Category: Geek

Well, the really cool feature Universal Control where you can just have one keyboard and work across multiple Apple devices isn’t yet here. It turns out it less magical than you think but still awesomely cool. So even without this new feature you can use your iPad as a second screen. Pretty valuable when you…

Well, in the US things are pretty (unfortunately) locked up. Yes, there are some pre-paid carriers, but the triopoly of AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile are pretty incumbent. And although for us, T-Mobile works out well, it depends on your coverage. Things are a bit different in Canada, particularly in Quebec. There Videotron is tearing it…

OK, the Y-Combinator SAFE invented in 2013 (we used it back in 2014) and then updated in 2018 to the “post-money” SAFE is a great example of an simple idea that is actually kind of hard to calculate unless you spend some time with algebra. Most of the sites like Carta or Andrew Jenkins, are…

Well, now that prices for televisions and things are coming down and the supply chain normalizing, it’s a good time to think about that 27″ monitor that’s slowly dying (look at you ATong), so here are some good things to look at from Rtings.com, which is still the site I really like for real world…

OK, so we’ve had this Brother HL-L2380DW which is an all-in-one printer. It is a laser and given that we almost never print, that is really the right choice. An inkjet will just jam and not work if you don’t print regularly. However, despite the fact that we have not touched the firmware on the…

Well, it’s been about nine months since I’ve written a significant python program and I have to admit I’ve forgotten a ton of things and I’m reminded that I never did figure out the right way to package things, so during the last three weeks, I started with the simple stuff, but now I’ve ended…

If you are buying a bunch of computers, you might consider the small business discounts for Apple. Given how much Apple gear I see companies buying. There are two hassles. When you sign up it will barf on the phone number you supply. It needs a specific format but doesn’t tell you want it is….

Well, now that we have a farm of a zillion HomeKit devices. Going away for a while reveals the weaknesses. The problem so far is that these devices have what I would call computer reliability but not it should just work like a lightbulb reliability. Some examples: UniFi Protect and Access. The biggest disappointments. The…

Well, it’s been all over the internet, but Apple did launch some truly powerful chips in their new MacBook Pro lineup. The M1 Pro is 10 cores (8 performance and 2 efficiency) with 16 neural engine cores and between 16 up to 32 graphics cores. Plus up to 64GB of memory. What’s a nerd to…

OK, I know, I know, I still have two sites that are on multiuser WordPress (in addition to this site). I’ve migrated just about everything but two sites. But a good reminder was the JetPack reported the three sites down (the umbrellas sites and the two remaining subsites) on DigitalOcean. As a reminder the quick…