Don’t forget to go to the “About Marc” link on the right to find my wishlists and buy me lots of great stuff for Christmas! I’ve decided to embrace the retail delight that is Christmas and not let all those sour old religious traditions interfere with the true meaning of the season: Retail Sales There is … Continue reading Christmas is coming
I have been very pleased with Hansshow’s hardware; I have installed their Frunk Open / Close hardware and paid somebody else to install their Auto-Present Doors hadrware on both my Driver-side and Passenger-side doors. But, as with many Chinese firms, the instructions to operate some aspects of these after-market parts have been somewhat challenging to … Continue reading Updating Hansshow Auto-Present Doors Over The Air (OTA)
*** Updated March 12 *** Here is the procedure for performing the Over The Air update for these doors. Hansshow has been very responsive to this issue and has mostly resolved it. They have addressed the biggest problem which was that we were unable to update the Auto-Presenting door modules Over The Air (OTA). This … Continue reading Hannshow Auto Presenting door – Doors Function Erratically after Tesla Update 2024.45.32.10
I recently had an issue where the passenger-side door of my Tesla Model Y would pop open on its own about once an hour. After a bit of research it turned out that the car going to sleep would cause this behavior. I originally thought the issue was due to a recent Tesla firmware update … Continue reading Hannshow Auto Presenting door – Passenger Door Opens when Tesla goes to Sleep
20250123 Resolution: Received a solution from Hansshow and implemented it which resolved the issue. 20250119 Minor update: It seems I have both Sentry Mode and ASS Standby Mode that work well to prevent the car from sleeping. For my car Sentry mode consumes about .4% of my battery per hour and ASS Standby Mode consumes … Continue reading Tesla Model Y Front Passenger Side Door Unlatches Hourly after updating to 2024.45.25.15
I picked up this monitor to complement my new M4 Mac Mini. Heretofore I was using a Philips 40″ flat monitor and I found that it could be challenging to see things that were at the edges of the screen without leaning over to see clearly. So a curved monitor seemed like the right answer … Continue reading Samsung SAMSUNG 34-Inch ViewFinity S65TC Monitor Quirks
TLDR; Endless Pools’ Fastlane is GREAT, until something goes wrong with it. Then the resources available to troubleshoot and repair it are lacking. I have spent over $2,600 trying to repair my Fastlane unit this year. Endless Pools support is limited to either people reading diagnostic flowcharts over the phone or “independent service providers” who … Continue reading Endless Pools Fastlane: Excellent until it isn’t
Just wanted to codify this as the proper way to refer to more than 2 cats. 🙂 A Murder of Crows, a Flock of Geese, if you’ve ever seen more than 2 cats in a group, I think you’ll agree that they are not what you’d call organized in any agreeable fashion. As an homage … Continue reading A Chaos of Cats
Experience after 16 years with a Rinnai Tankless water heater
I like the AAA, I was a member of CAA when I lived in Canada and like having the safety net of having a trusted entity that can be called if I run into issues on the road. With the purchase of my Tesla, I’m less certain the AAA will be helpful (they are still … Continue reading AAA Shady Automatic Renewal Practice
