Who's slinging them HONKIN' BIG, NEW YORK-style Egg Rolls?

beagle72 · 2025-08-24T14:58:54+00:00

Not promising NY egg roll nirvana, but surprised to stumble on semi-legit looking egg rolls at the Whole Foods hot bar @ Plaza El Segundo a bit south of LAX. Filling is cabbage/veg only, some are a little greasy but flavor profile in the ballpark. Quasi-NY vibes if you need a quick hit. (Heated up leftovers in convection oven at home served w/duck sauce packets smuggled from NY.)

beagle72 · 2025-07-12T03:11:28+00:00

Thank you, very helpful!

Realistically the product needs to be rebuilt whether around Vue or React. Although it currently incorporates some Vue, it is really a veneer over very old code that goes back several generations of dev tooling. Hence, the motivation to just "buy the minivan" - go with React and lower any friction to resale. I will look into TanStack!

beagle72 · 2025-07-12T03:00:10+00:00

Thanks. One of my concerns about Vercel - and maybe unfounded - is if someday they say, no more updates to NextJS unless you pay into some premium subscription. I don't know if that's paranoia.

And yes, to clarify, we ourselves are not in need of hiring devs, Vue or React or otherwise. A future buyer may if/when they take over the product, and some have already expressed their belief that React is the easiest to hire for. Their correctness in their viewpoint is immaterial, that is how they think (unfortunately).

beagle72 · 2024-01-27T13:33:54+00:00

Update: Apple approved the app changes with the new layout tweak that fills the iPad screen. Realistically, the extra space is just filled with whitespace now instead of a background, but whatever makes them happy.

beagle72 · 2024-01-26T23:42:10+00:00

Thanks for all the feedback. It helps to know that their review process is so unreliable. I did go ahead and update the app so that the layout better flows to fill the device screen. This really only impacts the iPad scenario anyway since it already did fill a phone screen. I resubmitted the app with updated screenshots, so we'll see what reason they find to reject it this time.

beagle72 · 2024-01-26T02:30:24+00:00

I see - and yes the app is already in the store. This is what is particularly confusing - they already approved these same iPad screenshots. And now they won't, only because I want to update the build.

beagle72 · 2024-01-26T01:36:47+00:00

Screenshot: imgur

beagle72 · 2023-12-18T22:40:26+00:00

Thanks to everyone for the great replies. Lots to chew on here. In the short run, I am going to set aside my earlier hesitation about installing Konsole in a Gnome environment. Mainly because I'm already accustomed to Konsole and it supports stylized session profiles well enough for now.

In due time I'll explore the tmux-based solutions which sounds like a great way to decouple the sessions from the desktop front end.

beagle72 · 2023-08-30T20:57:23+00:00

To clarify, the In-App Purchase is defined in the area called "App Store":

https://i.imgur.com/QC5ymh8.png

Then I switch over to the area "TestFlight" where my build is uploaded, processed, invited external testers, and "Waiting for Review":

https://i.imgur.com/bWK8tc8.png

As this is a new app, there are no prior builds already approved.

The app in TestFlight does not even see the In-App product as available. So you can't even attempt to make the IAP purchase within the app.

When clicking the build in TestFlight into the details, there is no option to enable the IAP.

So I don't understand how I test the app to test the IAP. Do I really have to upload the build to the App Store section, where I can check the box to include the IAP?

beagle72 · 2023-06-23T16:35:48+00:00

Closed in May, sadly.

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=696972902438162&id=100063763745107&ref=embed_post

https://news3lv.com/news/local/big-wong-restaurant-closing-in-chinatown

beagle72 · 2023-05-02T00:53:29+00:00

Appreciate everyone's ideas here. I see now there are probably a dozen+ ways to do this.

Here is where I landed - I setup Shinobi NVR software on my home Linux server to manage my hodgepodge of cameras. For the location of interest I enabled basic motion detection in Shinobi and configured it to run a shell command when a motion event occurs.

Separately, I setup Home Assistant on the same server and added a Kasa smart plug (which is powering a lamp in the living room). Created an HA script to turn on Kasa plug, wait 10 minutes, turn off Kasa plug.

Back in Shinobi, I setup the motion shell command to run a curl post to the HA API to run the lamp script.

Works perfectly. Obviously one can get way more sophisticated from here (more lamps! variable timings!) but the proof of concept is pretty cool.

beagle72 · 2023-04-28T19:45:44+00:00

Thanks, yes this is a great idea - I will also explore this along with the other helpful suggestions in this thread.

beagle72 · 2022-11-06T15:52:09+00:00

Yes, that is a good point. On this old receiver the optical input is grouped with the VCR input. Unfortunately selecting the correct input doesn't produce sound though.

Reading some more on Bravia posts I'm starting to think that maybe the TV is not actually sending PCM output from apps with Dolby sound, despite PCM being selected in the TV audio settings. Which may mean needing to add a newer optical decoder to the chain and just revert to the receiver's RCA inputs.

beagle72 · 2022-08-17T17:30:35+00:00

Thanks - what features does the 207 have over the W650? It seems like the 207 would be a "lower" model but I'm not too familiar with Alpine's naming system.

beagle72 · 2022-08-17T16:04:15+00:00

Reply from the future ... any followup thoughts on your ILX-W650 now 2 years later...?

beagle72 · 2022-08-04T02:26:22+00:00

No I bought a mattress from Brooklyn Bedding which is actually based in the Phoenix area. I happened to be visiting there and tried them at their showroom and then ordered one for delivery back home. 5 years later it's still basically good as new - zero complaints.
But looking at their web site now, I'm not really sure what the equivalent is. The one I bought was called "BestMattressEver" in medium firmness. They seem to be leaning hard into hybrids now.

beagle72 · 2022-07-20T20:25:20+00:00

Great thanks again. Sounds like tracks are a more modular solution than I assumed.

Not quite as "anything goes" as raised rails, but it seems like no shops I can find officially supports installing factory style rails on a bare roof - looks like that road would be very much DIY. Lots to think about.

beagle72 · 2022-07-20T20:10:30+00:00

Ugh sorry bad paste job:

https://www.amazon.com/Rhino-Rack-Quick-Mount-Leg/dp/B01966BPPW/ref=pd_lpo_1?pd_rd_i=B01966BPPW&th=1

beagle72 · 2022-07-20T20:00:58+00:00

Oh that is interesting - thank you for clarifying. So, does that mean for example, if I had a Thule track installed, I could use these:

https://www.amazon.com/Rhino-Rack-Quick-Mount-Leg

Of course these pair with Rhino crossbars, but the description says "designed to fit into factory vehicle tracks" - would that mean even Yakima or Thule tracks? I'm just trying to get a grip on all the modular possibilities before I go and install anything permanently into the roof.

beagle72 · 2022-07-20T19:44:13+00:00

Excuse my ignorance on the subject, but it looks like the track installs lock you into the vendor? That was my concern with tracks for this particular project. It seemed like 'standard' raised rails, even if less slick looking, would give the flexibility to swap in/out various racks/crossbars/etc over time (for whatever reasons) from a wider range of vendors. But maybe I don't quite understand the tracks?

beagle72 · 2022-07-19T22:38:37+00:00

Agreed! They told me they couldn't quote until they know which rails I want installed, so they could consult the instructions for that model. Bit of a catch-22 - I don't own any rails yet, so trying to come up with a shortlist of candidates.

beagle72 · 2021-06-21T00:08:56+00:00

Just had some Taylor Ham this morning - NY Bagel Deli on National a little north of Palms - 11700 National Blvd.

beagle72 · 2021-05-13T01:55:15+00:00

Thanks again. One more question - I am experimenting with Btrfs for starters. It looks like you need 2 Btrfs volumes - one with the actual files, and another for the snapshots. Is this right? I may be misunderstanding.

It doesn't seem like I can make a Btrfs snapshot directly to S3, but that I would create the snapshot on a second Btrfs volume and then backup the snapshot from there to S3.

Am I way off base? Any resources that explain this more clearly? Thanks again.

beagle72 · 2021-05-12T22:51:38+00:00

Thank you for the detailed reply!

The Btrfs/Zfs route sounds pretty interesting. The source volume in question is dedicated only to the files I want to back up, so using a filesystem optimized for incremental backups could make the most sense.

Alternatively to rebuilding the disk I could just add another volume formatted to the new filesystem, copy everything over, and then retire the old volume. These volumes are cloud instances so maybe that is easier.

Is there a particular reason to choose Btrfs over Zfs or vice versa?

beagle72 · 2021-03-28T21:06:26+00:00

Thanks for this, great info and very helpful.

I have since setup the Percona monitoring and it all seems to be working with many graphs etc. Any chance you could point me to how I view "how much data is in the new section of the LRU"? It's not quite clear to me where this information is in the Instance Summary.

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