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Continue reading →: Installing Starlink and making sure you do not have a VPN on your Mobile device
Well, we are about halfway through getting Dishy McFlatface to work and here are some notes. First of all getting it at all: To get it, you got to https://starlink.com throw in your address and pay the $99 deposit It then estimates when you can get it. Right now, for…
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Continue reading →: The flakiness that is Geddie USB C Adapters
OK, I’ve had some pretty bad luck with third party USB C adapters. For some like the Satechi, they don’t connect reliably, but for the Geddie which thankfully is unavailable, but I’m sure it is just being used by a new low cost manufacturer somewhere. These are things that take…
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Continue reading →: Smart blinds, cooling, sprinklers and dealing extreme heat
OK, well, Seattle just suffered a historic three days of high temperatures (in June?) of over 100F. Portland hit a record 117F. To give you a sense of how hot that is, the Las Vegas record is 117F/48C so that is awesomely high. So what can you do in this…
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Continue reading →: Latest Portal releases breaks Zoom already installed
OK, we have two of these Facebook Portals (and yes, I put a blanket over it when I’m not using it :-), but it has been a decent Zoom device and also for meetings because of the automatic zoom feature. If you do have one of these though, beware that…
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Continue reading →: Wow 107F/42C in Seattle, working outside and git lfs
Nothing like pretending like it is Hawaii in the Pacific Northwest, our little neck of the woods hit 107F or 42C which is really unusual, but that doesn’t stop the work, so I hit a bunch of git lfs bugs again. As a reminder, if you get the dreaded “files…
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Continue reading →: Getting outside WiFi to work with Unifi, avoiding getting the password kick out
Well, there are a few tricks here that these hots days in Seattle (99F/37C) yesterday and a projected (102F/39C) today have taught me about making WiFi work well enough outside the house. The main trick is that inside our house, I’ve been using minimum RSSI. The idea is pretty simple…
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Continue reading →: The Weirdness that is Corsair Dark Core RGB Pro mouse Bluetooth pairing
OK, I really don’t get Bluetooth pairing for this Corsair Dark Core RGB Pro. I just tried to repair it with a different laptop and no matter how many times I powered it on and off it just never worked. I even tried what they claim is a reset which…
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Continue reading →: Amazon Prime Day the weirdness that is checkout and three items is a charm.
OK, there are some great deals on Amazon today (and a lot of junk). One thing that I need a bunch of are: Eufy Solo IndoorCam C24s which are $39 but $29 with a coupon which actually captures a 3MP image (which is about 1.5x bigger image). Finally if you…
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Continue reading →: Headphone reviews
OK, as the pandemic quarantine is ending, a quick review of the headphones that I have. With Apple Spatial coming out and lossless as well, I’ve hooked up my headphones to the very best that there can be: Sennheiser HD-650. These are my most expensive headphones at $400 and they…
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Continue reading →: The confusion that is USB C Cable and Power Speeds
OK, so I’ve finally spent the hour to go through every USB C cable I have and try to figure out how fast they are and how much power they can deliver. Digital Trends does a pretty good job of explaining the speed “crisis” which is basically that the USB…