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Ok it’s been incredibly rainy here in Seattle and I’ve forgotten how complicated it is to get to this stuff running again here’s a guide from last time The BBQ(Continue Reading)

OK, some quick notes, if you are way too focused like me on credit card savings, then the Chase Freedom quarterly bonus is pretty impressive, basically, every quarter they give(Continue Reading)

Well, I did a bad update to our Unifi system a few months ago. I forget the exact version, but basically 1.10 or a version like that was a bad(Continue Reading)

Personally, I just really have owned a lot of bike lights. Starting with the Light & Motion NiMH Metal ARC that weighed in at over three pounds, but over the(Continue Reading)

OK, this sounds crazy, but I have eight AirTags attached to my various sets of keys, even luggage, and backpacks. They really do work. I’ve been shocked at how long(Continue Reading)

I normally do not use Google Chrome or google.com because it is so invasive, so I use Startpage.com which has Google.com search results without tracking, and Vivaldi which is the(Continue Reading)

Ok, want to get super obscure, I just converted a Word document into a Google Doc. This normally works super well, but it was driving me crazy that sometimes I(Continue Reading)

Well, I’ve been using vim for a long time and it has taken forever to get something that is stable and really fast. I know most folks should probably move(Continue Reading)

OK, I’m spending the entire Memorial Day weekend writing up patents and things, so being efficient has never been more important. So as I sit here typing away, it seems(Continue Reading)

Ok, I’ve been using OBS for six months now particularly for those times when Zoom backgrounds are not enough (or when I’m using Google Meets which doesn’t have much in(Continue Reading)