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Continue reading →: credit: Maximizing American Express, Chase Sapphire Reserve (and Audible Plus is cool)
Well, I’ve been working on maximizing the American Express Platinum and Chase Sapphire Reserve credits. This is important as these cards are expensive at $550 per year so earning the additional bonuses really matters, so I’ve been working on making sure that every dollar is used correctly and not surprisingly,…
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Continue reading →: Mac: Unmute Shokz headphones and Continuity Camera
Wow Ventura has an interesting feature called Continuity Camera, it lets you use a close-by iPhone automatically as your webcam. The picture quality is definitely way better than a MacBook Pro image and it does work very automatically which is kind of a miracle. If the Mac and the iPhone…
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Continue reading →: pc: Great 32 inch monitor by Samsung
If you do not have space for the incredible LG C2 42″, then the pickings are pretty limited for good TVs, so you are in the range of computer monitors again. While you could get the $1,600 Apple monitor, it is just SDR and 27″. So, if you want a…
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Continue reading →: Mac: Keychron loses connection and MacBook HDMI hell continues with a side helping of LG glitching on optical output
OK, I was away from my main keyboards for about three weeks and it was interesting to see what happened, the biggest thing is that after upgrading to Ventura, I could not get any Bluetooth connection to my Keychron K6 it would just not pair properly, so here are some…
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Continue reading →: dev: Converting a forked private repo to public for netlify
OK for security reasons, you cannot just convert a forked repo that was private into a public repo. I think the reason is the original repo might have contents that you do not want out in the public domain. But, if you have made a mistake and just want to…
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Continue reading →: buy: Drool, drool great monitors, cool books
OK, you can great a very good monitor for $500, but if you want something that is great at HDR, then it is more like $1K for an LG C2 monitor, but what if you want a professional really accurate system. Well, then the monitors increase dramatically in cost. For…
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Continue reading →: Mac: Annual upgrade of the OS rigamarole
Yes, it does seem that every year, there is yet another update to the Mac that means lots of upgrades, the god news is that if you like you can write a script that does it all. I have one call update-annual.sh that does these things: Operating System update. While…
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Continue reading →: review, guide: Do not get the Lo & Sons Hakuba backpack, do get the Peak Design Travel backpack and new notes on Camera straps
Well, I made a mistake, we’ve had such a good experience with the Lo & Son’s original Travel Bag O.G. 2, it was so reliable with a lifetime warranty. In fact, after 10 years, we actually got a second one that is a little larger. The mistake was that they…
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Continue reading →: review: Lutron Caseta, , F77 Keyboard, Garmin Dash Mini 2, ASUS X13 Flow, Li-ion upgrade to Cyberpower and iOS 16 Customization
Ok, I don’t often do this, but when I go out and review things and buy them, I nearly always have a quick set of thoughts afterward when I initially install the products, so going from a buying guide to a quick review to a long term review is the…
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Continue reading →: guide: Workwear for personal protection
OK, this is going to sound nerdy, but doing things around the house or going to a construction site, you should think about these things, so from head to toe, what should a person get: Work Gloves, if you are doing really heavy work then the big leather gloves are…