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Continue reading →: Wow cool 3D Touch tips
I barely use it but these (not very discoverable Tricia are great). Hat tip to Lifehacker To navigate. Hard press in the keyboard and you can navigate through text fast. Lighten pressure and then hard ideas in this mode and do quick selections In Mail medium press and peek at…
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Continue reading →: Bike Shoe updates
Well, I’ve been using a set of Nike biking shoes. These use velcro straps and then have a ratchet system. They actually don’t work as well as my very old Sidi shoes which have three ratchets. So on to looking for some replacements. They have carbon fiber soles, but along…
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Continue reading →: On the road multitools
Another thank you to Brad for finding great stuff. But if you are riding, then you don’t just […]
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Continue reading →: How to pay down a Bank of America card from a Merrill Lynch account
Ok, here are some things I’m always looking for and never seem to find. First if you have a Merrill Lynch credit card, it is issued by Bank of America and because BoA owns ML, there is integration. For months, if you try to prepay your balance, no matter how…
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Continue reading →: Great biking stuff for the winter
Well the winter is approaching and in Seattle that means rain and darkness, so time to get ready for it. There are a few things that you need. Computer Well Garmin seems to be ruling the roost here, but if you need directions then the 1030 is the one to…
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Continue reading →: Ski passes
Seems way to early to talk about winter sports, but a sale on winter ski passes ends Sept 3. See https://www.epicpass.com/pass-results/passes.aspx. If you are going to Park City that is included as are most resorts in Colorado and Whistler as well, it’s called the Epic pass and the discount ends shortly.…
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Continue reading →: Victor’s Books
As part of my campaign to reconnect, been hanging out with victorr. Awesome guy and amazing book recommendations. Haven’t missed for me yet! Island Books staff picks are here: https://www.mercerislandbooks.com/meet-staff Victor’s current recommendations are: • Educated (https://www.mercerislandbooks.com/book/9780399590504) • Need to Know (https://www.mercerislandbooks.com/book/9781524797041) • How to Change Your Mind (https://www.mercerislandbooks.com/book/9781594204227) •…
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Continue reading →: Google Backup and Sync
Well the good news is that Google finally allows more than one account for synchronization. Right now Dropbox allows two, one personal and one for business. The bad news is that Google only allows three and I oftentimes need more than three since each non-profit, each company has it’s own…
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Continue reading →: Homebrew Cask issues
Since switching from macports, Homebrew has been just awesome, I use it for my personal installation scripts and it is fast and seems reliable. The nice thing is that it installs the so called casks in their own directory and then symlinks them to /Applications` However, last month I discovered two…
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Continue reading →: Best Windows Laptops for school
I got a “I’m at Best Buy, what should I buy?” call from my friend Jon. So, opinions vary on this, but if you are getting a Mac, then the MacBook Pro without Touchpad makes a lot of sense as a budget model with 8GB of memory and 256GB hard…