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Continue reading →: Tesla Model S may have beaten Porsche Taycan by 20 seconds of Nürburgring Nordschliffe
If this is true it is an incredible achievement. This is with a future power train with three motors to ship next year called Plaid. I want one now 🙂 And there is some speculation that the actually timed lap will be faster. That’s because this time was done with…
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Continue reading →: Podcasting getting started
Well it seems like everyone is doing it so I thought I would start too. It won’t be complicated to do a weekly show. I figure I’ll just put into audio whatever I’m posting on, so it will be geek tips and tricks and whatever people ask me about. But…
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Continue reading →: Of iPhone Cases and Wallets
Well with the new iPhone 11 coming out, it’s time once again to talk about cases and things. I don’t know if we will get them (as we love our iPhone X’s quite a bit), but one thing to think about is getting protection for these lovely $1K marvels. Here…
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Continue reading →: Using the Apple Credit Card tips and tricks
First of all as a free credit card, if you can control your spending then it makes sense to get the free ones. It increases your credit longevity in the long run and it will lower your credit utilization. The card is easy to get. Just apply in the Apple…
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Continue reading →: Saving the world one soda bottle at a time
OK, Catherine guilted us into it. Rather than buying bottled soda water or anything like that, why not just use a Sodastream and fire it up. We had already switched from bottled still water to using a filter (not really needed where we live, the water is just so good),…
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Continue reading →: Tv recommendations 2019
Yes just need to redo. Short story is the lg OLED are the highest quality with amazing color contrast. First is 8k As with 4K, content lags and u need hdmi 2.1 to see anything from a PC. So good to wait. 8K Really going to be great for “flush”…
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Continue reading →: Traditional Coated 193 – 399nm Bandpass Interference Filters
Sam just asked me, if I have a robot sensing system that is looking for a laser reflection. It is the perfect system for detecting Terminators or Robocops 🙂 You can do it in software, but it might be easier just to buy a optical filter that just passes 400nm…
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Continue reading →: Western Digital debuts 18TB and 20TB MAMR disk drives – Blocks and Files
Holy crap. In the time it took me to get ready to put 10TB drives into our NAS array, the industry is moving to 18TB. They will be expensive but geez they even say that 40TB is on the way. They use microwaves to cook up platter and get more…
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Continue reading →: Lake O’Hara Alpine Circuit
This is supposed to one of the best if not the best hike in all the Canadian Rockies. Inafarawayland.com said it was number 2 and AllTrails folks think it might be the very best with 34 five star reviews. It’s a tough hike. From the Lake O’Hara lodge, you start…
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Continue reading →: Argh iOS Bluetooth connects but won’t play audio
Well this has happened on both iOS 12.4.1 for our iPhone X and iPad Pro. With the Sony WH1000M3 and the Apple AirPod, if you connect it to an iOS device, then you will see the phone connects, but when you try to play music, the magic output button doesn’t…