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Continue reading →: Prepaid Visa and Mastercard Cards to Amazon
OK, I’ve been trying to figure out what to do with the new payment scheme where rebate sites like Topcashback.com and legal settlements give you this tiny amount of prepaid Visa and Mastercards. Other sites just let you put in a Paypal account or give you an Amazon card directly.…
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Continue reading →: Synology btrfs replication and disk strangeness in DSM6
Well, I’ve been using Synology for more than six years now and I have to say what started as a small shell on top of base Linux has become a really nice easy to use interface. Note that these notes are for the older DSM6, I haven’t had time to…
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Continue reading →: Cool French Food Calissons and making Old Fashions and Manhattens
We were introduced to these amazing morsels called Calissons while in Provence. It’s from Aix en Provence and doesn’t take too long to make the main ingredients are very simple. The nice thing is that you can make them dairy-free as well. Old Fashioned and Manhattens Ok, I was suddenly…
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Continue reading →: Vacuum Sealer for Sous Vide and Freezing
Well, six years ago we got our Anova Sous Vide and it worked pretty well, but with the pandemic, we got it out again and one thing we didn’t do well got a vacuum sealer, so the bags would just leak. Turns out there are a huge number of these…
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Continue reading →: Apple Watch Series 7 and Accessories
Well, we ended up getting two of these and beside deciding whether to get AppleCare or not (you probably should particularly for the steel version) Aluminum vs Steel Well, there is a huge markup if you decide to go steel, but it is shiny and looks really nice. Net, net…
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Continue reading →: Thunderbolt 4 Docking Stations: CalDigit Thunderbolt Station 4 and Razer Thunderbolt 4 Dock issues
Now that the dry spell for Thunderbolt 4 docking stations seems to be ending, I will say the Razer TB4 that I got late last year is good, but it has relatively few ports and there is an issue with my LG C9 and it is not quite syncing when…
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Continue reading →: Wireless Mouse Charging Pads and Mouse Pads in general
Well, I’ve used lots of different mouse pads during the pandemic and I have to say after of that there are two kinds which are wireless qi charger enabled and right now I don’t have a recommendation for them: Corsair MM1000. This is actually my favorite mouse pad but it…
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Continue reading →: Best Flip Flops
OK, hold the comment that the best flip flops are the Dollar store kind, if you really want a comfortable set then I’ve tried lots of different styles and I think Outdoor Gear Labs has it right. Olukai really does have an amazing collection of nice flip-flops. I tried the…
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Continue reading →: Nedrelow Wool Expensive but fantastic MacBook and iPad Sleeves
Well we got a bunch of nedrelow accessories for Christmas and I have to say that while expensive, they are just awesome; Magic Sleeve Duo. This basically is very simple, it’s felt with magnets sewn around the side, so you can stick your ipad in it and then it folds…
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Continue reading →: MagSafe Car Mounts: Belkin and ESR
If you have an iPhone with MagSafe, you should really get a MagSafe car mount. This includes magnets that hold the phone and then you don’t even need to plug it in each time. I’ve tried the ESR haloLock mainly because if was only $35 and it works well. The…