Re: Facebook down. Big outage - Yesterday

QuoteLux Interior Is this where we make smug comments about not having a FB account? Heck yeah. It's half the reason I posted this. Go for it. No offense taken.

Re: POTty all the time?!.....if you live in Mass, pot will be legal..... - Yesterday

Never thought I'd see this in my lifetime, and SO glad it's happening. When the full knowledge of the endo-cannabinoid receptor system becomes known, I think it'll blow the doors off of a lot of perceptions on how health happens.

Re: Cancer hits home. Any help will be appreciated. - Yesterday

Done. Thanks for posting this, Blankity, and for the GoFundme link.

Facebook down. Big outage - Yesterday

For those who use it (I do, mainly for its business group feature), FB has a massive worldwide outage going on.

Re: Anybody else enjoying 'The Kominsky Method'? - 2 days ago

Yeah, we're totally enjoying it. It's been awhile since we found an enjoyable series, and this one is pretty good. It's great to see old codgers like Douglas and especially pitch perfect Arkin still in their game. There's just no airs about them. Two thumbs up.

A critical take-down on the new high-end Mac Mini - 7 days ago

Granted, a lot of this was over my head, I didn't understand many of the terms he was using, and wasn't sure if his graphs were "longer is better" or "shorter is better." But if I'm hearing it correctly, this is no Mac Pro, and substantionally slower than the iMac Pro and other units. NOTE: he spoke about attaching a graphics card on the outside. I had no idea this

Re: Office chair - 9 days ago

Look around, too, and you can find an Aeron for less than $600 delivered.

Re: Office chair - 9 days ago

QuoteJPK I know it is no longer hip & cool, but I still love my H-M Aeron chair. I am tall & big and it has lasted me for 10+ years and still looks new. I think you you can find them on craigslist for a couple of hundred bucks. I am sure I would have spent more $$ over time on lessor chairs. JPK Upvote for this. I'm also tall (6'8") and not small (235), and I have parked my b

Re: Costco extended TV warranty - yea or nay - 12 days ago

Worth it. My Costco TV blinked out 1 month before its 4-year warranty was over, and they gave a brand up much-updated replacement.

Re: A Step-by-Step HOW TO REPLACE RAM IN A 2018 MAC MINI - 13 days ago

Quotegabester I don't know why I'm shouting here for kids to get off my lawn. I'm clearly not Apple's target market anymore. thanks for the first laugh of the morning, gabester. And yeah, Apple can make it oddly hard to love them sometimes. So many times when I think "man, they could've made so much happiness had they just done it this way." My head scratcher of late is, "

A Step-by-Step HOW TO REPLACE RAM IN A 2018 MAC MINI - 14 days ago

This guy did a great service. Clear pics, too.

Re: Why do lower Macs often have a higher Ghz? - 14 days ago

QuoteTheTominator Heat generation. The idea being, "we'd offer the 3.6 in the high-end 6 core, but the damn thing would overheat!" Which is pretty interesting, because that means the bottleneck these days is heat dispersion. Someone out there must be working on tiny cooling refrigeration for computers.

Why do lower Macs often have a higher Ghz? - 14 days ago

I've always wondered why this is: when Apple offers two models, the low-end one often has a higher number GHz speed. You'd think it'd be just the opposite. Take these new minis, which definitely have my attention. Yes, the low-end has fewer cores. But you'd think it would would say 3.6Ghz Quad for the low-end, and 3.6Ghz 6-Core for the high-end. I do see that the high-end turbos up to

Re: The future: one texting compilation app for Messages, FB Messenger, WhatsApp, Telegram, etc - 15 days ago

pinkoos, thanks, I'm setting up Franz now, looks worth checking out.

The future: one texting compilation app for Messages, FB Messenger, WhatsApp, Telegram, etc - 15 days ago

It's the wild west these days for texting. On my dual monitors, I need to have open windows to text apps such as Apple Messages (95% of the time from my Mac, not my iPhone), FB Messenger, WhatsApp (everyone overseas), and Telegram (some business groups). There's also WeChat and Skype, but I no longer have those open since everyone's migrated to one of the others. Not complaining, it's still a

Re: Best way to block YouTube ads on Safari? - 16 days ago

Seek and you shall find. Friend just texted me "Adblock man! Still works perfectly for Safari, even in the Mojave desert!" Sure enough, completely blocks all those damn YouTube ads.

Best way to block YouTube ads on Safari? - 16 days ago

Not sure what happened, but most YT videos now have lots of ads. Anyone know the best way to block most of these ads on Safari? I'm sure Chrome and Firefox do this well, just prefer Safari.

New Mini compared to 2013 Mac Pro ... looks very good - 19 days ago

[9to5mac.com] A little too early to tell since they don't have the top Mini, and I may be reading the info incorrectly, but it looks like the new low end $799 Mac Mini (with extra RAM) is about the same speed as a mid-range config of 2013 Mac Pro 8 core.

Re: Maybe the time has come to give up the Mac tower life? - 21 days ago

Quoteka jowct OWC has already announced RAM upgrades for the new Minis. So you could get the 8TB config and save some $ there. I am sure there will be other goodies available for these pretty quickly. That's a great find, ka jowt. Looks like OWC's 32G RAM would be $330, vs Apple's $600. Plus we could then sell the 8G chip that comes with the low model.

Re: Maybe the time has come to give up the Mac tower life? - 21 days ago

Tower and laptop forever! or, desktop and laptop forever. And the reason is: dualies at the home office. Yet the ability to travel. The question I'm wondering is: Mac Pro, or these new amazing Mac Minis? Those things really have my attention, even if the config I want would put me back $2200. I suspect it'll be faster/better/climb higher than my current 2013 Mac Pro.

Re: hmm. New Mac Mini. First time I've ever thought about getting one - 22 days ago

QuoteSpiff Yup. It's tempting. I'm waiting for the announcement of the new MacPro. My hopes are dwindling. You and me both! My 2013 model has run 17 hours a day since the day I purchased it, but I'm a sucker for new, so I look forward to seeing the next model. (and form factor, which I hear will change drastically).

hmm. New Mac Mini. First time I've ever thought about getting one - 22 days ago

SSD Prices Could Collapse in 2019 - 26 days ago

"...SSD prices — which have already fallen 50 percent this year — could be set for another 50 percent decline."

Re: I May Be The Last To Know™ - hidden Safari tab feature I just discovered - 26 days ago

I'll vote for the Fifth Element (top 10 best movies)

Re: RIP Tony Joe White - 26 days ago

wow. Never knew who'd sung that song. What a great piece of Americana. Thanks for posting this, Dennis S.

I May Be The Last To Know™ - hidden Safari tab feature I just discovered - 26 days ago

Well, when did this thing happen in Safari? 10 years ago? Last month? Cracked me up when I mistakenly did it this morning. In case the attached GIF doesn't come through: you open a few tabs, and then on the far left one, you click and drag it to the left and it makes a small logo for that tab; it then won't delete or respond to normal tab behavior. I guess it's for having a few tabs that

Re: Apple loosing another customer - 27 days ago

Loosing rhymes with goosing. That's the mnemonic I learned.

Re: TIL this about Pages - 30 days ago

My next obvious goal is to get a 70" TV so this color palette can be 4 feet tall.

TIL this about Pages - 30 days ago

I use Pages all day long every day. Never knew the color pallete could do this. (shown actual size) Not useful for me, but it still made me chuckle.

Re: WhatsApp vs Slack ... anyone have experience between these? - 4 weeks ago

You all rock. Thank you for this great feedback. Extraordinarily helpful.