ATEN dual 4K displayport KVM with Macbook, Windows 10, and Microsoft sculpt wireless keyboard and mouse.

This will be a quick one. I’ve seen a lot of people speculating and posting about this, so I just wanted to add my own post. Findings: You can use a Microsoft Sculpt wireless ergonomic keyboard and mouse with a Macbook computer. I’m typing on one now. The keymapping and scrolling direction needed a little …

A Monopoly meme critical of economic fairness completely misses the point.

I saw this posted as an attack on socialist economic ideas. Have you ever played Monopoly? Apart from the American Civil War, it’s probably the single greatest cause of brother on brother violence in human history. You start with an equal playing field, and with some random input and a few rules, you end up …

technote to self: Mac Console doesn’t find search terms in Windows log files

Issue: When you search a Windows generated log file in the Mac Console app, you may have trouble finding search terms even though you can see them right in front of you. Additional info: It turns out that there are extra invisible characters between every character, thus [FATAL] becomes ¿[¿F¿A¿T¿A¿L¿]¿. These invisible characters will break …

Technote to self: IMAP no longer receives new emails

Issue: When you use Outlook 2013 as your mail client and have an IMAP mail server, you stop receiving new emails. Your account will set up properly, and passes the initial connection test, but you can’t receive new mail. All your old messages are accessible and everything seems to work fine, apart from the fact …

Setting up Subsonic Music server, notes for future reference

Publishing a quick note as a reminder of how to set up Subsonic streaming music server. The process is a bit tricky, especially for multiple levels of routers, which my work requires. Just making a note so I don’t have to memorize it or rediscover it. Get external IP address from http://www.canyouseeme.org This IP address …

Madness? THIS…IS…COMCAST!

Update, I redacted the names of specific agents below because I’m not trying to get the foot soldiers in trouble for following orders. Let me preface this by saying that i’m not a habitual bitcher. For the most part I keep a stiff upper lip and just deal with what life dishes out. Unfortunately, that’s …

Boss Fight, Argonaut, Valis at the Mirkwood and Shire in Arlington

***Most of this post is just me bitching about a weird experience playing a gig, but you should at least read the part next to the asterisks below. Last Saturday night I drove out to Arlington to play a show with my band, Argonaut. We were scheduled to play at a former Spanish-style Methodist church …

Hidden Comcast/Xfinity data restrictions

Let me just quote this to start, it’s from a hidden Comcast FAQ  related to a data usage cap that was not disclosed during any part of the service order/contract process: What will happen if I exceed 250 GB of data usage in a month? The vast majority – more than 99% – of our …

Quick memo on prayers to God.

I got an email today that had a picture of a child who had lost her hair due to chemotherapy. The letter asked that I pray to God for a cure for cancer, and came with a side order of guilt should I choose not to forward the letter or pray as directed. I got …

Does Kalashnikov make a lawnmower?

After attempting to repair two gas lawnmowers in two weeks (the score is 1:1)  I’m astonished to report that the proper operation of a Tecumseh engine comes down to tiny pores in metal barely visible to the eye, and springs scarcely larger than those in a ball point pen. Is this really the best we …