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Continue reading â: Mac: Dozer, Bartender, and Menu Bar cleanup
Man, there are just too many things on the Menu bar. I bought and paid for Bartender 5 and I have to say it’s nice that it is so customizable,(Continue Reading)
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Continue reading â: Mac: OLCP Update, Sticky Trackpad and Bartender vs Dozer
OK, two quick things, I have a long post coming up on getting your Apple Home devices to work (tl;dr this is way, way, way too hard). OpenCore Legacy Patcher(Continue Reading)
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Continue reading â: tech: NordVPN Threat Protection off when using ChatGPT history
OK, a quick note, I found that on some machines, my ChatGPT session would not show any history. Lots of experimentation, but NordVPN Threat Protection blocks the history on ChatGPT.(Continue Reading)
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Continue reading â: tech: Synology RS2423+ Drive Screws needed and SSDs
I thought that I had a bad Seagate EXOS X20 drive for my new Synology RS2423+. It’s not the end of the world and it has happened before. And Seagate(Continue Reading)
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Continue reading â: photos: Getting ready for Eclipse 2024 ND10000 filters
Well, it’s time to get ready for the coming total eclipse and the last time we did this in 2017, I had a Canon 5D Mark II and got an(Continue Reading)
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Continue reading â: tech: Installing your Synology DS1824+
Ok, my new Synology RS2423+ has been sitting on the floor of my server room for months and now it’s finally time to get it running. It took a long(Continue Reading)
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Continue reading â: Tech: Transition of MagSafe 3-in-1 Chargers systems as Qi2 and power increases
Ok, here are the links, and the deeper technical issues but basically, MagSafe can charge at 7.5W, 10W or 15W and the more expensive devices support this. The bigger change(Continue Reading)
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Continue reading â: car: MagSafe Car Mounts with big Magnets
I’ve been using the ESR HaloLock MagSafe which is just $22 right now on Black Friday and it mainly works well. It is true that if you hit a big(Continue Reading)
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Continue reading â: Tech: protecting yourself from hackers
Mark told me that a buddy of his was SIM cloned and lost access to everything from his credit cards to bank to phone account, so be warned, they are(Continue Reading)
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Continue reading â: life: On Thanksgiving and of Grit and Purpose
I’m going to do a series of posts that summarize the macro environment and the changing world around us. Now I know this will be controversial (and thank god this(Continue Reading)