(Free) Logos Bible Software – Know What You (Don’t) Believe
Learn about free software for studying the Christian Scriptures called Logos, includes information on getting the most out of the free co
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Diigo – Software I Use Every Day
Diigo (a “personal knowledge management tool”) is a browser extension that allows one to collect all sorts of information from across the web in a central repository where it can be easily accessed, shared, annotated, searched, and remembered. I don’t know that I aspire to be a polymath, it is more like I hunger to be …
Local Production Environment Choices for WordPress: DesktopServer
DesktopServer This product is essentially a WAMP / MAMP application that has been extended to include some additional WordPress oriented functionality. In its free version the customizations that stood out to me are its inclusion of Xdebug, support for Domain Name Mapping, auto-creation of Apache Virtual Hosts, and its auto-install of WP. I was surprised to …
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Setting Up A Development Workstation on Windows
What Is This? I wrote this primarily for myself – sometimes I don’t remember everything I do when setting up a workstation for development purposes…it may be of interest to others. You’ll note that there are several areas missing from this arena – no build automation, task runners, etc. Maybe I’ll get around to adding …
jpegMini: One Simple Step to a Faster Website
TLDR; If you have a website, you should be using jpegMini. It is an amazing tool that decreases the size of (JPEG) image files without decreasing the visual quality of the images. Why Does the Size of My Image Files Matter? When someone visits a web page in a browser (ex. Google Chrome or Internet Explorer) the …
The Travail of Canceling SugarSync: A How To.
[Update: 10/28/16 – Some international users of SugarSync have reported issues using the link I included in this post. Thanks to Bill & JN for an updated link that appears to work internationally as well: https://www.sugarsync.com/account/cancel] I started with SugarSync many hears ago and I’ve been a paying customer since October 2009 and have been a …
Now How Do I Use This Old Scanner Again? NAPS2!
I have an old beast for a printer/scanner. It is nine years old in human years, which is like one hundred in technology years, but it gets the job done. One problem I’ve run into repeatedly over the years is that of scanning software. At some point in the distant past the software that came …
WinDirStat: What is Hogging All My Hard Drive?
An older software application, but a freebie and a goodie, is WinDirStat. If you ever find yourself running low on storage space on your hard drive – this application will quickly and intuitively give you a peek into what is consuming all that space. Before you go out buying a bigger hard drive, using WinDirStat …
Disarming My Smartphone.
The Backstory (Probably more than you need or want to know…but hey, I’m writing and you are reading – you can skip this section and I’ll never know) I have a rough time sleeping (I go to see a sleep specialist on Monday and have been through a sleep study previously). I oftentimes can’t sleep …
Free Caller ID for Your Android Smartphone
I hate the phone. I hate phone calls. I hate when I don’t know who is calling me – especially b/c that usually means it is a REALLY important call or that it is a telemarketing call. I’ve been using Contactive for a while now and it is pretty amazing – and the price is …