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Continue reading →: What Mac to Buy Now and Printer too
Well we are in the middle of an upgrade cycle now, so if you want a MacBook, here’s what to do: First, look at the Mac Rumors site to see what the current. As of March 2020, they seem to show that a MacBook Air and the MacBook Pro 16″…
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Continue reading →: Right ratios of Rectangles
When you are building a presentation, how should you lay things out and what are the right ratios. The main thing to realize is that if your slide is 16:9, then it makes some sense to have rectangles that are longer than they are tall. The Golden Ratio. This is…
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Continue reading →: Life in wartime: company survival rules
Normally I would say tips. But my levels of strictness are commandments > rules > tips > tricks. So this is pretty high (Defcon 2). So on what should you do with your company in these circumstances, there are two great resources: Dan Rosen. He’s an old friend and an…
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Continue reading →: Word to the wise when building PC, buy with Amex Platinum if you can
Since I’ve been building PC, I’ve completely forgot that you can get infant mortality problems where things die early. We just had a $550 motherboard literally die after one week of use. ASUS is awesome because they have online chat to get through this, but here are some things to…
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Continue reading →: Tips on using Zoom well
Well, this week I’ve been a Zoom with 20 people for a happy hour, countless Zoom 1:1s, then two Zoom Webinars and then a Zoom college reunion gathering for nearly 200 people. What a learning curve it is, but here are some notes on how to use it: You pretty…
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Continue reading →: WordPress Themes Reviews
Well since I’ve got more time at home and am maintaining no less than half a dozen websites, it’s time to jot down what is working and what is not. here are some notes, but the things to decide are: Do you want to use an out of the box…
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Continue reading →: Tuning Ethernet Performance on Dell Alienware Aurora R8 with Qualcomm 802.11ac Adapter
Ok got a Zoom call coming up and want to make sure to have maximum bandwidth. This machine kept on falling back to using 2.4Ghz, 802.11n with 72Mbps maximum. The way to fix is pretty arcane. you have dive into `Device Manager` and twiddle with the advanced parameters for the…
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Continue reading →: Video Conferencing with Zoom and Keeping your Internet Speed Great
Well now that so many of us are at home, figuring out how to keep your video and other calls running well is more important than ever. Since yesterday, our network speeds have been horrible. Before the crisis we were getting 190Mbps upstream and 5Mbps downstream. But starting yesterday that…
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Continue reading →: Covid and Helping Others Part I
Well hopefully everyone is ok, but there are millions who aren’t. Here are some notes about what you can do to help others. Not a comprehensive list, but some good resources: OpenTable Gifts has a limited number of restaurants that take their gift cards. For now, they are eliminating all…
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Continue reading →: Apps for Self-Quarantine from Houseparty to Netflix Party to Goodreads
Well, hopefully everyone is safe and sound during this epidemic. Now that we are self isolating, what are some things to do (besides watch the news, help those in need and stay safe yourself). Beyond Slack, Teams, Zoom and Messaging Ok there are the usual suspects (and I don’t count…