A few weeks ago, I caught a YouTube video on how to hide wires and cords in an effort to create a completely “wireless” desk look. I was basically born a slob and whatever desk I’ve been working at for the last 25 years doing tech work has usually resembled a disaster area. So I …
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Everything is a Remix is great
The other day Kirby Ferguson’s Everything is a Remix magnum opus showed up in my recommendations and I imagine the uploaded file has a name like everything-is-a-remix_final_final_v25_no_really_finally.mp4 and even though I’ve watched half a dozen of his short videos and backed his kickstarters over the last 10-12 years, I watched the whole final version in …
Lessons from my first 1,300 mile road trip in an EV
I just returned from a 48hr jaunt to the San Francisco Bay Area, starting up near the Portland, Oregon area. I drove down in one day, and back the next day, on a route I’ve taken probably 50+ times over the last 20 years since I moved from there to here. In a gas car, …
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Apple should sell the iPad mini as a wireless CarPlay monitor
Piggy backing on my last post here, as I was trying to get my weird android tablet with a huge plastic bezel and odd mounts to look better in the Rivian, I thought about how much smoother and better my experience would be if it was a real iPad mini instead of a shady Android …
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A new “3rd way” for CarPlay
I am a fan of Apple’s CarPlay. I think it can make driving safer while keeping you informed of new calls and texts, and entertained with podcasts and music, all without having to take your eyes off the road or ever feel the need to pick up your phone while driving. It’s pretty good software, …
An American healthcare story
Most people in the world know healthcare in the USA is bonkers and often doctors won’t treat you unless you can prove you have the insurance to cover it. But what non-americans might not know is the lengths that medical places go to extract profit from you at every turn. Here’s a real thing that …
One hell of a gaming table
I follow a lot of woodworkers on YouTube, some of it to learn some tricks of the trade I occasionally adopt in my own projects around the house, but mostly for the relaxing hours of watching people plane boards perfectly flat, or hypnotically using a lathe to make a wooden bowl, or watching people making …
Testing out “Camp Mode” in the Rivian R1S
Three years ago, I decided to take the plunge after I saw some demo of the new Rivian EV trucks and SUVs that would be coming out “soon”. Yesterday, a tow truck hit my driveway and unloaded my R1S and in the first day of ownership, it’s been pretty good. What I most wanted to …
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Turntablism YouTube
I recently went a 2200 mile road trip to visit friends and family and as per usual, I caught up on a lot of podcasts, but sometimes people talking could make be sleepy so I’d switch to the best music of 2022 playlist, but I’ve been hitting that so hard for the last month that …
Oregon’s bottle law
A few years ago, Oregon upped their redemption price for beverage containers from 5¢ to 10¢, and I remembered doing a double-take because it seemed like a pretty big possible shift. I didn’t know it at the time, but Oregon was the first place in the USA to institute a redemption program for bottles and …
A Whole Lotta Nothing 