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Updating iPhone while connected to Mac

This info might be useful if you update your iPhone while it is connected to your Mac. TL;DR: It’s 2023 an you’ll probably have to force quit/relaunch Finder on your Mac
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The white Strat

In which we meet my new 80’s MIJ Fender Stratocaster and learn its history
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Not my actual notes

IOS Notes are blank

Sometimes you open Notes in IOS and the notes are blank. That is not good, but don’t freak out.
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Desktop computers are least-worst at best

The crime against humanity that is the modern OS desktop, and how to kill it This is an opinion piece from The Register, and I agree with it completely. And of course, I have thoughts. Doing more, worse. After 30+ years of development–and more important, marketing–we now have a rich,…

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The HurtZOMG! and friends

The HurtZOMG!

A guitar amp restoration/mod to create an cross between a Champ and a Garnet Herzog
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They imbue you with super powers. IMBUE!

Origin story – The Penguin

(Repost from 2014) A friend on the social medias asked about the origin of the Penguin character. Here’s one. The Penguin was originally Oswald Olsin, a child prodigy who had made billions in business, despite being born with the inability to smell toast, due to his parents’ both working on…

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Using the Focusrite Saffire Pro 14 with Linux Mint

If you found this page by searching, then you, like me, are trying to figure out a problem with your Focusrite Saffire Pro 14, a Firewire audio device which you are trying to use with Linux. I will cut to the chase. After quite a few hours of reading (mostly…

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Too Big Not To Fail

A while ago, we received a pretty nice Delta kitchen faucet via UPS. It was addressed to us, and had a UPS tracking number. We had not ordered it. This was not brushing—it’s Costco, not GriftAsInfrastructure, and nobody’s going to brush with $190 items. But we hadn’t ordered or paid…

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