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Continue reading →: Google Colab with Private Repos in Other organizations
Well, I’ve tried a number of other hosted Jupyter environments from Google AI Platform Notebook to Saturn and I keep coming back to Google Colab for one reason mainly: We don’t have things that are that complex (yet!), so simplicity is key and Colab is just so simple to use…
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Continue reading →: Merry Xmas Eve and update on dongles (and fires)
OK, a quick report on my life with dongles and other attachments for MacBooks. Suffice to say these dongles definitely have a spotty record for me. Most of the time they seem to work fine if you leave them plugged in, but it’s detection that seems like the problem (and…
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Continue reading →: Quick Take Xmas Gifts: Keyboards Mikes, Hubs and Mice in 2020
Well, I seem to have bought just a boatload of different keyboards, microphones and mice in 2020. The first world problem of staying at home for the last seven (?!!) months have led me to become the foremost expert on various junk like this. so here’s a flash review of…
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Continue reading →: Keeping NordVPN going on MacOS High Sierra
Well, it’s probably a testament to Apple hardware design that I regularly end up with machines that are perfectly functional but no longer get updates. A good example is the Mac Mini 2011. It is nearly 10 years old yet still runs just fine for basic tasks like typing this…
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Continue reading →: Making a Podcast for Dummies (and for Free!)
Well, turns out that I had never actually written down how I made a Podcast in the first place and of course I completely forgot how I did it, so here are notes that I’ve recovered: GarageBand. I mainly used this because it is free with the Mac. Lots of…
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Continue reading →: Road Trip Records, Tesla notes and important tools
Since getting our Tesla’s it’s been massive road trip city. Previous with gasoline cars a drive of 10 hours would leave me complete exhausted. Pre-Tesla Records The first really long trip sans parents I ever took was from NJ to Hilton Head Island. That was an epic 757 miles with…
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Continue reading →: Miracle things you can do with Namecheap for free
I have always though of Namecheap as an inexpensive registrar with an amazing search function for finding domain names. Their beast mode let’s you browse literally hundreds of top level domains and they automatically generate names for you by adding prefixes like “try” or by deleting suffixes. But there are…
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Continue reading →: Air cleaners redux on Molekule and review vs BlueAir Blue Pure 211+
Well we’ve got everyone in our extended family air filters. We ended up getting a HEPA filter made by BlueAir called the Blue Pure 211+ for $300 at Amazon. I can’t actually tell if it works, but it is quiet. The other company that has gotten buzz has been Molekule.…
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Continue reading →: Finally fixed overscan on a LG C9 or CX
I don’t know if this will work for other displays but I’ve never been able to get an LG to scan properly. This has worked without adjustment for most Samsung television that I’ve used. While some folks on Reddit say to turn Pixel Shift off, this is called Screen Shift…
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Continue reading →: Back to Podcasting at Rich’s Tongfamily Podcast
Well it’s been nearly a year since I’ve done a podcast, but Paul asked me for a link so I thought I would start again for 2021. If you want to see the test casts I’ve been doing, they are up on Apple Podcasts. For some reason when I did…