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

Well I have a bunch of big panoramas and I normally use Hugin to process them. But it seems to have trouble on El Capitan and also apparently you know need to install a separate tool called autopano-sift-c to get control points to work properly but this didn’t seem to…

I wrote a script on this but of course I forgot how it all works. The brief summary is that there is a new encryption scheme that is supposed to be better than RSA called elliptical encryption using a curve handily named ED25519. It needs at least OpenSSL 5.7 or…

Well the phone wars don’t seem to be ending soon. We have 10GB+1GB for $80 and now this is down to 12GB for $80 in the new Verizon Plan, so what’s not to lose. The big change is that they are debundling purchase, so the access charge is down to…

Well bluehost used to be so inexpensive, but like all service, they gradually ratchet the price. Domain registration used to be $5 then $8 and now $15 for basically doing nothing. I’ve been meaning to look at alternatives and namecheap.com seems like a decent choice. They have a lost cost…

I have to say that sometimes I like the “small” release without lots of issues. El Capitan is one of them. Only problem I’ve seen so far is that Private Internet Access needs an update.  But the new Side by side is pretty cool as are some of the gestures…

Man, those guys are smart. They now charge $10 a month for a modem and an additional $10/month for a wifi access point built in. So what’s a person to do. Well, just buy your own modem and then hook it up and you get rid fo the charge. Comcastapprovedmodems.com…

Not to say that Synology doesn’t do a great job (heck I have two of them), but sometimes it is nice to know how to roll your own. Anandtech explains how using a low cost Baytrail chip (vs an expensive Xeon), the right motherboard and the right chassis

Well the cost of these accessories has really collapsed, but here are the must haves: Tempered Glass screen protector. The glass is so strong now I don’t know if you really need one, but it for just $7 from Tensdar, you can get a tempered glass protector and never worry…

Man this is way more complicated than it should be, but to summarize if you want to edit your google documents offline here is what you have to do from PCMag.com Use Google Chrome Make sure the Google Docs offline extension is loaded If you have multiple google account (eg…

Well digilloyd and mingthein are both saying it, with the improvements in Sony, it looks like a goto place for the pros. The A7Rii looks like the ideal landscape high resolution system and Zeiss lenses, but then the question is what is the long term path to make sure your…