What better way to start a family holiday than an old school murder mystery set in London? It’s a psychic-filled murder mysteries set in London, solved by an American detective character, made by a Korean developer, with only Japanese dubs. I’m serious. This is quintessentially Castle in the Sky but with more emphasis on East…
The Mad Tea Party
Inspiring yet Mad Spiels
How to Fix Safari HTTPS Error on Bose Soundbar to Connect to WiFi
Some older IoT devices had quirky ways to connect to WiFi. My Bose Soundbar 700 and several others from era (e.g. label printers) have dedicated web UI that are only for connecting to a home WiFi during initial setup. The solution would have worked, if the modern browsers weren’t mandating HTTPS even on the LAN.…
App to Download YouTube Videos
There are many web-based YouTube downloaders out there, but I thought to share one that is known to work locally. Instead of worrying about which button is the real “download” on the web, I thought why not use a program that runs locally and possibly from more reputable sources. yt-dlp is an open source, command-line…
App to Read X (Twitter) Threads without Logins
I still have an account from Twitter days, I rarely it. X, or formerly Twitter, is simply not my style. While I appreciate some official communications done through X as a backup in rapid response (e.g. service status), I wouldn’t mind it if the same memos were written on Bluesky, or else. In fact, I…
Shopping with Gemini Fixes Broken E-commerce
I’ve been using a counter top oven for all manners of baked goods. The one installed in the wall is a convection microwave which only mimics the function of a standard oven; it’s a story for another time why I stopped using it for baking. Regardless, the counter top oven is significantly smaller than ordinary…
App to Display Subtitles and CC on iOS YouTube PiP
The official YouTube app is mostly hit-and-miss on mobile devices. I can’t speak for all experiences, but on iOS, the YouTube app does not support subtitles or CC on PiP, or picture in picture. I had tried using YouTube Premium for this very purpose, but it was up to no avail. For the records, it…
How to Troubleshoot PS5 Screen Cutting Off Intermittently
Because the issue is primarily based on HDMI and the integration of HDMI on PS5, there doesn’t seem to be a solid answer. So the purpose of the post is in documenting what I found and sharing a fix, though not the most ideal, I used. Perhaps Sony may be able to create a firmware…