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Continue reading â: tvl: Google Voice for local calls over AiraloWell, this actually works pretty well: To turn on Google Voice for local calling You have to go to the website voice.google.com and then: Turn on data roaming and enable(Continue Reading)
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Continue reading â: tvl: The miracles of captive.apple.com for public WiFi
OK, I can’t believe I hadn’t learned this tip, but if you have trouble connecting your iPhone or Mac to a public WiFi captive portal. Many times, the phone seems(Continue Reading)
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Continue reading â: edc: Hobonichi every day really works
Well I ended up getting a complete Hobonichi a6 Techo planner ($37 Amazon) and Iâm glad I did. I have a decent collection of fountain pens and no reason to(Continue Reading)
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Continue reading â: nas: Synology Disk Not supported by this version of DSMArgh, what a pain, I had thought I could just swap disks to different Synology machines, but it turns out my software on my flavors of Synology NAS (RP2423+, DS2413+(Continue Reading)
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Continue reading â: photo: Plustek OpticFilm 8200i with Silverfast 9 vs Vuescan 9 and ProPhoto and 10-bit HEIC rules
I’ve been using Vuescan forever and get the many quirks, but since my dear old Minolta Dimage 5400 died, I needed a new scanner and the Plustek OpticFilm 8200i is(Continue Reading)
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Continue reading â: wp: Amazify is dead long live Auto Tagger for Amazon and Cookie handling
OK, I discovered my Amazon Affiliate application Amazonify died silently, and suddenly I am not covering even the modest $20/month hosting charge. That’s not a big deal, but I thought(Continue Reading)
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Continue reading â: wp: Fail at WordPress on Cloudways vs Digital Ocean (and Bluehost)OK, wow that was pretty easy, migrated to Cloudways with their migration tool and I was shocked at how simple this was, it ported with their plugin including the Cloudinary(Continue Reading)
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Continue reading â: gt: Wow Grace’s Dance was great!Well Grace Tong continues to rock it. Back on March 30, 2024, Zoo! by Grace Yi-Li Tong happened at the Flushing City Hall to a really nice review. I’m biased(Continue Reading)
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Continue reading â: wp: Migrating to Cloudways from DigitalOceanOK, I’ve been managing my WordPress instance on a DigitalOcean droplet for the past four years. It has been faster than my old Bluehost, but costs have been rising, so(Continue Reading)
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Continue reading â: tech: Time Machine Backups to Synology again and Gregory Alpaca Duffels
Well, since I’m now rebuilding my MacBook 2014 for the third time and the MacBook Pro 2010 for the second, it’s time once again to think about backups. I have(Continue Reading)
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