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

I normally have a terrible time using the rewards programs on various merchant sites. It’s not easy, you get the rewards later and they quickly expire (which is obviously the point). A buddy got $60 of Dell Rewards that expire in March 2020, so what’s a decent deal, well, it’s…

Well just had a friend do this. You do need to be careful. So here’s the scoop. Don’t force the nozzle in. They are designed to be incompatible. Also diesel is black and car is clear so be aware. Finally what happens. Well if you put diesel into a gas…

Man, this has gotten to be nearly impossible. Here are the issues. If you use your personal id for a developers account, you can only have one corporate account per. My personal Apple Id is locked to an old company and I’m not sure how to get rid of it.…

I’m learning how to write Dart using Flutter and that’s a whole new tool set of me. It works like React but is much better with nicer debugging tools and way nicer than trying to figure out what Webpack did wrong. The tutorial at Udacity is semi-decent and free. The…

I do have to keep some files in sync. The biggest problems are my personal photos. I do keep a copy in iCloud Photos, which remarkably is dealing with 54K photos and 2K videos decently well (except for Mac Photos which seems to hang alot and not sync, but that’s…

Wow, availability on these chips is pretty horrible. They are just up on preorder at B&H or Newegg but not on Amazon yet. Folks are getting them in dribs and drabs, so have to be patient. PC Part Picker is a great resource to keep track of availability. Why is…

Well I had an update this fall and got some incredible Julbo Aero Zebra Light sunglasses. Decoding all of that, this means a sun glass that goes from light tint to pretty dark automatically. It uses a chemical that is light sensitive. Those were $105 on close out so pretty…

Well until now, getting a good winter tire for the Model 3 Performance was complicated and you had to go third party. It is out of stock now, but the new Model 3 19” Gemini Wheel is the factory answer. These are what are used in China for Model 3…

Argh I love the thing but today it failed. Note to everyone. The tip can come loose an it won’t work. So make sure the nib at the bottom is tight.