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My concern would be what happens in the unlikely event of an accident. Your passenger’s attorneys will argue that you weren’t licensed for what amounts to a commercial operation, and of course your insurance company would be thinking this same thing so they don’t have to pay your claim. It’s...

If you happen to have one, there are several good timer apps for the Apple Watch. I find a tap on my wrist to be easier than most of the alternatives. Most can vibrate at whatever interval, and a few can count up/down audibly so you don’t need to stare at a clock face.

We once used a Linux Raspberry Pi with WiFi and AX25 software connected to a digital VHF radio to create an access point for mobile devices. It provided internet access on school buses...it was slow, but totally free since there was no need for cellular data.

I own a pair of each - the DC One X and a Bose A20...normally, I'm wearing the Bose, and my wife likes the DC because it's a little smaller and lighter on her head. In my opinion, they're both great, but until recently, I never realized how different the sound quality is. Not that one is good...

Wait. If even a penny of Federal or State taxes go to build, maintain or otherwise support these roads, don’t they belong to all of us? If these politicians want to dictate who can use the roads, then they better be paying 100% of the cost.

After the last upgrade, I seem to have lost my ForeFlight Apple Watch app. I had it installed on my Apple Watch (Series 2), but it simply disappeared when I updated my iPhone's copy of ForeFlight, and now when I go to the Watch AppStore, I can't find an app when I search for "ForeFlight"...

I had a similar problem with TWC at my rural NC vacation home. I found that in my area, a Verizon 4g LTE wireless modem gets about 20 megabits, which is plenty for me. Only problem was the high cost, so I ended up with a compromise - I kept my both the Verizon and TWC service, but behind a...

I actually am fairly active politically, and I do believe in liberty, property rights and fiscal discipline at all levels of government. Problem is, in most of the large blue states, governments are elected by the people that don't pay much into the system. If I were in that half the population...

I hesitate to get all political on PoA, but I must be doing something wrong. I’m a 1%-er and from everything the media tells me, I should be getting some sort of windfall. Yet my accountant tells me I should pay about $30K more in Federal taxes next year, and my home is likely to drop a few...

There are a lot of other options besides commercial VPN services. For a few pennies an hour, you can run your own VPN service at Amazon, Microsoft or Google. If you configure the endpoints properly, nobody gets to see inside those streams unless you do something careless - the traffic from you...

You know, if you’re worried about your service provider slowing down your Netflix or suppressing your news, there’s a simple solution - just set yourself up with a VPN. That makes it impossible for your service provider to know where your traffic is heading, and if they can’t tell, they really...

Depends on the computer. Sometimes the BIOS memory can be corrupt even though the clock is fine. A lot depends on the actual chipset and motherboard. It should be pretty easy to run the BIOS setup program and then just verify that everything is set properly - many BIOS' have a "reset to...

Sometimes you just need to go into the BIOS setup and check the configuration. A lot of times, older computers will have a small battery to keep your BIOS memory refreshed. When that battery dies, you lose your BIOS settings, and viola - your peripherals like network cards won’t work.

Yes, I use it for ATIS and clearance before firing up...sort of gIves me a test of handheld transmit and receive. I’ve thought about wiring the handheld into the panel as com 3 - probably next time I have any avionics work done.

I haven't seen anyone mention it, so I thought I'd put in a plug for the DC One-X. My wife and I share a Bose A20 and a DC One-X, and although they are very different, I go back and forth between which one is my favorite. The Bose is definitely quieter overall, but it's bigger and feels...

I had a com failure heading into KGON...gave me a chance to practice those light signals that I never wanted to memorize. Next day I ordered a Yaesu 750 and so far I love it. Best features are that it’s rugged, runs forever on a charge, you can use AA batteries in a pinch, the headset adapter...

Nothing wrong with asking the controller, and the more I think about it, the more that seems like the only way if you're trying to figure it out in the air. For instance, at KHTO, there's a published VOR approach that's been offline for several months now...the approach is still in the books, so...

Simple question: how would you find the nearest airport having a certain type of instrument approach? Let’s say your cruising along and you have a sudden failure of your Garmin 430’s, leaving you with nothing more than an old, dusty ADF and a handheld radio. Is there an easy way to find the...

Here are a few thoughts from the perspective of someone that’s been in the commercial software industry for several decades... I can hire all the programmers I want in India or China with the equivalent of computer science masters degrees for about $10/hour. Be careful not to put yourself in...

I’m in the northeast and we lived through Sandy a few years ago...for us, we were out of power about 12 days. At the time, I had a gasoline generator, and we quickly learned that having the generator is one thing but keeping it fueled is another. Most of the gas stations in the area were closed...