Just a quick tech note. If you have macOS Sierra and you’re a coding/geeky/programming type and your OS is taking…
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Upgrading MediaWiki
Just a note about a day in the life of a geek. This all starts with the fact that I…
The notability of $latex (82,000)_{10}$
The title is meant to read , but WordPress’s Jetpack Plugin’s Beautiful Math component doesn’t execute latex markup in the…
Home Networking 3 – A review of the basics
This writeup is inspired by the remote geek consulting I’m doing for my sweetie while she’s visiting Mom and trying…
Visual Rhetoric – Some feedback for MSNBC
Over the years, MSNBC has been using and reusing a particular visual rhetorical style for presenting job growth numbers since…
Misascribed – Chinese things
Fire drills, whispers, curses, checkers – since I’m half Chinese, I know how often these things get misattributed to folks…
Measuring and Calibration – Science Geek Series
A lot of bakers and chefs and chemists will tell you that they’re in the same business. So, in a…
Reporting Issues – Geek-as-a-Trade series
One of the geeky intersections I have in personal and professional geekery is that of reporting issues. Sometimes this is…
Philosophy and Introduction – Geek-as-a-Trade series
I’ve been a geek all my life. My work, my play, my housekeeping all involve geeking at some level. While…
WordPress, Security, Hacking, Recovering from a Hack, and General Discussion
Sounds like another round of WordPress blog hackings are making the rounds. I had my two WordPress blogs hacked by…
Home Networking 2 – WiFi versus hard lines
Here we discuss network design from the point of view of WiFi versus hard line links within the household.
Home Networking 1
I recently upgraded my home network by buying, configuring and installing a hobbyists’ “performance” router, the Edge Router LITE from…