Replacement Hose for Soda Stream Source

I’ve located a solution, thanks to a parts shop in Slovakia. The part is Hose for SodaStream Spirit – metal. Although the part’s title doesn’t explicitly say it works on the Soda Stream Source, I can verify that it does. (See images and installation notes below.) The same store also has a presence on eBay.… Continue reading Replacement Hose for Soda Stream Source

Partition a Single Mac OS Extended (Journaled) Drive into 2 Partitions for Sentry Mode and Audio on Model 3

Burden: About 5 minutes, depending on size of drive. Before You Begin Considering using a high-endurance drive for Sentry Mode, because of the many writes this feature performs. Do an online search for “high endurance drive”. Regardless of the drive you use, everything on it will be removed once you’re done with this tutorial. 1… Continue reading Partition a Single Mac OS Extended (Journaled) Drive into 2 Partitions for Sentry Mode and Audio on Model 3

Model 3 Brakes Squeal When Reversing and Turning in Humid Weather

About three weeks after taking delivery of my Model 3, I began encountering brake squealing under very specific conditions: The car is sitting for a few hours. The weather is humid. The car is slowly going in reverse. The car is turning. Here’s audio of the problem: I’ve worked on brakes myriad times over the… Continue reading Model 3 Brakes Squeal When Reversing and Turning in Humid Weather

Ford SYNC with MyFord Touch Radio Won’t Turn Off in a 2014 Ford Fiesta SE

On Thursday, 21 June 2018, the radio in my 2014 Ford Fiesta SE would not turn off. (For identification purposes, my car has a Ford SYNC with MyFord Touch radio.) I also couldn’t turn down the volume using the volume knob on the dash or the volume buttons on the left side of the steering… Continue reading Ford SYNC with MyFord Touch Radio Won’t Turn Off in a 2014 Ford Fiesta SE

The Lofree Mechanical Keyboard — An Awkward Layout

The Hong Kong-based start-up lofree is manufacturing a typewriter-inspired mechanical keyboard that was recently crowdfunded at Indiegogo. I purchased one for $79. It arrived on 12 June 2017. Keyboard Layout: Numeric and Function Rows Misaligned The main video on the campaign’s homepage claims — at time 0:48 — that the lofree keyboard “features the exact same keyboard layout as… Continue reading The Lofree Mechanical Keyboard — An Awkward Layout

How I Installed the 2003 Konica Minolta DiMAGE Scan Dual IV 35mm Film Scanner in Windows 10

Burden: ~15 minutes Download Software First, download the software required for the installation. Download the Windows XP version of the DiMAGE Scan Dual IV software from the scanner’s home page. Copy the following content, which I found in this blog post at Fixya, into a text file called sonyscanners.inf ; sonyscanners.inf — Sony (Konica Minolta)… Continue reading How I Installed the 2003 Konica Minolta DiMAGE Scan Dual IV 35mm Film Scanner in Windows 10

Baking an Early 2008 MacBook Pro Logic Board

A friend recently gave me his 2008 MacBook Pro because its logic board died. I discovered online that many people had some success in reviving a dead logic board by baking it in an oven. I tried that. It worked. Update (1 June 2015) The laptop has died. I read online that the baking procedure… Continue reading Baking an Early 2008 MacBook Pro Logic Board

Avoid Lacie’s iamaKey Flash Drive

In February 2012, I purchased a Lacie iamaKey, which carries a 2-year warranty. Seventeen months later, in July of 2013, the drive stopped working—it wouldn’t mount in Mac, Windows, or Linux. Nothing I tried was able to revive it; Lacie replaced it. (I had to provide LaCie with proof of my having destroyed the broken… Continue reading Avoid Lacie’s iamaKey Flash Drive

A New Blog About HTML/CSS

I’m writing a book about HTML (and some CSS) titled Essential HTML, and I recently started its blog. http://www.essential-html.com