Filed Under: Crazy Shit My Insurance Provider Does

My employer recently changed our insurance plans around because we're big enough now to manage our own insurance rather than use a third party co-employer. We actually have nearly identical plans with the same provider, Blue Shield of California. A limitation with their website requires me to register a new account to use with the new insurance plan. The stabby part of that is usernames are based on e-mail addresses. I have to use a different e-mail address which is annoying but at least they support the Gmail plus sign trick. ...

October 18, 2017 · 2 min · Aaron

Mavericks USB Hub Oddities

I have the strangest glitch happening with Mac OS X Mavericks and I can't find anyone else describing the same issue. I have a D-Link DUB-H7 USB 2.0 hub connected to my Thunderbolt Display which is in turn connected to my retina 15" MacBook Pro. If I cold boot with this hub connected to my Thunderbolt Display, both the USB external keyboard (not connected to the hub) and the built-in keyboard have a number of keys that do not function. I, J, M and a few others I know of offhand that don't work. As soon as I disconnect the hub, both keyboards work perfectly. Also, after I log into Mavericks, the keyboards work fine regardless of the hub being connected or not. ...

April 9, 2014 · 1 min · Aaron