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OK I have an old Spyder3 and they obsoleted it and the software with the latest versions of MacOS. I was about to buy a new $500 colorimeter, but then discovered that you can keep using the old hardware just by downloading an open source project called DisplayCAL. This is actually a graphical front-end to…

I never end up doing this right and try on the plane to edit a Google Slide and then discover it is not set for offline. This is really complicated when you get a bunch of different GMail ids for work, home and non-profits. Here’s the decoder ring for how to do this: For each…

While nearly everything is on the internet, lots of things (old books, technical papers) are written with PDF. The main problem is that I’m constantly moving back and forth between different devices, so what is the best solution for that problem. Well if you have Apple devices, the answer is pretty easy, the iOS Books…

Been using Zoom a bunch for recording and it is a “deep, deep” product, so here are some tips and tricks: Video Defaults https://zoom.us/account/setting. This is a buried feature, but useful for those of us in messy offices or homes. You have to enable it from the administrator console. It is in Account Settings, there…

A funny thing to post on a snowy day like today, but if you are looking for some different routes, then Cascade Bike Studio has a whole collection of ones they’ve put onto Strava.

Well trying to read these papers and my intuition is just never too strong on what is really happening, but found:  Colah who gives really good examples of what is happening. He explains how networks basically are contorting things so that you can divid thing linearly. A great set of illustrations Max Pechyonkin. He does…

This is actually a pretty complicated topic, there are cheap duffel bags that you can get for $25 at Columbia for instance, but if you look at Outdoor Gear Labs, you can spend a lot more to get a lot more. The truth is that I’ve had the same duffel for literally decades and it…

When you are working on blog or a site, the typeface really does make a difference. Yes, you can just use Arial and be fine, but with Google Fonts, there are literally thousands of free fonts available just about anywhere. So what’s a person to do if they are not experts. Well, consult the internet…

I wanted to created a truly professional site, not just a blog, so my good friend Jim said that Elementor was the way to go. This made some sense, it is based on WordPress and thus easy to get something up and running quickly. So here are some hints: You need a good tutorial to…