Kara bought a lightly used 2011 MacBook Pro from my cousin. She got a good year of use out of it before the recalled GPU failed. Unfortunately, it wasn’t until after the GPU failed that we discovered the recall. Now that the window has passed, a fix would cost $500, according to Apple, at a… Continue reading 2011 Apple MacBook Pro with Defective GPU Runs Manjaro Linux Perfectly

The endless talk about COVID-19 pushed me to tune out the news for a bit. For a while, I was reading it every day, but it filled me with worry as I’m sure many others feel. The last time I checked the City of San Antonio’s COVID-19 risk assessment, we were between critical and severe.… Continue reading COVID-19 Cases Drop and San Antonio Decreases Risk to Moderate

Like it or not, third-parties can change an industry from the outside. TrueCar, Cargurus, Edmunds, and Cars.com changed the car business. Expedia, Priceline, Trivago, Orbits, and Travelocity changed the hospitality industry. And similarly, Postmates, Doordash, Grubhub, and UberEats will change the restaurant business during COVID-19. When restaurants were closed during the shutdown, I began ordering… Continue reading Third Parties are Changing Industries

While checking one of my many email accounts, I came across this email from FlexJobs. Three years ago, I was looking for a job. And during that time, I was obsessed with an idea to improve how people got hired. Dear Aaron, Historically, a career path has often been referred to as “climbing the ladder”,… Continue reading The Hiring Process is Too Slow, and Career Paths are Unclear

There are now 250 Billion websites, 220,000 of these launched within the last 24 hours, as seen here: https://zonefiles.io/. Sure, not all of these domains are useful. Many of these domains are for sale with a landing page full of advertising. Others are still on a Dreamhost under construction page. But, imagine there was a… Continue reading The First Website

If you’re stuck at home and need an affordable laptop to get your work done, the Motile 14 made by Walmart will surprise you! My fiancee, Kara, needed a laptop to complete her required courses at her new hospital job but did not want to spend the price of a new MacBook. Luckily, I had… Continue reading Unboxing MOTILE 14 Performance Laptop Walmart