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

Well, here’s the best reason to keep the information you put into a site at the minimum, the latest hack is from Amazon’s Twitch:   We are writing to let you know that there may have been unauthorized access to some of your Twitch user account information, including possibly your Twitch username and associated email…

Well another last minute purchase. We’ve got a camping hammock for the woods, how about a bivy sack and nothing like 24 hours to buy one! So here’s a quick look at reviews from Outdoorgearlabs.com (they only review a few, but it is the base recommendation) and also looking at reviews on rei.com (sometimes useful), amazon.com…

Well, our trusty Canon MX700 finally gave up the ghost. Sad to see, it is was quite reliable and we used the scanning and copying. The consumables were ridiculous, but at least they were the same as the Pro9000 we have. With camera phones, it isn’t clear how important scanning is anymore or copying for…

Time for every quarter hack of a major company. This time of you Premera. I hope you don’t use the same password for everything! Time to change passwords. Ugh!

Well, I never thought we’d really be here, but here’s a list of home healthcare things that hopefully you’ll never need. Many of these are reimbursable by Medicare, but you have to get a doctors prescription and then use an approved provider. Sometimes Amazon is just easier. There doesn’t appear to be a good place…

OK, there are a few tricks: If you have a Visa Signature card, then go to Fandango and buy $25 gift cards for $20 so you are saving 20%. They do charge an extra fee, but it is still worth it. If you are going to Cinemark, if you buy a e-gift card from them,…

So quick summary, not that not everyone has already seen it: HBO Now is $15/month on the new $69 AppleTV MacBook Air is now 12″ and thinner than ever with Retina, clickless trackpad, fanless, USB C combines power, video, etc. MacBook Pro 13″ also get clickless Trackpad Apple Watch: Built in speaker and microphone. Dick…

Well, reading BackBlaze statistics (although the statistics are controversial), it is pretty clear that the Seagate 3TB have huge failure rates (25% plus annually). We have five Seagate 3TB from 2012 and now four of them have failed. It’s another reminder that it would be good to have RAID and ideally get to ZFS with…

Well they talk alot about a lifetime warranty, but here’s the fine print.  First they do honor it and will refund you up to the amount of the original purchase price so that is what the warranty really is. If the item has gone up in price since, then you have to pay the difference.…

OK, seems like the regular update on pens to buy. Here’s my latest favorites from Pen Addict: Pilot Iroshizuku Shin-Kai. The best fountain pen ink Uni-Ball Signo DX 0.38mm. You can only get form Japan, but it is a pretty awesome pen! TWSB 580 F Nib. We’ve bought three now and one leaked, but the…