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

Ok, in the days of COVID, it seems strange that the march of high-tech, high-end and unaffordable gizmos keeps coming. But, an amazing number of companies are shipping some incredible products that are really pushing the boundaries. So this is like an issue of “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” plus “Lifestyles of the Rich…

Ok with Apple it’s usually pretty obvious how to get an update done. You just set things to auto update and then Apple TV or a Mac or an iOS device. But how would you make a HomePod update itself. That was super unclear to me. That’s like a lot of the Home features and…

Well, there is always the need for a nice looking logo, so if you are starting a company how do you get one quickly that looks decent. There are a couple of choices that I’ve used over the years in order of simplicity: Use a logotype with a cool font. My favorite was actually ignition…

So a good buddy is installing a new system and has some great questions. There is nothing like a new install to remind me of the FAQs… First of all the base installation is a Unifi Dream Machine Pro and a Unifi FlexHD AP plus a Unifi G4 Doorbell. So a nice setup. The Unifi…

OK that’s a lot about keyboards once again. So this is all about cleaning your gunky keyboard. I’ve had a WASD CODE v2 mechanical keyboard with Cherry MX Blue keys forever. Ok, well since 2015. And both the shift key and the period key have been sticking. And, I confess, I’ve never actually cleaned the…

OK it was mainly procrastination, but I finally did a new Podcast. I had actually lost all the GarageBand files, so I had no idea how to set it up. There will be a separate post on that, but in the mean time, you should see it shortly on. Apple and other places hopefully if…

Here the latest from https://richtong.net including: Some more tips and tricks for moving from Windows to the Mac.  There are lots of differences, so here’s a decoder ring. Voice phishing. Hopefully you are not that person who answers the call and loses your bank account. here is what to do about it. Moving to JAMStack.…

OK, so now that the initial transition is over, what are the next set of Gotchas that I encountered. Some a deep and others are silly, but all are useful at least for me: Mount issues One of the cool things about the way that latest Hugo Modules works is that it allows virtual mounting…

Ok, the next raft of questions this week from my Windows-moving-to-Mac friends: How do you run incognito mode which is called Private Window. Well, on Windows, if you use Chrome, you actually have to edit the shortcut. Chrome makes this really hard, so you either have to create an Apple Script which is horrible or…

Well, I’ve had about two weeks on this new Keychron K2 v2 on the boards now. This is a very inexpensive $79 keyboard that is wireless and works with the Mac which is nice. Net, net, for most ordinary humans, I would say it’s the right keyboard if you want something way better than the…