The main thing as The Wirecutter points out is to get adapters which are solid. I’ve lost all kinds of electronics because there is arcing across the plugs. So you really want a set that is durable and really plugs right in. The big decision is whether you should get 3-prong which are safer, but […]

Wow, it’s a good thing I’ve spent time working with Raspberry Pi’s because these wifi connected devices that try to be consumer friendly are really a nightmare, here’s a set of notes on this particular product. Note that it is not their fault, it is so common for these problems to crop up: The Greater […]

This has been driving me crazy for years. But Preview has an idea about groups of photos, so if you open up a subset and then later a bigger set of photos, it opens multiple windows. The fix is pretty easy as Daily Motion points out, just start Preview and go into the settings and […]

Well this has been a strange set of events, suddenly one of our Unifi APs reports that it is in isolation mode. I had no idea what it was. The one report said that it was possible that the network cable was bad. The symptom is that you reboot the AP and it looks OK, […]

Yes you can get lots of different bands (although this Apple Watch Series 3 Nike band is actually pretty awesome, looks good and is comfortable). But as usual, there are some things you should really have according to Wareable and PC Magazine: Topvision combo Watch and USB Charger. What a good idea, combine a USB […]

Wow, while Apple may not be the revolutionary company of Steve Jobs, overall in the industry, they still lead the way on making things simpler. I used Apple Watch Series 1 initially and it was so confusing with this landscape of little tiles, but using WatchOS4 is so much more natural and the setup is […]

These cards are pretty amazing. When you pair a Chase Ink with a Chase Sapphire, you can get 5x points instead of 5% back, that is worth 11% off (assuming 2.2 cents/point). There is a $75K cap per credit card for this, but you can multiple Chase Ink cards for each LLC and for each […]

About 5 minutes after you buy a cable you will probably forget how much data and how much power it can carry. Unlike all previous generations there are all kinds of limitations as and differences that you can’t see. The basic problem is the amount of amperage and the data rates for cables differ and […]