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Continue reading →: Food: French press coffee needs 28 grams for 16 ounces
There are so many different variants of French press instructions but 28 grams for 16 ounces is nice and rich and there are some that are half that. Half that is way to yucky I think. And make sure the press is warm and the water is 200F and not…
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Continue reading →: PT6. AI Geeks and Happy Birthday France
Happy Birthday France! And a quick catchup on podcasting, the audio level seems better, there is less “breathing” but there is some clipping of the sound, so not all the way tuned. I also hear clicking as it comes in and out, this could be related to the Shure microphone…
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Continue reading →: pod: Final Cut Pro needs time to make optimized media for the Apple Compressor to avoid RequestCVPixelBuffer failures
OK, I figured out that you can’t use the very fast Apple Compressor unless you don’t have the proxy and do have the optimized (eg ProRes 422) files, but what I didn’t realize is that if you import some clips and do a quick edit and then try to run…
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Continue reading →: cam: Screen Calibration with DisplayCal and Spyder 3
I was thinking about buying a Spyder X because the Spyder 3 software no longer works, but then I found DisplayCal which seemed to crash the last time, but since the Spyder X costs way more so I thought I would try this. This doesn’t help the print calibration, but…
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Continue reading →: buy: Amazon Prime Day haul list on Kindles and Eufy
Wow, what a great two days Amazon Prime was this year. Normally, I don’t find many things to buy, but this year, I see, but here is a post-mortem on discounts iPad, Anker chargers Sales are not really sales I got really excited when I saw iPads for sale, but…
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Continue reading →: bb: Comcast Xfinity One-Year commit and Prepay
OK, time to look at Comcast bills again, my fairly reasonable bill at $100/month for 1.2Gbps/50Mbps has jumped to $133 so time to look at it. The big problem with Comcast is that you fall off your one year commitment and don’t realize it and then your bill rises If…
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Continue reading →: dev: GitHub Copilot or Codeium for free?
It’s raining development completion tools. I’m still using vi (as the switch to code is delayed as I figure out how to use a GUI code editor, I’m so used to it being in line with my terminal). But, in the meantime, I was wanting to get off of GitHub…
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Continue reading →: tvl: The Mysteries of Nexus Renewal Activation and Ready Lane vs Nexus
OK, for those of you with the Nexus card that allows expedited travel between the US and Canada, here are some things to know (in other words, don’t be me!) Nexus Renewal and make sure to Activate I made this mistake, unlike Global Entry, which when you renew, just works…
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Continue reading →: iPad (2022) vs. iPad Air (2022): not many reasons to get an iPad Air
I had not realized how little the extra $100 or 20% more gets with the iPad Air. They both have touched, the same screen and cameras. The main difference is the M1 vs A15 processor but as most of us know there is very little difference in practice between the…
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Continue reading →: home: Roborock S8 to Apple Home via Homebridge and other issues
Well, I bit the bullet today and upgraded our Apple Home to use the new protocols. The main issue is that it keeps complaining that one of my Macbook Pros, the 2017 model, has not been updated to the latest firmware. Also, my oldest Apple TV is not compatible, this…