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Pismo Beach: First Visit

During our first visit to the Pismo Beach area we talk about restaurants, the beaches, and amazing views of the Pacific Ocean. We talk about these places: Zorro’s in Shell Beach Steak & Seafood Wooly’s on Pismo Beach Hotshot Billiards in Pismo Beach InterContinental the Clement hotel in Monterey Passion Fish in Monterey The article about the Del Monte Shopping Center is at SF Gate. You can watch it here:

July 9, 2023 · 1 min · 70 words · Christopher Hicks

Creator of Clippy

I’ve lived through this story and I’m still surprised by many facets of it.

June 11, 2023 · 1 min · 14 words · Christopher Hicks

"LinkedIn is better on the app" is the subject of the email.

I keep getting these emails from linked-in and I can’t help but wonder: why are you neglecting your website that much? Why is the app that much better? Is it really better? They don’t make it apparent how. Do they not care about people using the web version anymore? Does Microsoft really feel the primary audience is mobile and not people that sit in front of their computers all day? Why should we believe that linked-in is going to continue investing in the app when we’ve seen folks like StackOverflow create apps and then abandon them? ...

April 22, 2022 · 1 min · 99 words · Christopher Hicks

Great coverage for McD Tech Labs

First, The Economist covers my new job in the first month. Now, we have Wired . covering this as well. That’s my two favorite magazines of all time. I’m not sure how the Smithsonian’s Air & Space or Make will get in on this, but either could be the hat trick!

November 30, 2020 · 1 min · 51 words · Christopher Hicks

Try Personal Capital.

Try Personal Capital If you are past the point where CreditKarma is giving you helpful information then it is time to move onto these guys. You get a complete view of your status across all of your accounts. It is great to search for transactions across banks and credit vendors. Their support has been excellent.

October 24, 2018 · 1 min · 55 words · Christopher Hicks

It is funny that this happens a week before

Washington Post headline: Sales of Essure birth control implant to be halted by Bayer; U.S. last to sell controversial device It is funny that this happens a week before http://bleedingedgedoc.com/ is released. Thanks to everyone who advocated for this. Links http://bleedingedgedoc.com/ Washington Post article Sales of Essure birth control implant to be halted by Bayer; U.S. last to sell controversial device Shared with: Public

July 20, 2018 · 1 min · 64 words · Christopher Hicks

Once again the forces for copyright have reduced the rights of normal people

Once again the forces for copyright have reduced the rights of normal people who have done nothing wrong. Any chance of a lost nickle is too much for the copyright advocates. And they get to demand these rights for life+70 years. That’s no good for the public domain, but that’s an easy to ignore consequence if they can be $20 richer in the 145th year of publication. As China has amply demonstrated if you want to remain relevant to manufacturing you need a very different view of intellectual property. But don’t worry, for trading away making cars, washing machines, and almost everything else we got Hollywood and stock photo houses. Those are the best people to optimize our economy for it would seem. I’m sure Hollywood is excited to retrain coal and factory workers to be the next Dwayne The Rock Johnson. ...

February 16, 2018 · 1 min · 157 words · Christopher Hicks

Steam preferences set to Linux

I wish I had known this earlier, but I finally set my default in my preferences to wanting Linux. It does’t seem to limit my ability to see Windows-only games in the store or discovery queues. See https://gaming.stackexchange.com/a/311702/100715 to learn how to set your preferences. Links https://gaming.stackexchange.com/a/311702/100715 Steam now lets developers know how many users want their game on Mac and Linux Shared with: Public +1’d by: John Sharpe

December 9, 2017 · 1 min · 69 words · Christopher Hicks

Wow, that's too bad.

Wow, that’s too bad. Links Linux Journal Ceases Publication | Linux Journal Shared with: Public

December 2, 2017 · 1 min · 15 words · Christopher Hicks

Higher tax rates for the rich could actually make the world a better place.

Higher tax rates for the rich could actually make the world a better place. See the charts to prove it… Links Our Broken Economy, in One Simple Chart - The New York Times Shared with: Public Comments Theresa Sawyer - 2017-09-05T14:50:36Z Awesome graphs! Theresa Sawyer - 2017-09-05T14:50:36Z Awesome graphs!

September 5, 2017 · 1 min · 49 words · Christopher Hicks