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Continue reading →: Now this is a real upgrade Neewer Studio Lights and OBS for a Home Zoom setup
Well, it is going to be another long dark winter of doing Zooms, so what are the best things for lighting. We have one setup that works well for podcasting with a single key light and a good Logitech BRIO camera plus a nice microphone (which are now down to…
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Continue reading →: MagSafe 3, Magnetic Micro USB and MacBook Pro 2021 Accessories
Now that Apple has brought back the MagSafe 3 connector for the MacBook Pro 2021, it made me realize how much I miss this connector for two important reasons so off to look for magnetic connectors that fit USB C or Micro USB physical connectors. These connectors can be two…
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Continue reading →: Where did shared Apple iCloud Tabs go? And What’s a Reading List
OK, this was a confusing one for me. In the past, on macOS, when you clock on the Show Tabs Overview at the upper right of the Safari tab bar, I normally expect to see all the shared tabs from other devices. At least this is how it worked MacOS.…
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Continue reading →: Best Ad Blockers Reviewed Nov 2021
Well, every so often I review (Toms’ Guide) these things mainly because the online reviews are really not so helpful, so I installed the base and then tried a set of ad blockers again some test sites like: D3Ward. a pretty simple checker that is open checks the major ad…
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Continue reading →: Zsh is pretty cool
Well, thanks to @alex, who mentioned that he uses zsh and not bash, so I spent or wasted two hours understanding it. It is definitely cool and the high points are: Bash scripts still work. Unlike other shells, the syntax is close to bash and as long as your scripts…
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Continue reading →: The weirdness that is AMD64 on Apple M1 Silicon
OK, spent an hour with Alex working on this problem. He has some docker images which will not build on Apple AARCH64 (aka Arm64) architecture because they are so old. But Docker apparently allows you to run and build containers that are multiarchitecture. The problem is that the current Docker…
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Continue reading →: Getting Zoom Backgrounds and Click Suppression Everywhere
OK, so if you are a Zoom disciple, you can see virtual backgrounds and they even have Zoom apps that let you use anything from Pexels. In addition, they have super good keyclick suppression. So if you are using Slack Video or Google Meets, then you are really in trouble…
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Continue reading →: The confusion that is Apple Family Purchase Sharing and finding Purchase Sharing
Most of the iCloud Family Plan is awesome. For $25/month, you get 2TB of family storage for up to six family members. You also get Fitness, Arcade and AppleTV. I don’t know that we use much more than the family storage and AppleTV, but it’s nice to have the other…
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Continue reading →: Should you get AppleCare+ for Macs, iPhones, Apple Watch, AirPods and the lust for an Airpods Max and the Apple MagSafe Duo is nice!
Ok this is going to be highly subjective, but some opinions: MacBook Pro M1 Pro and Max. These things costs $3-4K and the AppleCare+ is $300 or so for three years. It will be four years if you use an Amex or other card with extended warranty. Personally I’ve found…
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Continue reading →: Getting the most out of your Sony KD43X85J and HDR decoder and tv optimization ring
OK, given how hard it is to get all the trimmings on a LG C9 was super hard, what about a new 2021 43″ Sony LED television which makes a nice “smaller” monitor. To summarize, here are the things you want to change: Overscan. This is an annoying default, but…