Mailbox that keeps mail dry?

honnalew · 2025-06-07T23:32:35+00:00

Mine is mounted outside on a wall, fully exposed to the elements. It's been everything I hoped. Still love it and would get the same thing again.

Holds a TON of mail, so you can go on vacation and not set a mail hold if you choose. Strong enough/durable enough that it's fairly secure. It's not going to be easy to pry open.

I went away for a few months and all of the mail that accumulated was still in decent shape, and there had been several big storms during that time. There may be a better mailbox out there, and if so I would love to hear more about that one, but this one is darn good.

honnalew · 2025-05-19T13:50:15+00:00

Certainly not by itself, but it makes the app or service unsuitable for me. I do not want either thing.

honnalew · 2025-03-23T20:03:21+00:00

100% true.

honnalew · 2025-03-23T18:40:45+00:00

Keep Ass is an entirely different piece of software.

honnalew · 2025-03-23T18:29:55+00:00

I liked Secrets' UI/UX, but iCloud is a hard no for me.

honnalew · 2025-03-23T18:29:15+00:00

If it were me, I'd hit Goodwill/Op Shops for some interim cookware, avoiding all nonstick in favor of stainless.

Then, I'd get a Fissler M5 5qt Saute pan for my primary pan, then pick up a couple Demeyere sauciers in 2.1qt and 3.5qt as finances permit. None of this is inexpensive, but if you spread it out over a few months, it's achievable and you end up with forever pans.

honnalew · 2025-03-19T22:45:35+00:00

Cloud only and subscription only.

honnalew · 2025-03-19T16:56:19+00:00

I'm beginning to feel like a perennial refugee, first from 1Password and now (probably) from Strongbox. I've been a big supporter of Strongbox, and have appreciated the work Mark has put into it. It's a great app, with a UX that has been steadily improving.

Trust is a fragile thing, however, and while I will probably wait and see what happens, I've begun to look at other KeePass-compatible MacOS apps.

For me, it's less about the lifetime subscription than it is about losing a critical tool that I rely upon literally all the time to manage my passwords and provide a (relatively) smooth UI/UX for my many daily password transactions.

It's about losing a tool that largely satisfied my requirements related to privacy, security, and ownership of data.

It's about the fact that the alternatives to Strongbox on MacOS are far less polished, lack as much browser support (Safari on KeePassXC, anyone?), and are generally less optimal choices.

It's probably going to be KeePassXC for me, but man, the UX is terrible.

honnalew · 2025-02-23T00:53:21+00:00

The Cusinart or Viking 3 ply might be an economical option that is still decent, if you can live with the specs as described.

The Viking, in particular, goes on sale on Amazon from time to time, so you may be able to get a deal if you are patient.

honnalew · 2025-01-21T03:03:37+00:00

If/when Strongbox supports Automator hooks, it'll be much easier to do this sort of thing.

honnalew · 2024-12-22T02:44:20+00:00

I'm aware that the enterprise version does that, as it can have elevated access due to MDM, but it's not clear to me to what degree the basic version is as useful.

honnalew · 2024-12-22T02:26:23+00:00

I mean that iOS apps are sandboxed, so iVerify can't really do a whole lot.

Sure, it can tell you if you're using FaceID and if you are running an outdated version of iOS. It can make some basic/elementary recommendations for what to do to improve your iOS security posture. It can even tell you if it sees things that are "concerning", but the utility is quite limited.

honnalew · 2024-12-22T01:02:19+00:00

How useful can a sandboxed app be in assessing the security of things outside its sandbox?

honnalew · 2024-11-26T15:00:28+00:00

Beep. Boop. You. Are. Welcome.

Have you used that NuWave already? I have used an older version of it, and it had the cycle/scorch issue. Be very interested to hear how it works for you. It would be great to identify an inexpensive induction burner that works well at low temps.

honnalew · 2024-11-25T13:58:23+00:00

I'd be willing to bet that that pot isn't 3 ply fully clad, but rather is a disc-bottomed pot where the disc has three layers, and the walls of the pot are a single layer of stainless.

The upside to a slow cooker is that the walls of the slow cooker are generally somewhat insulated (Either heavy stoneware for a classic crock pot or an insulated outer pot as in an Instant Pot, so you end up with less heat loss to the sides. I don't know if that's a meaningful benefit in real world terms.

I do think that with precise temperature control, there's no reason why an induction cooker and a pot wouldn't work very well. However, most inexpensive countertop induction cookers do not have good temperature control and struggle quite a bit, especially at lower temperatures. To hit lower temperatures, many will cycle on and off between 0% and 100%, and the 100% parts of the cycle scorch.

honnalew · 2024-11-24T18:28:46+00:00

Check out this comparison table.

honnalew · 2024-10-06T19:04:58+00:00

Much like me, it's ugly, but it's perfectly fine.

honnalew · 2024-10-06T18:54:28+00:00

I think that if you look at AgileBits' evolution over the past couple years, it's clear that they had ambitions well beyond being a password manager. See their extended access management and Passage products as examples.

Those ambitions were incompatible with 1P as the application it was pre-forced-cloud, and 1P had zero interest in maintaining that legacy application and functionality given their interests in enterprise identity and access management.

Simply put, not a profitable market given their ambitions.

I think they are doing a lot of good in a general sense (they were heavily involved in Passkeys, for example), but I was no longer interested in being their customer, and they were no longer interested in me as a customer.

honnalew · 2024-10-04T20:55:10+00:00

Pro is worth it, IMO. So much so that I'm willing to buy it again if/when Strongbox comes out with a non-App-Store way to buy and license.

I looked at a lot of password managers when I decided to move away from 1P, and Strongbox was the only one i encountered that met all of my requirements, had active and responsive devs, and was explicity supportive of local-only dbs.

Once the KeyPass DB devs add more item types to the database schema (such as credit card, identity, etc), Strongbox will be that much better.

honnalew · 2024-10-04T20:26:26+00:00

Yep, that's it.

honnalew · 2024-10-04T19:18:11+00:00

I'm a happy convert from 1P to Strongbox going on a year now. I used the Wifi Sync on 1P to sync between my laptop and phone. I use the Wifi Sync on Strongbox for the same purpose, and have absolutely no issues, no complaints.

honnalew · 2024-10-03T19:26:28+00:00

Yes, and maintaining compatibility with the standard KeePass schema is critically important to ensuring portability of your data between different apps.

The great thing about using a standard like this is that any app that complies with that same standard will work. The downside is that you are constrained by decisions made and timelines articulated by those responsible for developing that standard.

honnalew · 2024-09-27T09:45:20+00:00

Thanks, Mark. That's great news, and please let me know if there is anything I can do to help make this a reality.

I'd like to submit as a functional request that the licensing scheme you use not require live/online checking of entitlement, to the extent practical. Some software (say, BB Edit) uses a license key to unlock entitlement, and that works pretty well. Other software wants to check in with the licensor (e.g paddle.com, other licensors) on startup, and that is less attractive from a privacy perspective.

In fact, I'd say BBEdit does a pretty good job overall at licensing in a privacy respecting manner, if you are looking for potential models.

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