Ask Paul: February 9 (Premium)

Happy Friday! Let's put this incredibly busy and contentious week behind us, and I know exactly how to make that happen, with this terrific set of reader questions.
Advanced Eero
ianceicys asks:

Hi Paul, you mentioned that you upgraded your Wi-Fi to an eero Wi-Fi network.

Yes. We upgraded to a three-node Eero Pro 6E Wi-Fi mesh system in November 2022 when we were still in the house, used it in a one-node configuration in the apartment in March to November 2023, and then re-created the three-node system when we moved into the condo in November, and it's been stellar: No issues, no need to occasionally turn it off/turn it on, just spectacular. It's so good, I'm going to upgrade the system we have here in Mexico, in part because I want to mount a Blink outdoor cam (or similar) on the balcony so we can check in on the view when we're home, and the coverage that far away on the current system, which our Internet provider installed, isn't great there. Really happy with Eero.

Wondering if you are using the profiles feature and schedules for Wi-Fi? Personally, I've found that by using the Eero profile feature super easy to use to disable Wi-Fi between the hours of 1am-5am every day. This has dramatically reduced the number of app/advertisements/updates across all of our digital devices, it's also been interesting to see the amount of outbound traffic from devices like our peloton, kindle readers, nest thermostats that gets blocked, and honestly it's improved our digital detoxing (those hours are for sleeping, not doom scrolling, and if either my wife or I can't sleep we now have actual books on our nightstands). Just wondering if there might be other creative ways you've found to have healthier relationships with technology.

Interesting. That sounds like good advice, but no, I've tried either. And now I will look. :) Of course, we're away right now, so it doesn't make sense to mess with that now (and I'm sure our nephew, who is staying there now while we're away, wouldn't appreciate it). This is something to think about, though. Thanks.
Comments on comments
gg1 asks:

You guys introduced the ability to change usernames in the comments which was very welcome (thank you for that!).

Technically, we added the ability to change your username on the site, which syncs into the OpenWeb system we use for comments. But with that as background ...

Any chance you guys can enable changing profile pictures in the comments?

As noted, we use OpenWeb for comments, and the management and customization capabilities I have there are mostly limited to moderation. And that means our web team---who I desperately want to promote publicly because they are amazing, and I will ask about this again---can't do anything about that, as they can with anything directly related to the site. (Which is basically WordPress with whatever custom code and third-party plugins.)

The way this is supposed to work is that you change your profile picture on the ...