I wanted to weigh in on the I’m Still Using It game with a little iOS app that I’ve had on my iPhone for over a decade. It’s called Big Words, and while It’s not an app I use all the time, it’s an app that I want at my fingertips when I do need […]
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Tiny Tip — Rid Yourself of Google Sign-In Popup
Sign In with Google Popup on Reddit Have you noticed that a whole lot of websites suddenly have an annoying popup from Google asking if you want to use Google to sign into the site? If you haven’t seen it, go to reddit.com without signing in and you’ll see it. It’s GIANT and it says: […]
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Tiny Tip — How to Force Mail to Use the Right Address on List (Group) Emails
I was chatting with Helma from the Netherlands about the travelogue I write during our world travels. It’s all the rage with over a hundred people opting IN to receive this amazing document. The travelogue is low on facts, high on humor, and includes photos that show the fun of our adventures. I’ve done them […]
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Stream Deck — Down the Rabbit Hole, Part 1
As is so often the case, I wish to blame Allison for what I’m about to tell you. I’ve had a project on the boil for a while now which had me seriously considering buying an Elgato Stream Deck. It is entirely Allison’s fault, however, that I actually bought one. I bought the Stream Deck […]
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The date was 1st August, 2006. I walked into The Rockshop in Wellington and said to one of the staff “I want a microphone to record my voice to a computer, for a podcast.” That staff member didn’t skip a beat; I had thought the word “podcast” might be a sticking point, but no. I […]
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Synology Offsite Backup Using rsync Over Tailscale
Back in November I wrote an article entitled The Great Synology Migration of 2022. It was the story of how I’d bought a second Synology to replace the finally end-of-life Drobo 5N2. In the article, I explained how I used the tried and true rsync protocol to create a backup of each Shared Folder from […]
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Photo Calendars with Mimeo Photos Web App
Every year I make a calendar for my family that includes the very best photos of the year. I’ve been doing it every year since my own kids were little. Everyone loves it, including me. When I started doing it, it was only Steve and me and the two kids, but now our family has […]
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Under My Roof ScreenCastsOnline Tutorial
My favorite tutorials to do for ScreenCastsOnline are the ones for software that I have been using for a long time that solve real problems for me. This week my tutorial on the awesome tool Under My Roof was published on ScreenCastsOnline. Under My Roof is available from Binary Formations. Teaser Video for Under My […]
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Security Bits — 8 January 2023
Deep Dive 1 — Rethinking the Last Pass Breach (It’s Worse 🙁) Two weeks ago the latest details on the Last Pass breach were much fresher, and since then two things have happened: More facts have come to my attention More well-reasoned opinions have been expressed In terms of new information we have the following: […]
Continue readingMore TagTiny Tip — Firefox Developer Edition for Testing Responsive Design (and Regular Firefox and Safari)
A few times over the past couple of years I’ve mentioned an app called Sizzy that Helma from the Netherlands recommended to me. Sizzy is a very slick tool for people who are developing websites and web apps. The main problem it solved for Helma and me is that it shows you what your web […]
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