Connect to public AdGuard DNS server (adguard-dns.io) Set up your network settings to use AdGuard DNS and they’ll block any ad server requests for you. A good option if you don’t want to block ads across your entire network with something like a PiHole. Downside is that you’re sending all your traffic to a DNS […]
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Privacy Policy for URL Transformer
Privacy Policy for URL Transformer Effective Date: January 30, 2024 This Privacy Policy document outlines the types of information that is not collected, gathered, or processed by URL Transformer Since we do not collect any personal data, we have no information to share or use in any way. Our commitment is to ensure your privacy […]
Disabling Speak to Chat on Sony XM4
I was frustrated at my Sony XM4 headphones cutting out and playing a sidetone instead every time you start talking during a meeting. Since I was using it on my Mac I couldn’t turn off the Speak to Chat functionality through the app settings. Here’s the fix I found! SOLUTION: To turn off this annoying […]
Advice for an early-stage PM
Someone reached out to me recently (through a career coach of mine from years ago!) about my journey into PM and asked some great questions about how I got to where I am and how they might consider approaching a career in Product Management. Below are their questions and my answers. ​From your perspective, you’ve […]
Things to Do in NYC
Little IslandXian Famous FoodsHamilton History WalkThe High LineCentral ParkThe New York Public LibraryRuss & Daughter’s CafeTake the ferry to Stanton Island (for free) and see the Statue of LibertyThe Strand book storeBike along the west side of ManhattanCOTE Korean Steakhouse is incredibleBike along the Brooklyn BridgeVisit Hunter’s PointMilk Bar for Dessert9/11 Memorial MuseumProspect Park
San Francisco Neighbourhood Recommendations
SF recommended neighborhoods: A Tier Cow Hollow (southern Marina) Pacific Heights Inner Richmond Potrero Hill B Tier Dogpatch Mission Bay North Beach Russian Hill Haight-Ashubury Noe Valley Neighbourhoods I don’t recommend Tenderloin The Mission SomA
Fix: This version of ChromeDriver only supports Chrome version 103
If you’re like me and trying to set up a scraping project and leveraging Selenium you may have run into the path requirement that I found to be puzzling. Luckily chromedriver-py solves that for you. However, upon install, I found that it wasn’t accepting the version of Chrome that I had installed (apparently the latest […]
Things and Places in SF + Bay Area
I’ve been in the Bay Area for a while now (7 years) and put together a list for friends visiting to give them some inspiration on what to do when they visit. Hope its helpful to you! To eat Chicken sandwich at the Bird (my favourite chicken sandwich) Kin Khao (expensive but amazing Thai food) […]
How to request removal of your deleted content from Google
Have you ever deleted a post online or made a profile private and wanted it to be removed from search results? If that content is no longer available to the public, it should eventually be removed from search results but, if you want to expedite it, you can actually submit a request directly to Google […]
Resources for PMs
I’ve had quite a few folks reach out for guidance on navigating their journey as a PM. Since it’s a newer field and a lot of it has to do with softer skills it can be a bit hard to know where to start to build on your skills and become a more effective PM. […]
WoW Dungeon Reset to send you back to the start of the instance | Classic WoW
Sometimes you’re running a dungeon on repeat (say Blackrock Depths Emperor runs or a Maraudon Princess run) and don’t want to have to port back to a major city (or hearth away) and then run back to the dungeon again. There’s actually a way to reset the dungeon while keeping you in the instance and […]
Things to Do in Vancouver + Metro Vancouver
This is a list I’ve been working on for friends visiting Vancouver. If you have any suggestions or feedback please feel free to leave a comment, :). To do North Shore Where I grew up! Things to do Lonsdale Quay Ambleside Park Take the Seabus to and from Vancouver Nice ride with great views! Nature […]