New favorite podcast application/website.
I am a big fan of podcasts and a longtime user. I, like many, started with iTunes in my podcast listening, but quickly grew tired of how it handled feeds that I didn’t listen to in a while. For many years as an Android user, I used BeyondPod for listening to podcasts and in general,…
Why Can’t We Get Minecraft Bedrock on Mac with Apple Silicon?
It’s 2025, and Apple’s M-series chips have proven themselves as some of the most powerful consumer CPUs on the market. MacBooks and iMacs with Apple Silicon rival high-end PCs in raw performance while sipping power like mobile devices. Yet for some reason, there’s one glaring omission for gamers: Minecraft Bedrock Edition is still not available…
Why Won’t Apple Let Me Use an iPad for CarPlay?
If you’re an Apple user like me, you probably love the idea of seamless integration between your devices. iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch—they all talk to each other in Apple’s “walled garden.” But there’s one glaring hole in that ecosystem that has been bugging me for years: CarPlay only works with iPhones—not iPads. And honestly,…
Windows 10 Enterprise v1709 also has support for 4 sockets.
Windows 10 Pro for Workstations is being talked up to allow individuals like myself to use high end hardware for workstation type tasks. I have been waiting for this for years now and in the interim have become quite versed in Linux and Windows Server due to my requirement to use 4 sockets on the…
If the power goes out, so does your local network if you use Eero.
The big Nor’easter hit Connecticut the other day and we lost our power for a few hours. We also lost out cable too: phone, internet and TV. This was and is annoying, but I can understand how much work is involved to fix these things. One new think I learned is that you lose your…
Things I use, but am not 100% happy with…
Recently, I moved to a larger house after living in apartments and town houses for almost 20 years. Living in small places wifi had never really been an issue to me, and other than the occasional reboot of the router, I was very happy. In the new house, I tried to use my trusty Linksys…
It is a total mystery how to select the default Windows Hello device
I find the Windows Hello login very useful. It is quick and generally very accurate. There is one complaint I have that is really a bit of a mystery — how the heck to you pick the camera that you want to use for Windows Hello? There does not seem to be a way to…
The status of Android updates…
So — AT&T pushed a new update to me today on my Samsung Galaxy s6 Edge device. Recently, Google and Samsung (and AT&T) came to an agreement that monthly security updates would be sent to Samsung phones. This, in theory, is a good thing and I assumed that is exactly what this update was, but…
Why Won’t Apple Sell a Standalone Touch ID Sensor?
As much as I appreciate Apple’s attention to design and security, there’s one glaring hole in their product lineup that drives me nuts: the lack of a standalone Touch ID sensor. If you want to use Touch ID on a Mac, Apple locks you into buying their own Magic Keyboard with Touch ID. And while…
Android Auto
The other day I was notified of an update to Android Auto on my phone. I had seen some online news that a new version would be released that would allow the app to be used without a compatible in dash head unit. My first thought was “why did this take so long?”, but I…