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Author: Alex Whittemore

I'm an Electrical Engineer who writes software for a living and likes to play with iOS, Django, and high voltage. I know around 10 languages, 3 fluent, and (not the same) 3 spoken.

September 19, 2017 / Alex Whittemore / General Rambling

Cheap, Hassle-Free Paper Towels (Or, not.)

Update 4/20/18: See the note at the bottom of the page. Usually, when our house runs…

September 7, 2017 / Alex Whittemore / Projects

Nexus 7 2013 (Or Similar) 3D Printed Replacement Micro SIM Tray

After a couple of years with a N7 2013 LTE tablet installed in my car,…

August 12, 2017 / Alex Whittemore / Technical Articles

The Surface Pro 4 and External 4K60 Displays

The Problem I’ve got a Surface Pro 4 running Win10 15063.540 with Intel Iris 540…

August 6, 2017 / Alex Whittemore / Electronics

ST Micro L298N Motor Driver Module

I just picked up a couple of these L298N motor driver modules on Amazon for…

June 1, 2017 / Alex Whittemore / Projects

My First Instructable: DIY Laundry Bag Hamper

I typically write how-to guides on this blog, but since this was more of a…

April 14, 2017 / Alex Whittemore / Technical Articles

NTFS on macOS Sierra: Paragon or Tuxera?

Update! I revisited this question with a modern computer and a slightly different outcome. See…

April 12, 2017 / Alex Whittemore / Photography

Adobe Releases Camera Calibration Profiles for the Panasonic LX100/Leica D-Lux (typ 109)

I’ve finally gotten around to playing with the raw files out of the Panasonic LX100…

March 19, 2017 / Alex Whittemore / Coding

Espruino on the ESP8266 (ESP-12E Module)

I’ve got an ESP8266 that I want to deploy in a web-connected stepper motor project.…

March 10, 2017 / Alex Whittemore / Photography

Lightroom, External Drives, and Filesystems

Tl;dr: Don’t use exFAT to store your Lightroom catalog. What’s exFAT, you say? What’s a…

January 31, 2017 / Alex Whittemore / Uncategorized

Virgin Elevate to Alaska Mileage Plan – What Should You Do?

If you’re like me, a long time Virgin America customer with a handfull of Elevate points, you probably got an email in the last few days asking you to enroll in Alaska’s Mileage Plan with a nice sweet offer: 10k points or a $100 flight voucher. The first question is, which should you pick? You also have the option to roll your Virgin Elevate points into Mileage Plan points at 1.3 MP points per Elevate point. But should you do it? I spent some time crunching numbers trying to answer both questions.