The case of the dying iPhone 6

It's amazing how fast an iPhone battery deteriorates in only 3 or so years of use.  The photo in this post is from coconutBattery which is an app that I use to monitor the battery for my MacBook Pro.  The added benefit is that I can see the battery performance of an iOS device (it …

MacBook Pro 2017 Keyboard is Awesome

I've had my MacBook Pro for a couple months now and I have to say the keyboard is pretty awesome.  I know the travel is really short and people have issues with the arrow keys but this keyboard lets me type really fast.  I have a Dell POS from work that I've used for maybe …

Downsizing to a single iPhone

Lots of firsts this summer and I guess the significant one (besides switching companies) is that I am downsizing to a single phone for work and personal stuff.  In the past I have not wanted to do this for various reasons but the biggest one was mobile device management and the ability to either look …

Whoops I missed writing in July

This post will be a short one.  I just checked the archive links to my blog and for the first time I think ever, I forgot to write something in over 30 days.  I looked over to the right hand navigator and saw that I didn't write a single blog post in July. Thats because …

Whats going to happen to Flickr?

I remember a long time ago back in probably 2004 or 2005 there was this new photo sharing site called Flickr.  Back then there weren't a lot of places to upload your photos for MySpace except for maybe Photobucket (maybe I still have an account there, I think I should check....) but Flickr was different …

GoPro Hero Session – Using it in water

I've had my GoPro Hero Session 4 for a couple of years now and the main use for it was to use it while I'm doing activities like skiing, swimming, or anything else where I can't really use my iPhone.  I recently had a family trip in Hawaii and I used it a lot there …