Welcome to the obligatory first post. There always has to be one! I’m glad that you’ve stopped by. This is a fresh attempt at a public-facing blog for myself. I am a software developer who has w...

A tip because I was about to throw my Pixel 7 out the window… I’d had enough of “app quality” issues, that is, mainstream apps that I was downloading from Play Store listed as compatible** only to...

So I needed to get a new laptop for work. Unfortunately work for now is best with sigh Windows 11. So I might as well get a new laptop to dedicate to work purposes. My previous work gave me a lapt...

As many of you know and as is the implied theme of this blog, I’ve been going through a transition. Foor those of you wondering, though no comments yet… it’s going well. There remains, as I compl...

This is the project I’ve been working on over the last few days. The product My partner set me a challenge to protect our off-grid water tank contents. I figured I’d program a smart switch to pro...

OK so I did let this atrophy for a while. Life gets in the way, but there are things now that dictate doubling-down and making this my primary output. Welcome to everyone who wants to follow my jo...

This week I’ve been settling into my Google Pixel 7 and replacing some of the functions I Was used to from iPhone and in many cases going beyond. On iPhone I was somewhat spoiled by Shortcuts - th...

Here’s a quick Android Tip: if you are using GBoard as your keyboard, explore the “four square” options button. Especially useful for code editing is the “Text editing” option that you can promote ...

This new blog workflow is brought to you by JekyllEx and as a result, it has to be the App of the Day. Find it here . JekyllEx is an editor and previewer for GitHub Pages-style blogs or sites like...

This week I made a switch. After finally breaking down and admitting that my iPhone 13 mini deserved to be repaired due to only being able to charge it wirelessly, and then being quoted $500 to fix...