Rich's Tongfamily (Richtong.net add-on)

We haven’t had time to put on our various accessories from the second round of purchases, but the bottom trunk organizer is just awesome and way better than just dumping everything down there. And I’ve got great hopes for the wheel cover protectors which look decently easy to install and those little pieces of rubber…

Well bike helmets haven’t changed much in years, but the latest improvement is in reducing rotation forces. The EPS foam in most helmets works fine for crushes, but most accidents cause your head to spin which ain’t so great for the Mark 1 Brain. The solution is a little piece of plastic that MIPS licenses…

This is an awesome tool that gives you more exact estimate of range that you need for trips. The main issue is that you do have to travel long enough to know how it works for your unique style. We use Stats on IOS and teslafi.com to predict how well we will do. When I’m…

OK now that I’m sort of digging out here are some notes about getting it all working on all of this stuff. There are a bunch of gotchas that are pretty hard to understand, but in short: Make sure you have ssh access into the actual Droplet. You get this by looking at the console…

Well it’s a long story but I’ve loved Bluehost for 15 years. And before that it was my buddy at another hosting company whose name I’ve actually forgotten. Imagine hosting? But last week things finally broke and I’m so mad at myself for not having a hot backup. It’s a strange subtle bug but basically…

Well different folks will have different opinions, but one issue with the Mac line has been a lack of power at the high end. The move to thinner and lighter has been great for laptops, but the high end really wants the power. The same with desktop systems where the older Mac Pro was beautiful…

Some good advice for new grad students and anyone who wants to read research papers. Some great advice on taking care of yourself and the Valley of Despair (which by the way is true for any job 🙂 The one I love the best is that others people success are not your failure, but man…

Well with tariffs coming, not a bad time to take a look and see what to get. Buying electronics for the next few years seems like a good idea 🙂 Here are some tips: When buying electronics, use the American Express Platinum if you have one. That’s because they will extend your warranty by two…

Wow, what a great resource, Andrew Ng’s CS229A is available for free on Coursera. It reminds me that to really learn something, you do have to code it and try it. The course is free and takes a nominal 12 weeks. They even supply TAs and folks to talk to. The only thing that is…

OK have had the camera for a bit now and of course various things have broken so some notes on accessories and other stuff that you will need: The screen is pretty vulnerable, I’m glad I had a screen protector on it. You probably want to order two. The Sony one is $28 for a…