• Kensington SD5700 Ethernet Issues

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    Back in April 2021 I purchase a Kensington SD5700 Thunderbolt 4 dock and until today had been fairly happy with it’s function. Today the ethernet died on the SD5700T in the most annoying way. It didn’t just stop working for the computer that the dock is plugged into, it puts out interference on the network

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  • Framework 13 AMD Review from The Verge

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    Here’s the review from The Verge which sings the praises of the 13″ Framework with an AMD mainboard. I’m typing this on a 13″ Framework with 12th Gen Intel hardware and I’m entirely happy with the machine. The biggest drawback I see to the AMD Framework is the port situation. My Intel machine has 4

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  • Add Synology Share to NixOS

    Add Synology Share to NixOS

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    While it’s not all that hard to do, it did take me a bit of digging to figure out how to add my Synology to nixOS. The first thing that tripped me up was a simply mind trick where I didn’t really clue into the fact that I was looking to add a Samba share

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  • PKM Weekly Oct 8 2023 – Issue 091

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    If you get value out of this newsletter consider supporting it by becoming a member. You can either get my weekly thoughts or all my courses and my weekly thoughts. You could also purchase a course if that fits your needs better. You can get this in your inbox by signing up. It Takes Time

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  • What Companies Value Shows in What They Do

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    There are many things to like about Github’s published document on how they should communicate. I like the idea of asynchronous communication as priority. I love that they want to write things down, and in an ideal world they want to maintain documentation as a first priority in a project. Really I have nothing to

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  • Automation and the Future of Work

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    One benefit members get is access to my rawish book notes. If you want to get an idea of what’s talked about in a book with some thoughts from me become a member. If you want to read this whole post become a member. Members get all my courses included..

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  • Standby Mode – Apple Wants You To Pay Even More Attention to Their Phone

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    So with iOS 17 Apple has introduced Standby mode which turns your device into a clock, or lets you place some widgets on it of your choice. At first this seemed like a good feature but after a few days I feel like it’s just another bid by Apple to make their phone steal even

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  • Is Apple Really Committed to the Environment?

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    At the recent Apple event there was a segment featuring Octavia Spencer as Mother Nature where Apple touted it’s efforts to make it’s products better for the environment. While Apple may be ahead of some companies in their efforts to reduce the impact of their products on the environment, there is one big step they

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  • Radicalized by Cory Doctorow

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    Radicalized by Cory Doctorow is a set of 4 short stories that examine where our world is, and where it could be going if we don’t take steps to intervene in the path we are currently walking. We start with a look at immigration in the US and watch Salima finally get a real apartment

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  • Matt Has Music Suggestions

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    Matt has been sharing an album a day for a while now as part of a 365 project. I give pretty much everyone at least one listen and have found some great music from the project.

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