I can’t quite believe I lived without a 12″ iPad for so long. Finally got one after they put faceid into it. They are about to update it again with a third camera, so it is best to hold off, but when they do announce it here are the things that you should get for […]

Ugh, this is one of the nightmares of having lots of frequent flyer and hotel programs. This is the untold story of my life. I don’t know how many zillions of points and miles I’ve lost by not paying attention. Here are the tricks: Sign up for AwardWallet. They often have sales, but for about […]

In 2017, we got a bed online via Amazon. It turned out to be a great purchase with great satisfaction. So now it’s time to refresh the analysis and see what has changed. Using both Amazon reviews filtered by Fakespot.com we see: Nod for Needle & Tufts Full Sized. They were one of the pioneers […]

Mark just asked about VPNs and here’s the quick scoop. First is that the main reason to get a VPN is for privacy reasons. There are really two choices. If you want your own personal VPN server, I’m not sure $20/month is the cheapest but some folks are offering preconfigured personal servers. The advantage is […]

OK here is a strange one. On one of my MacBooks, suddenly neither Authy nor 1Password One Time Passwords were working. They would be completely different from my other devices. After spending time with Authy support and not being able to find anything, I saw one strange thing. The clock on my MacBook was off […]

Why does every device have their own idiosyncrasies on this? Ok, here are the instructions for a Sony WH-1000MX. Turn the thing off with the power button Press and hold the button for seven seconds Look for the blue LED to blink rapid twice, then wait, then twice again. If the headphone is just one […]

Ok this is confusing, in the old days a PAR30 meant and halogen light that was 30 1/8″ of an inch (that is 30 * 0.125″ = 3.75″ wide). And they use the medium sized socket called the E26 base you see in a regular light bulb (technically that is called an A shape with […]

Well the Bluehost site was a pain, but didn’t have this kind of instability. So now trying to figure out what is wrong. This took a long while, but tl;dr, look at your DNS configuration sometime. But here is the debugging and the main notes are to use curl -v extensively to look at Apache2 rewrite, […]

Well it’s complicated to explain what to think about when buying a car. First of all it’s the second largest investment that anyone is going to make and it is not like a phone. It is an asset that will last years. But, advice has never been more important because so many things are changing […]

Well, that was easy. If you get an invite at https://www.apple.com/apple-card/ then you pretty quickly get an email allowing you to enter. It is really just a few clicks on your phone. You get it by hitting + in your Apple Wallet. It gives you 3% back on Apple purchases and 2% back on Apple Pay purchases. […]