Ok been reading way too much about AI lately and helping folks do everything from buy a computer to getting a summer job. Some meta rules. And then some rules. Metarules Ok here are some tips. First meta rules (an ode to Zombieland): Have someone who has done it before. Doesn’t matter if they know […]

Well we’ve use the Ubiquiti Unifi’s for the last few year and have had good luck with them but now the product line is huge a little confusing, so in order from most capable and expensive to least. It is tough because all the names sound the same with all the data sheets: Unifi AP […]

Well I know that it isn’t practical, but wow, the new MacBook is kind of amazing. For $1300 you get a 256GB flash system with 8GB of memory and it is completely fanless. Most importantly it has a nice keyboard and reasonable 7 hour battery life. The main issues are: it is mid product life […]

It’s always hard to know the best time to buy things. But for electronics the main question is how rapidly the technology is evolving.  For things that are moving fast it makes the most sense to try to buy “ahead” because the software typically will end up depending on new features. For instance phones are […]

Ok I’ve been trying to be good and use the bus and run to work. One strangeness with the Orcacard. If u get down to zero balance and have autologous enabled you can actually get on the bus. Auto load only triggers if u get to zero and the refills.  It also doesn’t show any […]

Wow what a confusing set of ideas. With these modern graphical operating systems, making character or terminal applications look nice takes you back literally 40 years.  Here’s the scoop for pretty terminal colors for developers.  The default colors in vim are pretty bad. http://ethanschoonover.com/solarized has devoted way too much time to creating a beautiful palette […]

There doesn’t look like any way to create a bootable Mac Linux USB Drive from Mac OS X right now. Unetbootin, USB Linux (only works for Mac boot themselves) all fail. Rufus on Windows works and hopefully Ubuntu Disk Creator.

Ok, so if you are a real nerd, here is how to make all this work. It maybe the Holiday season but Ebay seems pretty broken. Right now I can’t buy either staples or Best Buy gift cards. Goes into cart but on checkout says unknown failure. I wish they would just say they have […]

Ok this has got to be the most underrated carrier. Their pricing is pretty amazing at $20 per user. $10 for data but no minimum. If u don’t use data they tefund you the $10 or any part of it. Most people like me end up 20% under because overage sucks so that can save […]

So you want to give gift cards, well here are some ways to stack bonuses and get some big savings according to Frequent Miler. This isn’t manufactured spend but legitimate use. The biggest problem is that the Ebay site is just very broken. For two days the Paypal connection didn’t work. And then the Paypal […]