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RSS ↗External HDD Will Not Mount / Unmount
Technology
I recently had an issue with an expensive external hard drive which I use for Time Machine backups with a separate partition to share media on my home…
High Resolution Mobile Photography
Photography · Technology
If you enjoy mobile photography you’ll like this app comparison. I really like mobile photography and believe it is the future. Of course, I still want high quality…
Improving Your Uber Passenger Rating
Technology · Travel
Are you a good Uber passenger? It’s easy to find out what your passenger rating is (if you need help check out my how-to post here). Uber recently…
Uber Passenger Rating (Update)
Travel
Your Uber passenger rating is starting to become even more important now that, in certain countries, passengers with less than a 4.0 rating are banned from the service.…
360 VR Photography with Insta360 One
Photography · Technology
I’ve been really interested in 360 VR photography lately. I have a trip coming up to Peru with a planned stop at Machu Picchu and I want to…
Light L16 vs. Sony RX10 IV
Photography · Technology
I purchased the Light L16 camera recently and was excited to do some photo tests. I decided to compare it with my iPhone 7+ and Sony RX10 IV.…
Uber Passenger Rating (Update)
Technology · Travel
This is an update to a previous post (Uber Passenger Rating) because Uber changed the steps to access your Passenger Rating. Why would you want to see your…
Digital Hotel Key
Technology · Travel
While on a trip to Destin, FL USA (first time) my wife and I stayed at an Embassy Suites (Hilton brand) hotel. It was a nice hotel, staff…
Mobile BI
Analytics · Data Science · Technology
As a Data Scientist I love working with data. I especially enjoy creating stunning visuals to help make data insightful and actionable. As such I’m always interested to…
Sidefari
Technology
While Apple introduced a Split View mode in iOS 9 for iPad users to be able to use two apps side-by-side, it did not allow users to open…