Norbert Wu Blogs About Photography, Diving, Travel, and Stuff

 I've been told countless times by banks and stores that I should not click on links that are in emails, since those emails might be fraudulent.
Yet every email I get from my banks has links in them!
I am not a rube -- I know to check any links from emails to make sure that the links go to something like chase.com.  But still, WTF, banks!...

 A friend asked me about IP cameras, or surveillance cameras.  He wanted to put one outside to monitor package deliveries, and also wanted to use a solar panel instead of running a power wire to the camera.  Here's some of my answer to him, and more...

 Yowzy!  I went to nextdoor.com to try to turn off some notifications that I was getting.  Holy crap!  Take a look at all the options someone is supposed to go through.
This proliferation of choices is proliferating everywhere!  It's making people crazy!...

Have you noticed how ridiculous making coffee has become?  All the experts, sippers, methods, varieties, etc?  All the techniques and machines?
I must admit that I have been drawn into the coffee scene a bit myself.  I love good ice coffee and actually spend $5 to $6 to buy it at Vietnamese cafes every other week when I am in the Bay Area.  Anyone who knows me would know that is a lot of money...