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

Well, what do you know there might actually be a use for that Touch Bar thing. I barely ever use it. Mainly to change the volume or brighten the screen, but if I know that it has the Dock, then it gives a reason to use it. Really an interesting…

Well there are bunch of different choices with watches now. Overall, there are a few choices, but increasingly they are moving to opposite ends of the spectrum, so some recommendations: Apple Watch Well, I wouldn’t actually buy a Series 4 right now, it has the ECG thingy, but the upcoming…

OK, I have a Mac with a relatively small 256GB drive and right now 82GB are taken up by two caches in the system: ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.ScreenSaver.iLife-Slideshow-Extension/Data/Library/Caches. Stackoverflow shows that this is really a cache of JPEG files that are converted from all your HEIC files. It let’s normal application run Insert…

Nice quotes on using telemedicine to diagnose strokes in remote locations. Good job Dave! www.vidyo.com/wp-content/uploads/Case-Studies/vidyo_case_study_SUTTER.pdf And watch him on TV: youtu.be/Yp6AaPtzdT8

I can’t quite believe how much pricing for UHD televisions have fallen. Now you can get a 43″ UHD TV that is a terrific monitor for you home computer for just $249. 4k.com has a great list of smaller monitors. I What you need to make it work? Divvy I’ve…

Wow that’s pretty incredible. Super high price but now disc brake bikes are lighter than rim brakes. Had to happen. And this one is under the UCI weight limit. Pretty cool. bikerumor.com/2019/07/11/canyon-ultimate-cf-evo-disc-carbon-road-bike-goes-ultralight-under-6kg-complete/

If you are starting a company, it’s easy to get lost in a blizzard of paper and email attachments. Resist the temptation not to worry too much about it, because this is one case where a few simple procedures will make life way, way, way easier later. Everyone is going…

Wow it would be ugly but adding 860W from an on car solar array would be pretty awesome. It won’t get you far but 860W x 8 hours is 6.4kWh or about 8% of a Model 3 AWD. And 8% is 24 miles so not nothing. Hat tip to hackaday.com/2019/07/10/using-super-efficient-solar-cells-to-keep-your-electric-cars-battery-topped-up/

bikerumor.com/2019/07/09/defeet-evo-disruptor-wind-tunnel-tested-most-aero-cycling-sock-ever/ Now I’ve heard everything. Saving 8 watts by wearing special stippled socks. Way easier than getting 5% fitter 🙂