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OK, every year, I get a new key from the Microsoft Alumni. This is a nice benefit (although I confess I don’t use Office that much), but I can never remember how to use the key, so here’s a quick guide: I know I’ll be referring to this every year…

Well, this used to be super easy, the JetPack share post allowed unlimited sharing across Facebook, LinkedIn (and a horrible site that rhymes with Wither). But now they’ve just installed a check where you “only” get 30 cross-posts a month. With the volume that I’ve been running, it’s hard to…

Ok, this area of Netlify is super confusing, but basically, there is the concept of a deployment key and this appears to work if you have a private submodule but not all the time. GitHub has this limit where you can only use a single SSH key per user or…

Ok a few quick notes. As we ramp to two podcasts a week: The workflow works well. Start with Freeform notes and have some topics you care about and folks who are used to Zoom which is just about the entire world The technical pipeline is to use Open Broadcaster…

Well, we did the second-best thing I’ve ever done in my life which is the second podcast. This is our first podcast that uses Open Broadcast Studio (OBS) for video production. Still rough, but the browser screen is now center stage (and it didn’t need some fancy mixing controller, it…

OK, it’s gotten complicated again to figure out how to book a hotel, there is no single low price anymore, but here is a guide. First select an area that you want to go to, then you have to compare the net prices taking into account both the portal bonus…

Well, I’ve had one of these water flossers for years and they do seem to work. So along with ultrasonic toothbrushes, this seems like an essential Smart EDC for everyone, so what can you get now? In looking at lots of reviews it’s pretty clear that they work better than…