that's pretty good, but if I am trying to figure out a medical condition or something that my life may depend on, how do I get to 95% all the time and not 80%.

I know.. ask my wife. Your wife always knows everything. (sorry).

But seriously, do we want to depend on a tool to start running our lives that is only 80% correct at times?

They say that AI will take a lot of jobs away. I can see that in many aspects. Graphic Artists, architects, writers, designers, CAD/CAM and all kinds of skills where logic is an absolute. AI will do accounting better than a human, tax returns, write articles and books.

But can AI draw in years of experience? The hands on experience that one gets from doing a job for years and having seen things in real life that AI has not considered. Simply, I'd trust the person who has been there and done that, verses the computer that looked for data points to give advice.

Sure, I am having a blast with AI creating images, flyers, doing my marketing and other tasks that it has turned from hours in front of a computer to seconds. But when it comes to important stuff, not sure I am ready to give it that level of trust yet.

05/05/2026

Well, this is one way to be off grid....

I get a lot of questions about being "off grid" and not being connected to anything.

I wish that I had a good answer.

The reality of 2026 is that there really is no way to have a computer and be "off grid".

Let's look at some of the things that people use their personal computers for...

Email.... ONLINE

Shopping... ONLINE

Banking... ONLINE

Websites... ONLINE

Games... ONLINE

Streaming... ONLINE

Social Media... ONLINE

Now let's look at the things that you use your computer for that work without an internet connection...

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Most things now must be online in order to work. so going "off grid" is not really possible.

Even the new Windows 12 will REQUIRE and internet connection to even work.

At my home, our lights, air conditioning systems, cameras, alarm, and even my garage door are all online and need that connection.

Yes, I can still press the button in the garage to open the door, but the app I have makes sure the door is closed every night without me even thinking about it. Just like the my air conditioning app makes sure the house is always the temperature I want it to be and my sprinkler app checks the weather then decides how long to water the yard for.

I am a member of a few "prepper" groups and "homesteading" groups here on Facebook and everyone wants to be "off-grid" and claim that they could survive just fine without any connection to the outside world.

Ok... no power, tv or internet.. I've done it for several weeks at a time post hurricane, but to be honest, it was not fun.

I need my Facebook fix and the ability to lay in bed, call up an app and have my coffee brewing before I get to the kitchen.

For the most part, technology is progress. I chose to embrace it.

05/04/2026

Happy May!!!!!

Wow, it seems like just yesterday we were kicking off the New Year.

This year is really flying by and an incredible pace. Not sure I am totally happy about that. If I start to see Christmas Decorations at local stores, I'm going to scream!!

We are in the office this week every day except on Wednesday morning. We've got some onsite service calls then, but for the rest of the week we will be here.

We've had a few trade in iPhones if anyone is looking for an inexpensive phone, we've also got a few new laptops on the floor that we have finished refurbishing.

It will be a FREE EGG FRIDAY to kick off May as well.

04/28/2026

04/27/2026

We will be CLOSED on Wednesday and Friday of this week.

Wednesday we will be doing service calls in the area and away from the shop for the day.

Friday, we've got some family obligations.

Thanks!!

04/23/2026

Loving this cold front!!! I wish that SW Georgia could have days in the upper 80's and these 45-55 degree nights. I also wish that there were no gnats during the summer.

But I think I stand a better chance of winning the Powerball than getting those whishes answered.

There are LOTS of things going on at Rustic Technologies.

We've been going crazy fixing phones, tablets and laptops this last week. We've got nine televisions in the shop that I will start working on next week. We very much procrastinate working on televisions as they take up a lot of bench space and then occupy that space until the parts arrive. Once you've opened a 60 or 70" television, it is kind of hard to move it aside and work on other things.

Lots of watch batteries being replaced, lots of ci**rs being sold.

Rustic Technologies has taken on a really interesting direction due to the significant community support, which we are very thankful for.

We are working on several new things for the summer. As may of you know, we own Tagalong Ranch in addition to our show horses have a full feed shop on property. Some of those products will be available here in Cuthbert in the coming months.

Meanwhile, it's FREE EGG FRIDAY tomorrow and hope to see all of my locals needing some free eggs!!

04/16/2026

April Showers Bring May Flowers???

My garden could really used some rain right now as could my cistern.

We've been fairly busy with repairs this week and I've started to catch up. I've finally gotten the number of open service tickets under twenty and hope to be in the single digits next week providing of course parts continue to arrive.

We will be OPEN tomorrow and doing FREE EGG FRIDAY.

We are also taking 35% off all in stock laptops tomorrow.

Our RusticTV is up and running in the store and we have boxes in inventory. Ask about 10,000 channels for $15 a month which also includes ALL sports and movie channels. No more blackouts, every game, in every market!!

The Humidor At Rustic Technologies has some AWESOME samplers in and all include a free gift like lighters and cutters. Stop by and pick up on outstanding cigar for weekend.

04/14/2026

04/13/2026

Did you know that at Rustic Technologies we do watch battery replacement?

Perhaps you've got a bunch of watches in the drawer and none of them work? Most can be repaired the same day and we have over 1,000 assorted batteries in stock.

04/05/2026

Happy Easter everyone... We should have a normal schedule next week and be open daily..