With the demise of the Humble Partner program nobody told us about (yeah thanks, Humble), I remembered I had also signed up at Fanatical so I could link to games with an affiliate code. In fact I did this last year but never actually heard from them, nor did I get an affiliate code, but … Read more
So we got a new Capital One credit card the other day. I’m the main account holder and got a second card for my wife. Both cards arrived and have different card numbers, but they share the same account. So far so good. I created an online account with my user credentials, and my wife … Read more
We frequently re-watch shows a few years after watching them initially, so I wondered if there was a way to reset the “next episode” counter on such shows, which rightfully has a white bar over every thumbnail, indicating we’ve seen them all. Turns out there’s currently no way to do this via the Amazon website, … Read more
Somewhat lengthy story coming up, so please bear with me here. The actual setup procedure is described further down in this article (for TLDR readers). So I’ve upgraded my Logitech multi-device keyboard and mouse recently. I’ve been using my old MX Craft keyboard and MX Master 3 mouse on both a PC and Mac, switching … Read more
When I got a new WiFi router, I’ve retired my old AirPort Time Capsule from being my main network hub. One thing I was missing from my setup though was the network attached Time Capsule functionality so that my Macs can use it Time Machine backups. Turns out the Time Capsules actually have an option … Read more
I’ve had some spurious issues with my HP Z840 workstation recently. After transferring my data drives to a new system, the old system wouldn’t boot anymore. All fans and lights would come on, but no BIOS messages would display and the screen was dead. There were no diagnostics beeps either, which at first lead me … Read more
I cannot adequately describe just how annoying I find these constant prompts to “Sign in with Google”. I appreciate the offer 40 times a day, but I genuinely don’t and probably never will use Google to sign in anywhere, no matter how practical and easy they want to make it. I was wondering if there’s … Read more
You can backup your local Git repos to a private server server, either on your own network or via the internet. All you need is access to the server and a bare repository, then connect it as remote URL and you can push data to and from it. It’s a great way to share your … Read more
