Milanville Bridge, New York, March 2016
Milanville Bridge, New York, March 2016
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Wirelessly transfer files from a GoPro using any computer without software
Follow me on Twitter. And be sure to subscribe to my blog. (Skip to the bottom of this post if you just want to know how to connect to your GoPro using…
Kayaking Merli-Sarnoski County Park in May 2016
When choosing a location to go for a paddle, don't be fooled by the size of the body of water. Enormous lakes aren't necessarily any more fun than the small ponds. Merli-Sarnoski's…
Thomasz Furmanek, Kayaker, Instagrammer
I've been following Thomasz Furmanek on Instagram for a few years already (right around the time I got my first kayak, the Oru Kayak, which is the same one Furmanek uses). I liked…
Cape May Island – May 2016
Cape May Island – May 2016
General Dynamics, from S. River Street, Scranton, PA – January 2016
General Dynamics, from S. River Street, Scranton, PA – January 2016
Stop tracking referral spam with Google Analytics
Nice tip from Scott Buscemi on the Luminary Web Strategies blog: Have you ever logged into Google Analytics and noticed a huge, unexpected spike in traffic to your site? Maybe your last…
Upcoming.org Archive
Andy Baio has resurrected a massive amount of Upcoming.org's first 10 years of event data: This is a static historical archive more than 7 million events saved from Upcoming's first ten years….
A custom skin for MyFantasyLeague
Kyle Ruane on why he created a custom skin for MyFantasyLeague: There are things on that page that defy explanation—nested tables driving layout, 8px text, inline styles on everything, five different ‘main’ navigation…
How I converted from Custom Post Types to Post Formats
It wasn't too ugly. But it wasn't exactly a cool swim either. I thought I would jot down why and how I moved from using a Custom Post Type for each type of…
Jermyn Farm Road, May 2016
Jermyn Farm Road, May 2016
Observations on using a standing desk
I've used a standing desk on-and-off for a few years. In 2011 I stood for a week before giving up. At the time I claimed that I wasn't able to focus on…
Penn Avenue at night, Scranton, PA – February 2016
Penn Avenue at night, Scranton, PA – February 2016
Ba & Me, Honesdale, PA, November 2015
Ba & Me, Honesdale, PA, November 2015
Sunset through Cattails, Lackawanna State Park, February 2016
Sunset through Cattails, Lackawanna State Park, February 2016
Foggy Dam, Aylesworth Park, Jermyn, PA, May 2016
Foggy Dam, Aylesworth Park, Jermyn, PA, May 2016
Sunset Beach, Cape May, May 2016
Sunset Beach, Cape May, May 2016
How I create a combo feed using WordPress
When my site was on Barley I had something we called a "combo feed". A combo feed combined all content types (what we called custom post types) into my main RSS feed. This…
Sunset over Jermyn, PA – May 2016
Sunset over Jermyn, PA – May 2016
Everyone should write (or, blog?)
Deanna Mascle wrote on her blog on why all teachers should write. In it she says this about why students should write in every class every day: Reflective writing at the beginning…
Owning my words and photos and audio bits
Jeremy Keith wrote on his blog about owning his words, or, being willing to publish his words (snarky or otherwise) on his own site under his own name. I recommend you read…
Sunset, Back Bay, Sandbridge, VA
Sunset, Back Bay, Sandbridge, VA
Lately I’ve helped clients
Lately I’ve helped clients generate Excel and PDF files. Next I’ll be creating a bot that generates stone tablets. *rimshot*
Missed a grand opportunity to record a toad chorus audio bit while kayaking over the weekend.
Missed a grand opportunity to record a toad chorus audio bit while kayaking over the weekend.
How to fix iTunes
How to fix iTunes: Remove App Store, remove Apple Music, remove Podcasts, remove syncing to iOS. Improve OS X App Store to include iOS apps. Make Apple Music app. Make Syncing app….
I’m surprised the Warriors lost Game 1. I think this is going to be an incredible series.
I’m surprised the Warriors lost Game 1. I think this is going to be an incredible series.
IFTTT recipes
Just took some time to clean up my IFTTT recipes for posting statuses, photos, audio bits, and blog posts to both Twitter and Facebook. I may need to rejigger the bits a…
Kayaking is therapy.
Kayaking is therapy.
The Inn at Cape May
The Inn at Cape May, May 2016
The iPhone SE is going to win every award it deserves. The camera is incredibly good.
The iPhone SE is going to win every award it deserves. The camera is incredibly good.