Secret Phone Menu
No, I’m not talking about ordering take-out. Have you ever wanted to get to the hidden parts of your phone? You know, those secret commands that technicians use to get your phone to give up its...
View ArticleStarting Up
I love starting things! Beginning something new is such an adventure! Seriously! Of course, sometimes, I have a bit of a hard time actually launching some of these ideas I have, even when I’ve mostly...
View ArticleRoll Your Own
Three words that strike fear into the heart of many a wise system administrator. And not a few other sorts of smart people, too! In this case, though, I’m talking about rolling your own WordPress...
View ArticleAlternatives
I like choices. Also? I’m cheap. How do these things go together? Simple, I am forever searching for cheaper, or, cheapest of all, free, alternatives to expensive commercial software packages. Like...
View ArticleStarting Your New Year
So, here we are, the first day of a brand, new year! Honestly, it’s a pretty arbitrary demarcation of time. I mean, it doesn’t even really sync up with any significant natural phenomena, like a...
View ArticleFrom the Holy Book of Documentation
“1The DOCUMENTATION is my guide; I shall not wonder. 2It maketh me to understand the necessary concepts; It leadeth me through the installation process. 3It reassureth me; It leadeth me on the happy...
View ArticleHow Not To Get Hired
Do you sense a theme in my posts lately? So, yes, I’m still looking for work and it’s still on my mind. I’ve had some phone interviews and I think something is about to break, but I don’t want to jinx...
View ArticleWhat Theme Is That WordPress Running?
Okay, so this may not matter to a lot of my readers who aren’t designers, programmers or WordPress enthusiasts. But, it does matter to me. I cannot tell you how many times I have seen a site and wanted...
View ArticleWallpaper From Above
Or, better living through data mining satellite imagery. Seriously. I’m not a big fan of the goofy, “Web 2.0”, startup-app naming convention that drops vowels out of words to make domain names, but, in...
View ArticleFree Creative Business Course
Seems like everyone is looking for a “side hustle” these days. Personally, I’ve never felt very comfortable in a real entrepreneurial role, but even I have gone hunting for a side business on occasion,...
View ArticleUlitmate Free Linux Software Collection
That’s a long title for something only a few of my hardcore readers will be interested in. I used to blog about a lot of hardcore geeky things, professional geeky things and personal geeky things both....
View ArticleMore Links For Pandemic Quarantine Distraction
It just keeps going and going and going. Honestly, the worst part about all this is that I’ve been so busy I can’t even enjoy the fantastic boredom that everyone keeps complaining about. I’ve read all...
View ArticleWiFi QR Code
This might be helpful if you let people come over for the holidays this year. Back in 2014, I wrote a little post about sharing your wifi with holiday guests via something called a QR code. Back then,...
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