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Continue reading →: Traveling to NAB Show 2025 Jack Reacher StyleA couple of years ago, I traveled to Boulder, CO, for the wedding of the state’s governor, Jared Polis, with the clothes on my back and a small Eagle Creek waist pack. That was an overnight trip that was complicated by the fact I was wearing a suit. It turned…
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Continue reading →: Pre-WWDC25 gathering in San Jose scheduled for Saturday, June 7, 2025Once again, I’m organizing an informal gathering of Apple developers in San Jose to kick things off. Join us at San Pedro Square in Downtown San Jose on Saturday, June 7, 2025, from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM. We’ll plan to meet on the patio along W. St. John Street.
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Continue reading →: Bags no longer fly free on SouthwestThoughts from a longtime customer on the new policy changes from Southwest Airlines in 2025.
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Continue reading →: My checklist for releasing appsMy checklist for releasing an app, based on my experience launching MixEffect 2.2.0.
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Continue reading →: Getting the Newton MessagePad 2000 and 2100 to work in 2025Preventing the heat death of the Newton universe for another 15 years with Patch 712000.
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Continue reading →: Re-painting the front and installing a handlesetThere are some things that I’ll leave to the professionals, like finishing our garage, and there are other things that I am more comfortable doing myself. This week, I re-painted our front door and installed a new Schlage Century handleset with a Latitude lever. When we bought our Schlage Encode…
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Continue reading →: Electrify America Upgrade at Westfield Valley Fair MallUpdate – February 7, 2025: The EA station at Westfield Valley Fair is back in operation! They had been out for three and a half weeks. For the past two weeks, the Electrify America EV Charging station at the Westfield Valley Fair Mall in San Jose has been offline and…
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Continue reading →: Finishing the garageWe’ve lived in our current house for nearly 19 years. It’s hard for me to believe, but that’s longer than I lived in my childhood home in San Diego! We’ve undergone several major projects outside of the house, such as remodeling the pool, replacing the fences, re-landscaping, and painting. Last…
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Continue reading →: A decade with the Mac mini and first impressions on the new, smaller, and M4-powered Mac miniToday, Apple announced a complete revamp of their versatile Mac mini computer. The most visible difference is the size. The dimensions on the new Mac mini is now a diminuitive 5.0 x 5.0 x 2.0 inches, compared with 7.7 x 7.7 x 1.4 inches for Mac mini computers sold over…
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Continue reading →: Improving the Schlage Encode Plus Smart Lock with automationsLearn how I enhanced the capabilities of my Schlage Encode Plus smart locks with door sensors, Home automations, NFC tags, and shortcuts.






