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Linked: DPReview.com is dead
March 21, 2023
4 min read
Two months ago, I purchased a Canon R5. The only resource I used to decide whether or not…
Linked: “Gowalla returns to see if location-based networking is ready for its mainstream moment”
March 13, 2023
2 min read
Via TechCrunch: Already, Gowalla has a prototypical version of this approach in play: its “street team” feature, which…
You want to be an HOA Property Manager?
March 7, 2023
18 min read
I spent 6 years as a property manager in New Hampshire. This is my story and while I…
Linked: “Reddit gets a TikTok-style feature that introduces a separate video feed”
March 7, 2023
3 min read
Via TechCrunch: Today Reddit announced updates to its platform, including the test of a TikTok-like feature that separates…
Technology: I’m closing my PayPal Account
February 26, 2023
2 min read
Paypal’s fee structure is anti-individual and clearly they only want to serve businesses. Venmo, Zelle, Apple Pay Cash…
Technology: About the iPad in 2023
February 6, 2023
6 min read
The 2022 Six Colors Report Card reminded me that I needed to write something about iPad. Here’s the…
2020-2023 RAM 1500 EcoDiesel Service Guide (Oil, Differential, Fuel Pump)
February 6, 2023
6 min read
First, the RAM 3L V6 EcoDiesel is dead. You can’t buy one anymore after mid-cycle of the 2023…
Technology: What about “Log in with Twitter”?
January 17, 2023
2 min read
Via Twitter’s Developer Site: “Use Log in with Twitter, also known as Sign in with Twitter, to place…
Technology: Apple is Ruining Maps.app in Favor of their Maps Services
January 11, 2023
5 min read
I wanted to open by saying this critique is not about Apple Maps’ quality as in a slight…
Life: The New Year and what’s ahead
January 10, 2023
4 min read
Humans try to make a reference or link to something to account for time. We invented calendars and…
My Own Little Elephant, self-hosting Mastodon – Follow Along
January 9, 2023
2 min read
If you really care about your data, you should host it yourself. Despite all of the talk this…
My iOS Homescreen – 2023
January 8, 2023
3 min read
Another year, another homescreen. As always, I have to thank MG for his timely annual reminder to do…
Photography: Back to Mirrorless – Canon R5
January 7, 2023
6 min read
In August of 2015, I shared here that it was time to sell my Olympus E-M1. I owned…
Linked: Stammy on Mastodon
January 6, 2023
2 min read
Via Paul Stamatiou: I’m hoping that the recent interest in Mastodon will get people to start thinking more…
Technology: I won’t buy the first Apple Headset
January 3, 2023
4 min read
Some great details were shared today by Macrumors that really gave concrete examples of what the very first…
Linked: “Revisiting 2011 Funky Buddha Passionfruit Berliner Was a Harrowing Experience”
December 31, 2022
1 min read
via DDB: This was one of like 50 bottles so at least we know this is a contained…
Vinyl: Transatlanticism
December 20, 2022
4 min read
My emo phase never ended. I remember distinctly a first date I went on in high school with…
Travel: A Week at The French Leave
December 20, 2022
12 min read
It was January of 2022 when we were on the cusp of Marriot changing redemption rates for points…
Life: Two Weeks in Charlotte, NC
November 20, 2022
5 min read
Two weeks today (11-5), we arrived in Charlotte. It was a Beverly Hillbillies looking caravan. After we accidentally…