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

Well with the lockdowns ending the new competition basis for service providers is a dizzying array of ways to optimize the rising inflation in streaming services, delivery and car services. So here’s a master thread on this. It’s inverted from normal. That is it covers categories rather than providers: Streaming Someone finally noticed that streaming…

apple.news/A2AFAVmudRwiLpKxLLJ-4PQ This is actually a super good idea. Thieves are now watching you type your passcode, then stealing your phone and changing your Apple account password locking you out and stealing your second factor. The fix is to turn on Screentime Passcode and then enable Content & Privacy Restrictions and disallow to your for passcode…

Man, I’ve been using Google Slides for years and there are two things I’ve never been able to figure out. The first has to do with the many differences between the Web app and the iPad/iPhone. There are many things that have bothered me, but the biggest one is multiple selection (and the related align…

There are a couple of steps to get this to work right because there are a couple of problems to get a Zoom background: So the fix is a little painful but it does work:

Paul asked me a great question. He has a UDM running in a hot room and the temperature is 83C. That sounds pretty terribly warm but the room is 30C ambient. So that got me to wondering. First where is the CPU temperature anyway. (I can’t wait for all computer interfaces to go natural language…

Okay, we have no less than 119 connections (most are burglar alarm points) and with Apple Home in the last week, they’ve all suddenly become unavailable. It could be because of iOS 16.5 The Airplay to our HomePod Mini’s work and the fixes are pretty draconian. Like, reset all your devices. I can’t tell you…

OK, for those of you still Zoom culture, I tidied up my Zoom stuff, and here are some notes:

OK, the last question is that when you have a modern format like Apple Spatial Audio which appears as Dolby Atmos that is going to an old AVR that doesn’t have this format, at least on my Denon, we get two mysterious options, the first is Direct which just means you get stereo, all these…

OK, this setup has actually worked pretty well for three years, but lately, with Ventura, I’ve been having this problem: The trick I was using that since the old Denon only supports HD input, I would normally route all the inputs for the system through the AVR and then to the LG, but instead, I…

Thanks to the incredible Walt Mossberg, he’s on Thread and reminded me that I guess I’m a true Swiftie: My five favorite Taylor Swift albums: Favorite song: All Too Well (10 minute version) But there are excellent songs on every one of her albums, since she’s a truly great songwriter. Walt Mossberg, Thread.net, 2023-07-20 Since…