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Identifont and WhatFontIs to find free fonts to similar to proprietary ones
OK, in trying to work with a presentation that is using a ton of proprietary fonts. Here are some tools: Figure out what font it is with TypeSquirrel or WhatFontIs or FontSpring from just an image. Or use the Chrome WhatFontIs extension to determine what font you see on a website. Figure out what a…
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Using fonts on an Google Slides and iPadOS and iOS with Keynote
Normally I use Google Slides for most presentations. You can add any Google Font to it with more fonts. And if there are fonts which are not there then you can use the Extensis add-on for other fonts. I also recently got a Keynote presentation. This is a downloadable thing. But when you load it,…
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Argh. Google and MacOS authentication woes
Just spent an hour on a really frustrating problem with Google. What they did makes sense but the error messages are really hard to fathom TL:dr If you have MacOS Catalina and are trying to setup a gmail account on it. It doesn’t work the way you thjnk. Authentication now happens from Safari to get…
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AirPod Pros
Hat tip to link.medium.com/xGVmJPWus1 Yes they cost a ridiculous $250 for a set of tiny earphones but I can’t wait to try them. The noise cancelling seems like a great feature. The current AirPods are super convenient. I just love how that convenient they are. The pairing just seems to work. So convenient they are…
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Switching to Disqus and Tags in prep for WordPress to Ghost migration
Well about to experiment with using Ghost as a blogging platform so it’s a good time to do some basics with tongfamily.com: Installing Disqus. After you create a login on Disqus, look at the at the tutorial, but basically you install the Disqus Plugin. I actually used a third party tool called Disqus Lazy Load.…
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Best Websites for Searching Star Alliance Award Availability
Looking to book an award flight on a Star Alliance carrier? These are the best websites to use to find availability. The short answer is that ANA is the most accurate for figuring out availability if a little hard to read. Then comes Air Canada. The United site unfortunately often shows phantom awards that don’t…
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Fixing WordPress crashes on DigitalOcean Droplet
OK I get this about three weeks or so on our new DigitalOcean Droplet running WordPress. The good news is the JetPack does inform you when it dies. TL;dr If you have your WordPress created with the one-click Droplet under DigitalOcean it works great except that there is no swapfile, so with a 1GB RAM…
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What’s all this then about MacBook Pro and their cons
Mark sent me a note from some random person about how MacBook Pro’s are the stepchildren of the Apple world. The complaints which I’ve heard quite a bit come down to: The keyboard isn’t great. The updates have been slow. It doesn’t have enough ports with only USB C. I’ll be a little contrarian about…
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Update on sunglasses Julbo Aero Pro Zebra Light now the Julbo Aero Segment
Well, I’ve really loved the Julbo Aero Pro with photochromic lenses. I got them for $105 on Amazon which I now realize was an incredible deal from Backcountry as a closeout. Sad to say. But the aero pro with zebra light is really good. I got the ones which were Zebra Light lenses category 1-3…
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End of Summer: Things for Hiking
OK after a whole summer of hiking, this is a good time to pick up all those vital things that you can forget about. Here’s a reminder of real necessities when hiking: Trekking Poles. Yes, they really do help the knees Microspikes. You don’t need them until you need them, but they are really great…