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Continue reading →: Corporate Mileage Programs for Airlines
Even as airlines relentlessly devalue their points (United alone has gone from 2.4 cents/mile to 1.4 in the last five years), there is one thing to try. As all airlines are trying to recruit companies, if you have a small business (or a large one), you should sign up for…
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Continue reading →: Tesla Tips
Ok the many oddities of a complex car, but here are some simple things I didn’t figure out until I RFMed: The Tesla X trunk memorizes a particular open position. This is so if you are short the tail gate will be in reach. It also uses the center beam…
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Continue reading →: Changing from Grid to List View on Apple Watch and Time Travel…
OK this has to be the most undiscoverable thing ever. When will someone say that every option needs a visible menu item. Anyway, if you hate the complex “grid” view on your watch, then in Apple Watch, you hard press on the grid view and you can change. And another…
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Continue reading →: iPhone and iPad charging demystified
I can’t believe how hard it is to figure out how iPhone and iPad charging work. The mysterious parts are what cables and what chargers work where… Here’s a quick summary The original USB standard was 5V and 500mA. This is why when u plug a phone into old computers…
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Continue reading →: 2017 Chevy Bolt not Qi Compatible
How sad is that. The 2018 is though so if you fit your phone into that little slot it will work there. Sad to say I’m not sure why they made it a spot rather than a tray. The 2016 Prius has it about right although as a tray underneath…
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Continue reading →: Safely syncing your git fork to an upstream master
Well there are about a million commands you can use to do this, but the notes on GitHub.com unfortunately create merges which are bad, bad when you are trying to maintain things, here is what they suggest. And note that this also works with private repos run by say Gitlab.…
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Continue reading →: iPhone X fast wired and wireless charging
Ok this is actually pretty hard to decipher but here’s the scoop: Apple finally supposed USB C Power Delivery. This means that with a USB C to lightening cable it can vary the voltage and amperage. The shipped system is a USB A to lightening cable and adapter that charges…
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Continue reading →: Using Veracrypt and MacOS
OK, I love Veracrypt, it is a very nice tool for running encrypted volumes on your system. On the Mac though, it uses MacFuse underneath and you can run into not having enough file system slots to run it. You will get a cryptic message like: mount_osxfuse: File System is…
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Continue reading →: Indoor air quality monitors
If you have someone at home that has allergies or other health issues, it’s nice to be able to track. There are a host of startups and home devices that track this and let you see them in the cloud or on your phone: PM2.5. These are the small particles…
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Continue reading →: Qi Chargers and not losing AirPods
Wow it is so cool the world is finally converging on Qi Charging (and USB C), we are near the grand unification. The idea that a phone never needs to be plugged in is nearly here with Air Pods (as long as you don’t lose them) and putting charging pads…