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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

OK, this is so embarrassing, I’ve had my LG B9 (I thought for years it was a C9, but it is about the same thing) panel for two years now (got as the Pandemic was happening in December 2019) and I’ve actually never had it optimized for output. The instructions…

Wow, if you want to feel good about life, then you have to watch 14 Peaks, wow what a movie (89% Tomatometer). Nims is really an amazing person and doing all Nepalese climbers are incredible in Mission Possible. Give it a try, but the stories are incredible, but what a…

Argh, this is so frustrating. With Zoom and with Teams but not with Google Meets and Slack, you can get a nice virtual background. Since we’ve switched to Slack for phone calls, the question is how to get those back. It also appears on macOS does not work with FaceTime…