I often find that the key to solving a problem, both personally, and professionally, is to complain out-loud. Sometimes, simply the act of making the necessary noises in a public way is enough to provide the nudge I needed towards resolution. I like to think that it’s because the act of articulating the issue, helps me solve it because I […]
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I would like to replace my car with an EV (electric vehicle), or more precisely a battery electric vehicle (BEV). My problem is mostly twofold: I don’t want to move backwards in terms of comfort/convenience/features versus my current ICE (internal combustion engine) car, and the market is evolving at a pace which makes something significantly better “just around the corner”. […]
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I’m probably behind the curve on this one, but I recently discovered that battery replacers exist. This is awesome, especially this time of year when my wife adds all sorts of AA/AAA powered annoyances, er… flashing holiday lights, around the house and forgets to turn them off when it’s time to go to sleep. This doesn’t solve the energy waste […]
Read moreIt’s no secret that I work in technology, so this is doubly in my wheelhouse. Not only is it great content, from a YouTuber I really enjoy, but relevant to my professional interests. Not exactly what we generally cover here, but Google demographics indicates that many of you are very likely to share similar interests, so I thought I’d share […]
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This was intended to be a PSA around Ubiquiti’s warranty policy, and then it turned into a bit of a rant :).
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We’ve been using Current banking for a bit over three years because it provides a really easy way to control over, and get great visibility into, what our kids spend their money on. There have been ups and downs in that time, mostly due to Current’s immaturity as a financial institution. But, where it wasn’t always perfect, that imperfection was […]
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Considering the nightmare that many people experienced with the 1.9.0-1.9.2 UDM/UDM-Pro firmware releases, my upgrade to 1.9.3 was relatively painless. I did experience a few issues, so I thought it was worth documenting them, and what I did to fix them.
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If you have a UDM-Pro or UNVR running an earlier version of Protect, it’s update time.
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Just wanted to alert everyone to an issue I discovered with the UDM-Pro’s firewall. It does not apply rules to VPN traffic. I haven’t found any other issues with the application of firewall rules, but it is troubling nonetheless.
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August 11th, 2020 was finally Solar Install Day. At least for me :). While I would have loved to catch those June/July rays, I definitely think it was worth the wait to get the system I wanted; and also I can’t say how long it would have taken for any of the other vendors either. In total, it took three […]
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