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Continue reading →: LED, Smart home and decoder ring light bulbsWe have an old Lutron system that works well and we’ve been waiting for the turning point when LEDs are really affordable in all sizes (see below). They are supposed to last 10x longer than incandescent and be 10x more efficient although the ones we’ve used earlier have definitely failed…
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Continue reading →: Fakespot is awesomeSo glad that someone did this, but wirecutter.com uses fakespot.com to look at reviews and determine which ones are fake. Seems to work well.
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Continue reading →: Diving deep into Jira and AgileOK I’ve been resisting this, but what the heck, might as well learn how it works. So if you are off to write your first set of “requirements” using agile development with Atlassian tools, here’s a decoder ring for all these ideas like initiatives, themes, epics, stories, etc. They all…
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Continue reading →: Mac Keyboard and EmojisSomeone asked me why they do not get emoji’s properly on their Mac. OK, this caused a wasted 30 minutes of delving into Emojis. So here’s the dump: Macs will automagically convert certain key sequences into emojis and offer them as autocomplete alternatives. If you type 🙂 you will get a…
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Continue reading →: AirPods not auto pairingWow AirPods are pretty amazing, just open up the case and put it next to your iPhone and it automatically pairs. It is supposed to allow any iCloud connected device to pair as well, but some reason this didn’t work on my MacBook Pro 2017. So off to the internet…
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Continue reading →: Best Helmet lightWell we tried the Light & Motion Vis Pro and I’m sad to say it failed after three weeks. It got stuck on low brightness and there was no way to change it. Good news is that REI is awesome and you can just go there and they will refund…
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Continue reading →: Slack Notifications in iOS 11 needs a trickOk, this is a strange thing about slack as documented in Reddit. Most iOS applications have a notification list and you can turn it on and off, but with Slack, each “room” has a notification setting in the upper left (triple dots) section, you need to select notifications and turn them…
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Continue reading →: Add SSL to your Bluehost WordPress site
I’ve been meaning for a long time to secure all my websites with SSL and I thought it would be very complicated, but it turns out Bluehost actually offers this service directly, you. You just login to bluehost.com and then go to: WordPress Tools. You will see that you have…
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Continue reading →: Reward point redemptions
Well this has gotten trickier and trickier. It used to be that if you wanted to get a trip on United, then you would have to accumulate United Mileage Plus points at 1 per mile and you were off and to the races. Now this has gotten really complicated so…
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Continue reading →: Why can't I get a USB C Charger at 87 watts
Well first of all I don’t really understand why a MacBook Pro 15″ needs 87 watts (what a weird number), but also all the charges I’ve been looking at stop at 60 watts for some reason. So on to figure out why this is true. Turns out it has to…
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