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Continue reading →: What’s all this then about Microsoft 365 and the Mac
OK, I have not really had to use Office on the desktop in a *very* long time. Most of my editing is just with Google Workspace these days, but thanks to the Microsoft Alumni Network, we do get a $99 subscription per year as part of being that group. So…
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Continue reading →: Podcast Pages Up, Goodreads Reviews
Ok, you can now see all my podcasts on a dedicated Podcast page thanks to the miracle workers at Blubrry with the PowerPress Plugin. This gives you a dedicated view that is either standard HTML5 or their own flavor. There are a sea of other Podcast plugins at Optin Monster…
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Continue reading →: Podcast Git madness, buying olive oil, Zoom hacks, Ad Blocks, Mars 2020, being hacked and Tesla Travel
More fun for posts as for February 28 and back to January 5 2021 at Anchor.fm, Spotify or Apple. Git madness and pull request splitting https://tongfamily.com/2021/02/28/github-madness-what-happens-if-you-do-not-protect-main/ Olive oil shopping from wishlist https://smile.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/genericItemsPage/3PBCKT8DWZ7HR?type=wishlist&_encoding=UTF8&tag=rich20-20 Zoom hacks for multiple windows. Mars 2020 Perseverance videos and things. Richt starts a substack newsletter at https://richt.substack.com What to do when your computer get hacked. Cool keyboard oriented apps like Superhuman, fzf…
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Continue reading →: Git madness, buying olive oil, Zoom hacks, Ad Blocks, Mars 2020, being hacked and Tesla Travel
More fun for posts as for February 28 and back to January 5 2021: Git madness and pull request splitting https://tongfamily.com/2021/02/28/github-madness-what-happens-if-you-do-not-protect-main/ Olive oil shopping from wishlist https://smile.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/genericItemsPage/3PBCKT8DWZ7HR?type=wishlist&_encoding=UTF8&tag=rich20-20 Zoom hacks for multiple windows. Mars 2020 Perseverance videos and things. Richt starts a substack newsletter at https://richt.substack.com What to do when your…
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Continue reading →: Github madness what happens if you do not protect main
Sigh, here is what happens when an idiot like me doesn’t pay enough attention and you don’t protect your main branch and how to get out of it. The problem: The free version of git does not allow protection of the main branch. That means any one can do a…
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Continue reading →: Git tricks and loving git resource –source and github pull requests splitting
Ok this has always required a git checkout and then copy some files somewhere and then go back, but with July 2019 Git 2.3, you can now use –source in git restore to get a single file back. The place where this really comes in handy is that if you…
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Continue reading →: Time to Buy Olive Oil (again!)
Well, we have the generic olive oil for most cooking uses, but one of the joys of the pandemic are that you can sample things from around the world, particularly if you are like us and are eating at home a lot (ok all the time). So here is a…
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Continue reading →: Zoom hacks part trois: Creating three windows
OK, I’ve spent so much time on this application, here are some tips for bigger meetings and how to handle them on Zoom. On a Mac, turn on dual monitor in the Zoom/Preferences, this doesn’t do what you think and is more general. What it does is give you two…
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Continue reading →: Ugh, American Express Chat does not like Ad Blockers
Well, if you are smart, you are using Adblockers and anti-tracking technology. I find that even with Safari, and the Mac stuff, you still need more technology. I use Ghostery on Safari and uBlock Origin (and yes I’ve temporarily forgotten which one of the variants() I’m using on Chrome and…
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Continue reading →: Mars 2020 Perseverance
Wow during this Pandemic, Climate Change, Fake News, Inequity, it is hard to remember some of the good things in life. While it might be a huge long-term, not very clear use of money, it does inspire to think about the achievements that show the hope for the future. ICMYI,…