Tong Family (richtong.org sync)

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…

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…

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…

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…

Well since I’ve been doing way more documents lately, it’s time to take a look and see what fonts are available. Extensis has a great set of tools that you can loads as an add-on to Google Docs that let’s you browse and see what is popular and trending: Noto.…

Well time for an update on keeping yourself safe from viruses on a Mac and all the bad folks out there. While the defaults are pretty good, you can always do better, here are the recommendations in a nutshell: Automatic Operating system. This is probably the most important one, but…

Well, I’ve been writing way more in Google Docs than anything else these days. The collaborative features makes it way easier to create documents, but there are still some things that you need to make it a world class environment. Here are some notes: Templates. The basic ones are pretty…

There are way too many bulbs in the world. In this case it’s a case of just unscrewing it. And then looking at the bulb type. It’s a wide base e26 base and it is a HR26 reflector. Hard to figure but it turns out I bought six the last…

Well most phones have this built in and there is a basic one in every copy of Lightroom and Photoshop, but I’ve found those ones are pretty basic. I’ve also used the open source Hugin. This seems to work pretty decently, but for a while, it wasn’t even working on…