Shameless plug to get Google to index the website faster. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I was playing around with the idea to up the marketing and social media stuff for Shan (WFH is taking its toll -- I was bored, always doing the same, saw Shan struggle to do both creative and marketing work, and I had plenty of brainjuice left -- and in all fairness I was probably getting a bit frustrated and going "why don't you just ...". So yeah, decided to actually help out and experiment some).
This is one from last year, but as there's another coming... Posting it here for memories' sake.
They promised us all our cat pictures (they took more pictures of the cats than us)... Still waiting. :(
I've noticed my AirPod Max being stuck at ~74% battery and not wanting to charge any further. It's running the latest firmware and I usually charge them on a (legit) usb-A-to-lightning cable connected to my monitor. Even keeping them connected charging overnight would somehow max out at 74%.
There are a few Reddit posts with other people facing the same issue with AirPod Pros (case not wanting to charge further than 74%) but no concrete answer or solution is posted.
I am not sure what is the problem -- I've upgraded Shan's 27" 2k monitor to a 32" 4k monitor and AutoCAD LT recently updated from 2021 to 2022. Shan's been using a 2017 i5 NUC (NUC7i5BNB) with 32Gb RAM using the onboard GPU. Something that should be plenty for a bit of Windows, Chrome, Photoshop and AutoCAD LT.
For the past few weeks, several times a day her screen would black out for half a second or so and then everything should go back to normal. Sometimes it would happen several times in a row, sometimes it wouldn't for hours on end.
I recently got my mom a Macbook Air M1, upgrading from a 2010 Macbook Pro (High Sierra).
When migrating over from High Sierra to Big Sur, using Migration Assistant (my Synology TimeMachine kept on failing -- but besides that, migration went smoothly) two issues came up that required calling Apple.
But first off I noticed that when migrating, for some reason FileVault was turned off (more on that later). I, obviously, turned it on.
I've been running the Apple WatchOS 7 beta for a while now, and when updating, my watch face lost the "date": it was no longer showing the date and day of the week (i.e. Fri).
Quite annoying -- but it's a beta after all. I shouldn't complain. I did what every good beta tester would do: I filed a bug (it's still unanswered from what I can see).
I rarely use Bluetooth on my RPis. I'm already facing enough issues with my iMac and Mac Mini (it lags, it randomly disconnects in meetings, etc).
My pwnagotchi on the other hand is counting on a BLE network to connect to the internet: for now I am using my iPad, and while that works, it causes my iPad to disconnect from WiFi (because of course, it can only do tethering from a mobile network, not from its WiFi network).
Shan has launched a new website (and a new domain)!
Logo by Christa.
The last (and only time) I posted a recipe here, was 7 years ago. Wow.
As we're trying to eat less meat in general, we've (Shan and I) been experimenting with vegetarian dishes.
This lasagna has been eaten by a few people now and every time the reviews are pretty damn good. :) It comes rather close to the original taste while being entirely vegetarian.
First off -- we're mostly just swapping out the regular minced pork/beef mix with Beyond Meat. There are other brands out there (i.e.: Omnimeat), each with their own taste -- try to see what works for you.
Right. With the pandemic and all none of us are going to travel much but still...
About a year ago I purchased myself an OpenWRT router to use on the plane and in hotels.
And so far I really like both the device and the Hong Kong based brand (launching new and updated products, and releasing relatively regular updates for older products). Pick a device that fits your needs (USB powered? LTE? Small form factor?).
