MyLittlePortal

Boulder, Colorado, is surrounded by beautiful natural areas and is a great place for hiking. Here are a few suggestions for short hikes in the area: I think it did a good job although there are a few easy hikes 1 mile north of Boulder at Boulder Valley Ranch and the Hogback ridge trail west… Continue reading I asked ChatGPT for the best short hikes around Boulder, CO

Trying out ChatGPT and this is the reply to my question I gave it regarding the best coffee shops in Boulder, Colorado. There are many great coffee shops in Boulder, Colorado, and the best one for you will depend on your personal preferences. Some popular coffee shops in the area include: It’s worth noting that… Continue reading Best Coffee shops in Boulder, CO as per ChatGPT

Aaa

Ok no affiliation here and both Comcast / Xfinity and CenturyLink are monopolies here in Colorado in my opinion but if you’re an Xfinity customer and just need plain old internet / no TV they have a great deal for 2020, a $45pm deal valid for 1 year that goes up to $55pm after that.… Continue reading Cheap internet in Boulder, CO 2020

I really don’t like shoveling cat shite but I have come up with a easy solution and want to share it with you. So to scoop Jesse’s poop: The cat box is located in the basement so you need to walk down the stairs and then turn on the Basement light. The light switch will… Continue reading How to shovel Jess’s scat!

It seems that Spotify has no interest in you getting hold of the track names and artists without drinking their coolaid. So I looked elsewhere and found a script that creates a nice CSV file of all your songs with links back to Spotify too. So I signed up to Spotify for for a month… Continue reading Export Playlist out of Spotify App: as a CSV or PDF.

So you’re a smarty pants and just updated your web server to the latest PHP version, PHP 7.3 perhaps, and now your WordPress SSH update option has disappeared – Bugger! It seems there is a bug in the php-ssh2 module so a simple shell command >apt-get update PHP-ssh2 will fix the problem. Oh the power… Continue reading Update WordPress and plugins – SSH option missing!PHP-ssh2 bug.

So I’m dipping my feet into the whole home automation can of worms and decided to start off with a few Wemo Smart Plug minis. The Costco 2 pack for $30 was a deal but it’s just gone up to $40 but I digress…. The reason why us Apple folks are so excited about this… Continue reading Wemo smart plug mini firmware update woes for Apple Homekit

So I’m sure you’ve all received or placed a call from your iPhone  when on your desktop Mac. It a great feature of OSX.  But what happen when you make a call from your Mac to an automated call system, say your healthcare provider and they want you to input information via the keypad. Well… Continue reading Missing Keypad during FaceTime Call

Xfinity / Comcast  like most other companies (including car dealers) don’t make it easy to see what you are really getting and what the “out the door” cost will be. Cell phone providers are notorious – (though T-mobile lists out the door prices –  bravo!) So here is a plain and simple list of all… Continue reading Xfinity internet plans – Comcast plans