Blog Archive 2014 More mail fail Jan 01 2014 Happy New Year Jan 01 2014 2013 Mail.app and gmail in Mavericks Dec 08 2013 Death by dueling modal dialog Dec 08 2013 2-factor authentication setup for AppleID Dec 08 2013 Apple shopping cart fail — gift card in cart makes gift card payment option disappear Dec 08 2013 Apple shopping cart fail — multiple devices on new cell plan Dec 08 2013 Unexpected side effects switching cell phone providers Dec 08 2013 State of the Last-mile Internet Connection, Year 2013 Dec 08 2013 Everything except the Retina Mini Dec 08 2013 Apple is getting really aggressive about this sleepdelay thing Mar 20 2013 From Tumblr to Octopress, part 3: footnotes Mar 17 2013 From Tumblr to Octopress, part 2: how Mar 17 2013 From Tumblr to Octopress, part 1: why Mar 17 2013 OS X has a builtin Wi-Fi network scanner Feb 25 2013 A waterproof tablet! A step in in the right direction Feb 25 2013 Speedy resume Feb 21 2013 Two things I didn’t know about Mac OS internet sharing Feb 13 2013 Troubleshooting Mac sleep problems Feb 13 2013 Google default account for multiple sign in Jan 31 2013 Restore from backup Jan 23 2013 Google account access from an iPhone Jan 23 2013 Previewing Markdown files from the terminal Jan 09 2013 2012 Mac boot drive selection from Bluetooth keyboard Dec 27 2012 Visiting Ireland with baby Dominic Nov 28 2012 The effect of time-shifting electrical usage on NEM billing Nov 13 2012 E-1 vs E-6 for residential solar customers Nov 11 2012 One year of solar power Nov 09 2012 One year of cellular data Nov 07 2012 OAuth and localization fixes for Palm-Evernote importer Nov 06 2012 Platform preferences and rolling with punches Oct 29 2012 So, I sat down to watch a movie on my iPad and this happened. Or, why “just works” is a lie. Oct 24 2012 Playing by the rules Oct 24 2012 Those iOS 6 maps Oct 03 2012 NAS brand loyalty (or not) Oct 03 2012 Airlines are getting worse Oct 03 2012 Step 2 is the hard part, indeed Sep 14 2012 Mac OS “HiDPI” settings and TVs as “Retina” displays Aug 22 2012 Diesel vs gasoline fuel mileage, redux Aug 22 2012 Tablet size, and implications for portability and purpose Aug 20 2012 Swimming upstream Aug 20 2012 iPhone hardware wishlist Aug 20 2012 Mac App Store DRM Aug 15 2012 Retina MBP first impressions Jul 09 2012 Apple’s June 2012 MacBook Pro pricing Jun 15 2012 OpenWrt is losing its luster Mar 19 2012 Custom-built Linux router, (no) thanks to Realtek Mar 19 2012 Siri, keeping the “artificial” in “artificial intelligence” Mar 08 2012 Headphones that let sound in but not out Mar 08 2012 Diesel Mar 07 2012 Off-the-cuff reaction to OS X Mountain Lion Feb 16 2012 Space limiting your Time Machine network backups Jan 20 2012 Observations on mobile platform speed Jan 20 2012 Nothing is as easy as it should be: SSD upgrades Jan 20 2012 Nothing is as easy as it should be: NAS upgrades Jan 20 2012 Nest learning thermostat review Jan 20 2012 Nest “C” wire update Jan 20 2012 Blog comment semi-spam Jan 20 2012 2011 Configuring iOS for Google’s cloud data services Nov 28 2011 Using iTunes Match as iTunes library sync Nov 27 2011 How photo sync would be done right Nov 24 2011 Kindle Fire first impressions Nov 17 2011 How much can the Kindle Fire improve with software updates? Nov 17 2011 NYC marathon results Nov 08 2011 Growing up with Apple Oct 09 2011 SF 1/2 marathon challenge Jul 29 2011 NYC marathon Jul 26 2011 Not the modem after all Jun 23 2011 Update on Mac OS X headless Fast User Switching bug Jun 13 2011 Update on Comcast last-mile ISP connection Jun 13 2011 Misleading DSL sync speeds, revisited May 03 2011 DSL disappointments: too bad that didn’t work Apr 21 2011 Don’t override keys that already have a meaning in your scope Apr 20 2011 DSL disappointments: misleading sync speed edition Apr 18 2011 DSL disappointments: Annex M edition Apr 18 2011 How to search your own activity streams? greplin! Apr 15 2011 Tumblr editor bug leaves CSS metadata in my data Apr 14 2011 On searching one’s own activity streams Apr 13 2011 DSL modem annoyances Apr 13 2011 This is why you need a Groklaw Apr 11 2011 Open for business Apr 11 2011 LevelsOfDetail: eject Apr 11 2011 State of the last-mile internet connection, year 2011 Apr 09 2011 if not here, then where… Apr 09 2011 State of the last-mile internet connection, year 2009 Apr 07 2011 State of the last-mile internet connection, year 2008 Apr 07 2011 State of the last-mile internet connection, year 2003 Apr 07 2011 State of the last-mile internet connection, year 2001 Mar 31 2011 State of the last-mile internet connection, year 2000 Mar 31 2011 In honor of World Backup Day Mar 31 2011 Phil Libin on data protection at Evernote Mar 26 2011 That time is not for the candidates. It is for the voters. Mar 22 2011 I’m not proposing complacency here. I am proposing perspective. Mar 22 2011 On long-term thinking Mar 22 2011 re: browser ui Mar 17 2011 Geolocation against a mobile base station - how does it work? Mar 17 2011 Why is the iPhone so expensive? Feb 17 2011 Mac OS X bugs Apple’s never gonna fix Feb 15 2011 Comcast data cap doesn’t apply to on-network transfers? Feb 08 2011 Storytlr/Tumblr import failures, and fix Feb 03 2011 Reason number 7 it’s weird getting Internet service from a cable company Jan 26 2011 Cloud app, meet cloud devices Jan 25 2011 So close and yet so far Jan 19 2011 Poor Speakeasy Jan 19 2011 MKSTaskbarPlugin for VMware Workstation for Windows Jan 18 2011 G is for Gravatar Jan 18 2011 “Many Americans are criminals and they don’t even know it” Jan 17 2011 How to make software volume control useful for Mac with digital speaker output? Jan 10 2011 Updated version of Palm-Evernote importer Jan 09 2011 Sabbatical travel map Jan 07 2011 iOS simplified multitasking isn’t a panacea Jan 02 2011 2010 Why are we letting the terrorists succeed by making us act as if we’re frightened? Most of us aren’t, really. Dec 30 2010 Travel photo processing workflow Dec 30 2010 My experience with the big 4 cell networks in the US (or, why I use Sprint) Dec 30 2010 Windows external-monitor support has come a long way Dec 28 2010 Tips for re-uploading photos from Lightroom to Flickr Dec 22 2010 State of terror to become more pervasive Dec 16 2010 Apple iOS devices and their crazy dependency on iTunes Dec 15 2010 Dunes within dunes Dec 05 2010 How high are the various Machu Picchu sites? Dec 04 2010 Flickr->Facebook upload announcements, finally working for me Dec 04 2010 iPhone 3G sacrificed to gods of Machu Picchu Dec 03 2010 Kindle Snow Crash Dec 01 2010 Yay for single sign-in Nov 28 2010 Wi-fi password request UI suggestion Nov 27 2010 Kindle subscription content is not transferable between devices Nov 27 2010 Why is the Kindle keyboard so bad? Nov 26 2010 When is a $300 netbook not a $300 netbook? Nov 26 2010 Kindle foreign language dictionary lookups for language learning Nov 26 2010 3 things I miss in the mobile phone market Nov 26 2010 Windows wi-fi connection sharing annoyances Nov 25 2010 We didn’t start the fire Nov 25 2010 Note to Argentine bars: Nov 25 2010 How do I know the Kindle’s web browser secures SSL connections? Nov 25 2010 Amusing traceroutes from Argentina Nov 25 2010 Windows connection sharing for travel network access Nov 24 2010 SFO doesn’t actually use the TSA for passenger screening? Nov 24 2010 Amazon reviews in Kindle store: sorting from oldest to newest is not helpful Nov 24 2010 Story of TSA encounter when getting *off* a plane Nov 23 2010 How long can bugs survive in Windows Notepad? Nov 23 2010 For dinner they’ll give you food. You won’t like it, but it’s edible. Nov 23 2010 Does anyone sleep in Argentina? Nov 23 2010 Apple devices and Argentina time Nov 22 2010 Playmobil Security Check Point Nov 21 2010 How whales and dolphins sleep without drowning Nov 21 2010 Adobe Lightroom keyboard focus bug Nov 21 2010 Use of proxy server to trick websites that serve you the wrong thing based on geolocation Nov 20 2010 The trouble with 19 hour bus rides Nov 19 2010 Individual airports can opt out of hiring TSA for security screening Nov 19 2010 Chance of dying from airport backscatter radiation about the same as chance of getting killed by terrorists. Nov 19 2010 That’s what history really is: masses of people doing ordinary things. Nov 18 2010 What other organization, indeed? Nov 16 2010 The FUD department is connected to the legal department is connected to the Kinect department? Nov 16 2010 Trelew, Rawson, Punta Tombo: dolphins and penguins Nov 15 2010 Argentinian beef Nov 12 2010 Argentine national parks are expensive Nov 12 2010 Arbitrary Argentine Acronyms Nov 12 2010 You know you’re in Argentina when…Not only is beef available as a pizza topping, it’s more of a pizza covering. Nov 11 2010 Really good take on the e-book state of the union Nov 07 2010 iOS 4 on iPhone 3G – lawsuit material? Nov 07 2010 How to add Tumblr to your Google Buzz feed Nov 07 2010 Browsing Facebook from Kindle 3 Nov 07 2010 Tumblr/Facebook integration Nov 06 2010 Tumblr new-user questions Nov 06 2010 Travel mysteries: undercharge with respect to receipt? Nov 06 2010 Travel mysteries: ok to lean your airline seat back? Nov 06 2010 Tierra del Fuego? Nov 06 2010 This new blog Nov 06 2010 Boo, Nikon D90 has wrong default for “file number reset” Nov 06 2010 Birdwatching in Tierra del Fuego Nov 06 2010 17,848 kilometers from where I was born: hello, Alaska, from Tierra del Fuego. (OK, no, I’m sure I wasn’t born exactly at the other end of this road, but whatever. It’s neat seeing a distance-to-somewhere sign with a distance that large.) Nov 06 2010 The perils of halfway speaking Spanish Nov 03 2010 Turkey travel photos Oct 28 2010 Birdwatching in Esteros del Ibará Oct 26 2010 Amazon review format-combining can be dangerous Oct 21 2010 Turkish buses were a pleasant surprise Oct 17 2010 Doing things the hard way Oct 17 2010 Love/hate for Apple’s iPhone Oct 16 2010 Love/hate for Amazon’s Kindle Oct 16 2010 Germany travel photos (Oktoberfest in Munich) Oct 09 2010 Camera stuff I like Sep 17 2010 mjpg-streamer from OpenWRT with cheap webcams Sep 15 2010 Cheap & tiny pocket camera case Sep 15 2010 Kellan Elliott-McCrea on data portability at Flickr May 19 2010 2009 Physical keyboards may be more efficient even if not faster Jul 15 2009
So, I sat down to watch a movie on my iPad and this happened. Or, why “just works” is a lie. Oct 24 2012
Why are we letting the terrorists succeed by making us act as if we’re frightened? Most of us aren’t, really. Dec 30 2010
Use of proxy server to trick websites that serve you the wrong thing based on geolocation Nov 20 2010
Chance of dying from airport backscatter radiation about the same as chance of getting killed by terrorists. Nov 19 2010
The FUD department is connected to the legal department is connected to the Kinect department? Nov 16 2010
You know you’re in Argentina when…Not only is beef available as a pizza topping, it’s more of a pizza covering. Nov 11 2010
17,848 kilometers from where I was born: hello, Alaska, from Tierra del Fuego. (OK, no, I’m sure I wasn’t born exactly at the other end of this road, but whatever. It’s neat seeing a distance-to-somewhere sign with a distance that large.) Nov 06 2010