That statement was made, sort of tongue in cheek, by a few of the command staff at work years ago when we had a change in commanders (O-6 level), and the incoming COL had some really shakeup ideas for changes. Most of the long-timers were naturally resistant to change. But change is good they began to say to ease … Continue Reading “Change is good they say”
Tag: techie shit
Removed “useless” links from NAV widget
The top right menu options set titled Navigation. After google searching over and over, looking for (1) the right, the updated for current WP version, tip, how-to writeup, and (2) reasonably easy procedures that a layman like I can follow, a writeup on how to remove the ENTRIES FEED, COMMENTS FEED, and WORDPRESS.ORG… Continue Reading “Removed “useless” links from NAV widget”
Listing LINUX directory tree
Not sure why I didn’t capture this before since I did it for the music collection. To update I had to google it all over again. So… future reference!
The command at the CLI (login using PuTTY or SSH):
tree > music.txt
The tree will be directed to a text file called music.txt
Also, as there are a few… Continue Reading “Listing LINUX directory tree”
Excel: Stop font size/face from Changing in URL
This has been quite an annoyance for the longest time, but it never got to the point of wanting to look up an answer ’till now.
When I’m entering info into a spreadsheet I’ll have a default font size, color, face, etc.. When I add a hyperlink to data in a cell, it always changes the font size and… Continue Reading “Excel: Stop font size/face from Changing in URL”
Common WordPress Errors & Fixes
After happening to browse thru a site called MyThemeShop for WP themes, I got this email about common WP errors and fixes that’s on their site. I thought this may come in handy in the (near?) future as I fiddle more and more with this WP platform.… Continue Reading “Common WordPress Errors & Fixes”
CD to directories with spaces in the DIR name
I wonder why I never came across this before, but I learned today!!! This was when I CLI’d into the server and was wanting to CD and tree contents of directories, and from the CLI it wouldn’t recognize the directory while it was listing in the ls-la output and clearly accessible via FTP.
To be able … Continue Reading “CD to directories with spaces in the DIR name”
Vivint Offline Doorbell Fix
Copied from Vivint Support…
vivint_doorbell_offline-fix.docx… Continue Reading “Vivint Offline Doorbell Fix”
Compress PDF Files Online
Neevia Online PDFcompress
makes it possible for anyone to reduce the size of large PDF documents without the need of installing special software.
Every so often I capoture, save, or otherwise grab a .PDF from somewhere and it’s large in filesize. And there is a need to shrink it.… Continue Reading “Compress PDF Files Online”
How to run Whatsapp from PC
Sometimes I just like to run WhatsApp from my PC to get a bigger screen and, more practically, when I’m on the PC and don’t want to keep picking up my phone to chat.
To get started with WhatsApp Web
1. Visit web.whatsapp.com on your computer.
2. Open WhatsApp on your phone.
3. On Android: in the Chats… Continue Reading “How to run Whatsapp from PC”
Periodic Speed test from router
I found this handy tool for the PC and router connection, which is good since I always have buffering issues on WiFi in the house…
Login to router and run speed test…
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