Intro: I've passed my Lenovo Flex 4 1480 Signature Edition IdeaPad on to my wife and made a significant upgrade. When it became increasingly obvious that: my IdeaPad was no longer very snappy for all I was asking it to do my wife needed a laptop of her own in our new...
Testing the IMAJINN WordPress plugin beta
So, I've recently been made aware of the emerging world of AI-generated images. Obviously, I've not gotten in on the ground floor of this phenomenon, as the array of options is already pretty wide. It would appear (maybe?) that IMAJINN is the first in this sphere to...
Clockify -> Power Query -> Excel -> Dolibarr
Freelancer administrative conundrums TL;DR; > Solution I have not always been a freelancer but now that I am, I also need to do the administrative stuff to keep the business running. It's not what I love doing. What I love doing is building systems and...
Replacing Caldera Forms with Forminator
Sooooo.... Towards the end of March, we found out that Caldera Forms would be discountinued at the end of 2021. Caldera was not the most popular WordPress forms plugin out there, but it sure should have been. As far as what you got for free, I don't think anything...
Baby steps with Gutenberg
(thank you Wikipedia) So I've just installed WordPress 5.0 on my multi-site installation. No errors, no apparent problems so far. I can soon delete my installation backup. I have a bit of time today so I thought I'd dip my toe into the wild new world of Gutenberg....
RegEx to remove chords from ChordPro files
Hey, quick post here to show you what I had to learn the hard way. Problem: someone sends you a song in ChordPro format (or other formats that basically use ChordPro notation, like from OnSong or SongBook, etc.) It has all the chords in it but you also or you only...
Install Midnight Commander on any? hosting account
The opportunity - your hosting account offers you shell access! 😀 The problem - they don't have Midnight Commander installed! 😥 The background (skip to the solution!) Ok for some of you, none of this is a problem. You don't have shell access on your shared...
Lenovo Flex 4 1480 Signature Edition ideapad 80VD0007US review
For those who can't wait: [icon name="star-half-o" class=""...
A call to priesthood: The Top Five Events in 2014
This insightful Stratfor article lists five calls to strategic intercession for the Church. That's not necessarily what George Friedman intended, but I wouldn't be surprised if this Jewish man came from the tribe of Issachar, given his gift of understanding the...
What do I stand for?
I'm struck by a message I just finished listening to by Paul Manwaring. He asked this question - "What do you stand for? What are you willing to pay a price for?" Honestly, I'm not quite sure yet. As I look back, I have paid a price for certain convictions, but at the...