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Docusign Billing Strangeness You need to Call them
For such a cool and modern company, you can sure run into some strange troubles. For instance, we just started a new account and tied it to a Paypal account (and even got a nice first year discount thanks to Silicon Valley Bank), but then the troubles began. The bill happened, but for some reason,…
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Monitor advice for photography
Well, I’m no expert on this, I have many expert friends: 1. If you want the very highest quality, then NEC really makes the best monitors. So there are specific monitors like the BenQ PhotoVue. Because they are much more managed in terms of colors so $1K to $5k are not crazy. 2. If you are…
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Using Asana (and Trello) for a Startup
Well if you are working in a startup, it feel like things start to get out of control, there are a bunch of decent free choices. I’ve used Trello for years and it is a good way to have Kanban cards and is a nice overview of the projects. Also it is free and sharing…
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Bootstrap Multisite WordPress on AWS Lightsail
I wrote one on how to do this with Digital Ocean Multisite WordPress, but if you are on AWS, then you have some different options for Lightsail which is the easiest option. The instructions are really confusing, but basically, you use the Lightsail instructions to get it running and to get Route53 configured and then…
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Getting serious about 3D Printing guides
We have two 3D printers from five years ago and they were definitely cranky but showed the potential. Back then it was really at the start, we backed two Kickstarter projects and ended up with two Delta printers. The first was just a mass of piece parts without any instructions. Alex was incredible and assembled…
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What’s all this about HSA, FSA and HDHP
Ugh, this is so confusing all these acronyms. I’m far from an insurance expert and this is definitely, definitely not advice. It is more like stuff that is collected from a bunch of websites and is a bit of a decoder ring for us: Flexible Spending Account (FSA) Flexible Spending Account lets you fill up…
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Beware how you plug in power supplies into your PC motherboard especially PCIe vs CPU 8-pins
Ok, I promised myself I would not build more computers. There is no need. Yet in 2020 I’ve built two and am working on a third. Some important notes. When things don’t power up. Here’s how to figure it out. I was working on building a new PC for Dave and got him a new…
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Financial Analysis and great websites
Well with all the market turmoil, it’s more than important to do the right financial analysis. If you don’t want to pay a lot for it, what are some of the great resources: MarketWatch. I’ve found that they have some great information particularly the quarterly financial data and pretty free. YCharts. The main benefit is…
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Adding a registered or trademark symbol to WordPress sites
Well if you smart, you have gone to the government and registered your company name as a trademark, but you have to defend your mark and make sure that it is used. It is a little tricky to figure out how to do this, so here’s what to do in WordPress: While you can figure…
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More Drinks for Work from Home
I must be getting a little crazy. I’m keep thinking about the cocktail that I’ll have this afternoon. Wow that’s great: Empress 1908. This is a cool gin that changes color when it hits tonic. Pretty neat. Made in Victoria Canada inspired by the Empress Hotel. Pretty cool. $37 from Drizly. Patron Anejo Tequila. This…