Multisite WordPress is a little strange on registrations of users for commenting. Basically, the default is that you register only at the top level. That is there is a user that works across the entire network. You enable this in the Network Admin/Settings/Network Settings/Registration Settings. But then you need to add a plugin that let’s […]

OK I keep forgetting all these tricks, but make sure to turn autoindent on and then you get nice indenting. So with the > and < to indent forward, there is CTRL-T to indent and CTRL-D to outdent. Then you get these tricks. Where you combine those operators with % which says go to the […]

Suppose you want to move from a site.com to a new site.com on another hoster. Here are the steps: First if you use WordPress Export/Import, the one quirk is that the export does not include the actual Media Library, instead, it includes URL links. That means that to do a swap, you need to leave […]

Well for sure I’ve been having incredible problems with redirect loops. The symptom is the site just keeps looping with problems. This first started with iThemes Security where I had: The subsites kept redirecting back to the main site with the message that user creation was not available. They had really strange referrer URLs. Then […]

OK I had a chance to redo a droplet installation and I’m trying to make this the minimum path. There are so many different pieces that you need to know, so here is a guide that should help: First of all you need to buy a domain name. I use namecheap.com for this. With some […]

Argh, Sony is such a strange company sometimes. But, with the update to MacOS Cataline (10.15), all their utilities break. The most important of which is firmware updates for the Sony A7R Mark III. The version 3.0 added human eye AF and animal eye AF and this won’t download properly with Catalina. YOu just have […]

I got bored of video games about five years ago. They just all seemed the same. I used to love the realistic simulations of things. The original F-15 Strike Eagle (designed by Sid Meier and shipped by Microprose) was amazing. In fact, you can still run this game as F-15 Strike Eagle III on Windows […]

No I don’t mean the submarines, I mean putting electric power into a boat. This has been a difficult challenge because of the power that it takes when you get close to planing. Boats draw very little power when they are at hull speed. For example, the Silent Yachts 55 (55 foot long boat), draws […]

TSLA earnings call for the period ending September 30, 2019. — Read on www.fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2019/10/24/tesla-inc-tsla-q3-2019-earnings-call-transcript.aspx Wow Tesla just killed it this quarter incredible decreases in cost of goods bodes very well. Also very positive on shanghai gigafactory. They say it is 40% less capex and built in less than a year. Finally model Y moves up […]