Apr 23I am fascinated, disturbed, and confused by this motorcycle jacket that let’s you die if you miss payments.Airbag motorcycle jackets. They’re exactly what they sound like. Jackets that detect when a rider is in an accident and deploy an airbag to protect them. Presumably with the primary goal of saving their life. These can be expensive. The Klim AI-1 is the latest and greatest jacket of this…5 min read
Apr 23I Am an Idiot and Installed Malware From the Apple App Store. But… It Was From the Apple App Store.I was fooled by trusting the walled garden. I was using my iPad Pro and couldn’t remember if I had WhatsApp installed. I usually launch applications with swipe to search so I did that. This was the result: I didn’t have it installed so it showed me a link to…Apple5 min read
Apr 22Dear Tim Cook: Congrats on M1 and HDMI Ports but We Need Bravery.Hi Tim — I wanted to congratulate you on the release of the new MBPs. I wrote you in 2016 very frustrated with the direction and must have been among many because I felt that my criticisms were heard at the highest levels (compliments to your support people). The return…Apple2 min read
Oct 27, 2020How To Manage Zip Files in Windows 10 Like A Master and ChampionHey, you! Want to download any kind of thing from any kind of place and work with it on your computer? You need a zip file! Now it’s time to unzip it… In Windows 10 out of the box, the process is a confusing mess. Double click the zip file…Lifehack3 min read
Jan 5, 2016The Utah Air Quality Reporting Gap (Updated)As I sit here at my desk in Salt Lake City, a look out the window hints at the problem with our air. A brown haze sits low around the foothills and the high-rises downtown are obscured by a thick muddy soup. …Environment7 min read
