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Continue reading →: Email is not dead welcome to Rich’s Substack
OK, the paid news letter is not dead, welcome to https://richt.substack.com where you can create paid newsletters. I just turned it all on. And I’ve got to create a Clubhouse time to, so I can talk with myself.
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Continue reading →: So what happens when you click on a pop over… hacked computer, stolen credit card
Well this is a really common hack, Garret. But without the right protections it’s super easy to go to Google, search for something and end up on a scam website. Then you will get a pop up and it says “You’ve been hacked call this number.” Then they will take/steal…
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Continue reading →: Of Podcasts, ISPs, Tesla Model 3, Webscraping, Emojis, and MacBook Airs
Well continuing the basically weekly podcast. I skipped Sunday because it was Valentine’s day, but hopefully will stay on the every Sunday track. The main thing is that I go through the newest posts and then go through the back catalog of posts (I have 5,000 of them, so this…
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Continue reading →: WordPress Tips: Anchor.fm embeds and LinkedIn Publicize
Ok, some quick news for WordPress geeks: One of the great things with WordPress is the ability to publicize your posts automatically on Facebook, Twitter, etc. This is buried deep in the marketing tab of your website, but the problem is that LinkedIn keeps saying it doesn’t connect. It’s a…
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Continue reading →: Podcast: 2021-02-16 Podcasts, ISPs, Tesla Model 3, Webscraping, Emojis, and MacBook Airs
Well, continuing the basically weekly podcast on Anchor.fm. You can subscribe on Apple, Spotify, Google, Tunein or Stitcher Podcast as well or search for “Rich Tong” in your Podcast application. I skipped Sunday because it was Valentine’s day, but hopefully will stay on the every Sunday track. The main thing…
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Continue reading →: Making Podcast: Noise Gate and what the heck is routined anyway
OK, I’m off making my weekly podcast show and I’ve finally figure out how to turn off all the echos and other things that are on in GarageBand, but here are some notes: When you create a new GarageBand, the most annoying thing are all the automatic things that are…
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Continue reading →: Geek Post: Git Bash Completion Mysteries and shoutouts to gx and git vimdiff magic
Well time for the geek post of the week. A new feature, I’m labeling my really nerdy programming hacks. So don’t bother reading unless you have this exact problem. Command Completion Basics OK I admit it I’ve gotten kind of spoiled. One of the advances features of shells is what…
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Continue reading →: Home internet problems and should I use Two Internet Service Providers?
Tl:dr So Paul asked me for a friend, should I get a second internet provider. Things are slow at home. Most of the time probably not. Make sure it’s not a problem inside then upgrade to the fastest you can afford do watch fir expensive data caps. Decoder ring The…
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Continue reading →: Tesla Model 3 Replacement Wiper Blades
I can’t believe I just spent 20 minutes of my life reading about wiper blade replacements but like anything with tesla might as well learn it all. The short story is that you can get various 26″ and 19″ blades but the issue is the adapter to get them on…
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Continue reading →: Webscraping on Deepnote from Beautiful Soup to Selenium
Well, if like me, you are trying to find a vaccine for your parents, then here is the place to look. Yes, you can click relentlessly on a website but that sure does seem like a waste of time, so while I’m doing that, the other alternative is to learn…