by Gary | Jul 11, 2024 | caribbean, casa, Puerto Morelos, Technology
We knew it would happen, and sure enough – in early July, the first hurricane of the season, hurricane Beryl hit the Mexican coast. This was the first hurricane since our house was constructed, so we were somewhat nervous of how everything would hold up. Short...
by Gary | Dec 8, 2023 | casa, Mexico, Technology
As part of our new house, I started diving more into smart home automation. In this post, I’ll cover some of the different tech we use, some of our automations, and some ideas for the future. Home Assistant Home Assistant is the central hub for our home...
by Gary | Nov 30, 2023 | Mexico, Technology
WhatsApp is by far the most common form of messaging here in Mexico. And, of course, the messages are often in Spanish. I’ve always wanted the ability to easily translate text messages from Spanish into English within WhatsApp. Although my Spanish is better than...
by Gary | Dec 27, 2022 | casa, Mexico, Technology
We’ve had a bunch of folks ask us about what we did for internet and WiFi in our new house. To be honest, we probably went a bit overboard. I’m sure our builder thought we did! But, I’m super happy with our strategy and how everything turned out....
by Gary | May 4, 2022 | Mexico, Technology
After 5 years of living in Mexico, I finally got a Mexican cell phone number. We’ve kept our US cell phone plan, as we still need and use our US numbers for business purposes. And porting them to a VOIP service was not an option, as it would not give us...
by Gary | Mar 6, 2021 | Financial, Mexico, Technology
I’ve written numerous times about using TransferWise for transferring between Mexican pesos and US dollars. Check out our previous post on Maximizing currency conversions (Buy your pesos at the right time) for details on our experiences using TransferWise (Hint:...
