Aulani opened on August 29, 2011. What I wish I'd known before our first stay, from the expensive and limited food to what we'd do differently.
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My review of Serial for macOS, a $29.99 terminal emulator that talks to USB serial adapters with no drivers needed. Five stars.
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Joeveo's Temperfect mug cools scalding coffee to 145F fast, then holds it drinkable for 3 hours. Two years late from Kickstarter, but it works.
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The Plum Lightpad dimmer looks great and installs cleanly, but a weak iOS app and no smart home integrations make it hard to recommend.
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iBank for iPhone tries to be both a standalone app and a desktop companion, and does neither well. WebDAV sync setup was a fight from day one.
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The PadPivot promised a handy lap and desk stand for the iPad, but fiddly assembly and a snapping tension ring sank it for me.
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My review of the C-Loop swivel camera strap mount, my first Kickstarter back. Years later it is still attached to my Canon DSLR.
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My review of iBank 5 for Mac in 2013. Bill Pay, Direct Access downloads, and better budgeting keep it ahead of Quicken Essentials.
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The SmushBox Kickstarter promised unlimited 2-way SMS from a $250 box. Mine shipped untested and its microSD card died. My mixed review.
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Evernote and Dropbox compared on security, data integrity, search, and extras. Which service protects your data and when to use each.
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VaultPress backed up my WordPress blog 743 times, then failed me at recovery. Why automated backups mean nothing until you test a restore.
5 min read
Quicken Essentials 2010 for Mac has no usable export. Its CSV is a report dump, not data. How Intuit traps your transaction history.
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How to fix the Adobe Unit Types.osax errors flooding system.log on OS X Snow Leopard. Adobe's 64-bit update stops the osascript noise.
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Rackspace Cloud vs. Amazon EC2 in 2010, compared on instance sizes, hourly pricing, and features, with a winner picked in each category.
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