Google Photos still beats all. Even though the fingerprint vault protection is a neat feature, one of the top-top-topmost policies in my household is to never take a photo you wouldn’t want your grandmother to see. It’s simply not worth the risk, especially with all the cloud-based communications happening on our…

Just thought I’d post this here for future posterity. These funny coincidences don’t happen often:

I used to be chronically (heh) late. But, 14 years ago, a mentor I respect made an important observation that I haven’t forgotten after all these years: My habitual lateness was a passive-aggressive way of fighting against time itself. I was always late on purpose to somehow “stick it” to the clock, to show it that I…

I respectfully disagree with this article’s “research” ... but who am I to stand in the way of science?

WHAT UP FISHES?!?!??!!!

There’s something that’s been preventing me from diving into the Pi or the Pi Zero or any kit available out there... I have an “old” iPad 1st Gen just sitting in my nightstand drawer which I pull out once a month to see if the battery needs charging. I’m a tinkerer at heart, and every time I see one of these…

Best of luck to you, Whitson. I’ve enjoyed your posts since the beginning and will be sure to follow what you’re up to at how-to geek. When you took over the reigns, I knew I’d be sticking around LH for the foreseeable future. Alan’s a great guy, too, so I’m confident he’ll make sure things keep running smoothly as…

in all seriousness, with multiple people, I vote to lay down in a circle with each person’s head on the next person’s butt. Cusion the cranium.

Oh MY GOSH. I thought it was only me or my phone or the government. There have been times when I could hold my iPhone’s speaker up to my hear and hear the “silent audio” hiss. Damn you, facebook. But thanks for ‘fessin up and fixin’ it. :)

Same here, wish I could make it but I’m in south OC, which makes the travel distance a bit too far for me. Would have loved to meet you, shake your hand and also meet the LH team in person after being a reader for so many years. Just re-read your “Age, in the digital age” hackerspace post a few minutes ago. :)

My comment may come off as a bit tongue-in-cheek — To convert my DVDs to media files: Step 1. Find the torrent. Step 2. Profit. Questionable-legality aside, it’s easier to let others do the work. I own many great sci-fi dvds from years ago, but instead of taking the time to rip them and possibly failing, or resulting…

I use the m705. I have the wheel always in hyperscroll mode. I wedged a piece of foam on the side of the wheel to give it a more friction since the wheel spins almost TOO freely otherwise.

I use the m705. I have the wheel always in hyperscroll mode. I wedged a piece of foam on the side of the wheel to…

I’ll preface this by saying that I’m the kind of person that make sure I have the same mouse at work and at home.

Good answer! I have noticed that getting to LAX via 105/Sepulveda has been absolutely terrible this past year. Last month my wife and I drove 2 cars to LAX; she took 105W, exit Sepulveda while I took 405, exit Century. I arrived a solid 15 minutes before she did.

That’s interesting. Google has owned Waze since 2013

One thing I noticed that Waze doesn’t do well is consider traffic lights. It seems to assume that you’ll make all the green lights when it tells you to take the local streets when the freeways are congested. Just recently, the 2 possible freeways I could take home were red so Waze took me on this…

I used to be afraid of becoming too dependent on GPS. But nowadays I’ve completely given in to Waze. Just because I know the shortest route on how to get from South Orange County to LAX, I don’t know traffic conditions. That means I need to rely on a traffic-aware GPS app like Waze to tell me whether I should take 5…

I’m so glad we’ve reached this plateau. To me, a phone has become like an electric toothbrush. How?

This is great! When it came time to retire my beloved Logitech Revolution MX with a different mouse, I had to buy 2 new mice. Why? Because I insist on using the same mouse at work and at home. This way I don’t have to re-adapt to a different mouse on evenings and weekends. I haven’t played FPS games in over 10 years,…

I made www.datecountdown.com a few years ago to count down dates.