With our buying so much online and the the choices so broad, here’s some steps to follow to be sure you’re getting the best value for your money. Ignore Amazon “regular” prices – If you shop at Amazon, you’d be wise to ignore their former… Read More »A bit of online shopping advice
As we enter the last month of the year, I look back on a few things I learned and experienced. The news is broken – Regardless of political leaning, one thing I came to realize is how broken the news industry has become as the… Read More »What I learned this year
There’s good reason why we dislike our wireless carriers. They are constantly trying to scam us with promotions that are not what they seem. It must be in their DNA, beginning years ago when they increased our monthly charge whenever we made a small change… Read More »Be wary of your wireless carrier
AI has been promised to replace human judgement and even replace a large part of our workforce, but it’s been disappointingly slow to realize most of these promises. But that doesn’t mean it can’t be helpful to to more mundane tasks and replace some of… Read More »How AI Will Become Your Personal Travel Agent
With a recent software upgrade, Apple has turned their AirPods Pro 2 into a hearing aid for those with mild to moderate hearing loss. It’s equivalent to an OTC hearing aid, a new category authorized by the FDA two years ago. To set it up,… Read More »Using the Apple AirPods 2 as a hearing aid
I feel fortunate now to be able to fly from San Diego directly to Europe and avoid having to drive to LAX. I’ve flown British Air’s daily flight several times to Heathrow and just tried Lufthansa’s flight to Munich. In total, San Diego offers nonstop… Read More »Lufthansa’s non-stop service from San Diego
I’m traveling through Sicily and before I left I looked at alternatives to using Verizon’s $10/day Travel Pass for International data and cell service. It’s not a bad price, but with my wife and myself, it adds up to $280 for our 14 day trip.… Read More »International calling and data for 10% of Verizon
How fitting for Elon Musk to debut his new robocab on the set of the Warner Studios where fake sets are the norm. This was where Musk was going to provide more details on his effort to deliver driverless cars for use as taxis, a… Read More »PT Barnum and a complicit press
If you’ve ever flown through San Diego on Southwest Airlines, you’ve experienced Terminal 1, one of the least inviting terminals in the country. Its two concourses each suffer from insufficient seating, poor food options, and no lounges. Each concourse, with its five gates, requires passing… Read More »San Diego Airport doubling in size
Millions of Verizon customers lost cellphone service this past Monday for about 8 hours. Days later we still have no idea of the cause because Verizon has not issued an explanation or even an apology. Do they even care? We’ve become so used to being… Read More »Takeaways from the Verizon outage