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Continue reading →: Living with a Bolt, The Tragedy of Non-Integrated Vehicle Electronics
OK, I guess I’m writing way too much about cars these days, but having had the Bolt for over a year. Here’s a summary of the peculiarities. Almost all of these are because the following systems are completely separate and do not talk with each other. It’s a consequence of…
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Continue reading →: 2018 The State of USB C Charging
Well things are getting a little better, in the first half of the year, some great things happened. The main issue is that the reviews from wirecutter.com are mostly worthless because they do not use the fakespot to look at legitimate reviews and do not do long term testing, although…
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Continue reading →: AirPod Case Reviews
OK I’m by no means scientific, but by a search through Amazon.com plus checking with Fakespot.com for spammed reviews, there are many of these, here are some recommendations for protecting your very valuable AirPods, so in order recommendations are: Catalyst Waterproof case with Carabiner, these are the quite expensive at…
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Continue reading →: Notes on driving your Tesla and dealing with Autopilot
I seem to somehow have become a geek on how to get around with a Tesla. There are boatload of real experts at Tesla Motors Club, so here is a quick summary of some of things that I’ve learned. On Using Autopilot, pay attention on the first drive There is…
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Continue reading →: Cycling Apparel Extras: Socks and Base Layers
Well I”m losing the Castelli Aero Bibs, but what about some of the rest of the accessories, for years (ok maybe more than that!), I’ve been relying on Defeet Undershirts and Defeet Aireater socks, but now’s the time to update. Cycling Socks First up are cycling socks, particularly for the…
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Continue reading →: Amazing Credit Card deals
Chase Sapphire Reserve. Effectively $150 per year ($450 plus $300 for any travel expense). 100K signup bonus. 3x points for any restaurant or travel including Airbnb. That’s effectively a 6.3% discount. Plus you get Priority Select for access to 900 lounges around the world. And if you redeem for flight…
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Continue reading →: High Resolution Audio on Macs and iPhones needs iTunes conversion and DAC
OK, I recently had the chance to get a high resolution audio soundtrack, it is a 24-bit/48KHz sound track, so quite a bit better than the compressed MP3s that most folks listen too. But how it is actually pretty hard to make sure you can listen to it and use…
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Continue reading →: Messages in iCloud
This is actually a pretty useful feature. Right now on my phone I have 2GB of vidéos and junk stuck on my phone. And if I delete a message on the phone it stays on my Mac. Now if you update to iOS 11.4 and macOS 10.3.5, then this is…
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Continue reading →: Two days in Seattle
Someone was asking me, if you wanted to spend three days in Seattle what would you do? Well first thing is that it is very expensive to stay in Seattle itself plus assuming that you will have a car, they charge another $20-40 for parking, so Bellevue is a good…
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Continue reading →: Accessories for your Model 3 (or Model X for that matter)
Ok listening to “ride the lightning” by Ryan McCaffrey has been great. That guy is awesome as are the many folks on teslamotorsclub.com. Anyway if you have a brand new Model 3, here are some things to think about getting: Qi Charger There is a really cool pad made by…
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