Category Archives: Uncategorized
Facebook and ad accountability
This week I decided to take the bait and “boost” one of our company’s posts on Facebook. The interface is quite intuitive, and I was allowed to budget how much money I spend for having Facebook market my post. I … Continue reading
Why doesn’t Numbers support pasting CSV?
This is really aggravating. I’d love to divorce myself from all Microsoft products if possible, but Apple is making it really difficult. As you probably know, you can paste CSV data from the clipboard directly into an Excel doc and … Continue reading
Hawks taking over Tracy!
Well, not really, but we’ve had a couple hawks that have visited the backyard recently. Since Sheila’s taking an ornithology class it makes for interesting viewing. I bought her a nice pair of “birding binocs” to boot! Anyway, it’s a … Continue reading
M3D – Micro 3D printer
I’ve been looking at printers for a while now, and after “inheriting” the Makerbot Replicator 2X from work, I was really excited about buying one for myself. Initially I was interested in the Printrbot Simple Metal from Adafruit, but they’ve … Continue reading
ImageMagick convert for many files
Have a slew of files you need to convert from one format to another? I capture a lot of screenshots from WW2OL, and they’re all saved as large BMPs by default. So I went looking for a quick and dirty … Continue reading
Twelve words to live by
This week I’ve been doing a lot of thinking. It’s Holy Week, and for me, as a Catholic, it’s a time to reflect not only on my faith, but how I can be a better person through my faith. I … Continue reading
OS X Yosemite Email Lists made easy
I run a small bunch of sites from my home server, and one of the tasks I’d undertaken was to provide a Mailman-type list for one of my groups. I run OS X Server, which I really do like. However, … Continue reading
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year 2015! I like to approach the new year as a chance to reset expectations, set some long-term goals and to be able to put behind me all the less-than-favorable events that may have occured. This year I’d really … Continue reading
Jazz rocks
So I’m sitting here driving back home and listening to Vince Guaraldi playing Christmastime is Here, and I have to say, that man was a brilliant and magical composer. I never really had the chance to study music theory, but … Continue reading
Cell phones for cash
So I’m down here at the mall shopping for Christmas. And I came across a new box in the middle of the mall, and the premise is fairly simple. Dropping your used so phone and get cash. So I think … Continue reading