- Blog
- Profile
- Homepage
-
Forking a Private Repo
Wow this is now amazingly complicated as Github probably for very good security reasons, so here are the steps if you are creating a new organization: Go to the Organization and in Setting turn on Private forks so that you don’t accidentally Then in each Repo, go to settings and turn on forking. Also security…
-
Eureka! URL, Landing Pages and Domain Redirects from Registrar to DNS to MU WordPress
Man this information is just littered everywhere and it is nearly impossible to figure out and has taken me three months of wandering the Internet, but for most modern installations, you really want three levels of flexibility: Lots of different domain names pointing to the same base site. In these modern times, you want to…
-
What all this then about Tesla of electrification and autonomy and the Power of TWO
Well most of this is already coming to pass, but right now Tesla stock is again at near it’s all time high. While I have no idea what the market will bring, there seem to be three factors that are coming into play. It’s like most business school cases, whether you like Elon or not…
-
Week 7 of Life in COVID-19 Land
Well it’s been nearly two months since we started self isolation. Since that last trip, I’ve been in the physical presence of four strangers which is pretty remarkable (always masked up). Some notes on living this way: Goodness, nerds like me are dangerous, but a combination of Zoom and work keeps me busy. This is…
-
Qi Charging Efficiency
A great question from Alex. If you use Qi Charging, how efficient is it really vs how much wear you are putting on the Lightening port. Well it is actually better than I would have though. Much depends on the thickness of your case, but ideal is 80% efficiency, but 60% is more common.
-
Using WordPress Gutenberg to embed other websites
The new Gutenberg editor is pretty neat. You can use edit blocks and widgets easily. It’s not quite as nice as Elementor in terms of control, but that doesn’t matter that much for ordinary blog sites. One thing that is handy though is to be able to embed complex sites. The COVID-19 tracker metapage that…
-
Latest COVID-19 statistics
Well, the core news sources I use show that the tail down in Washington State is happening. Even Uncle Dave is talking about it and California is tailing down as well, so we are to the “dance” part while we wait for an effective treatment or a vaccine. For basic reading, there is an absolute…
-
Microsoft Outlook Can Block OneDrive Shortcuts
In a kind of hilarious, this company is too large, problem beware that if you go use OneDrive to share, you will get a wonderful URL shortened version to share with folks, you will get a URL that looks like But when it gets filtered through Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection in some organizations, then…
-
Bitcoin and cryptocurrency tax accounting
Well Alex asked and the rules are sensible if hard to enforce. As usual this isn’t tax advice. Just clips from the network. As your accountant ???? If you buy and sell you declare this as short and long term gains. If you buy something with a Bitcoin even for $1 that’s a taxable event…
-
Ultimate Home Theater Sound Tests
Ok I don’t really mean sound test. I mean butt rumbling bass. Most of the movies I used to use sound thin theses days like Fifth Element or the Matrix helicopter crash don’t sound as great. So what movies really hit the 10 hertz. YouTube has some great ones. So here are some of my…